U-Roy - Natty Rebel Linda Perhacs stays up late with barrelhouse

stays up late with barrelhouse piano player Mose Vinson

these 16 Skullbusting mashers were recorded under basic conditions in primitive studios

democratic creation in their finished work

and utilising it in a positive way to try and make sense of the world around you

U-Roy - Natty Rebel Linda Perhacs stays up late with barrelhouseU Roy was a true reggae pioneer, dubbed The Originator for good reason. Bursting onto the Jamaican scene in the early 1970s, he pioneered the vocal approach called toasting, which in addition to bringing Jamaican music into a new era, was also heavily influential on an American vocal style also in its infancy: rapping. A very welcome reissue of the vocalist's 1976 full length (and fourth) album, Natty Rebel, which has been out of print for more than