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this times, in which you see much spiritual
emptiness in the musical works, it is always
a good thing to have in your hands a
document of consciousness, and Ossie
Delimore's debut CD Freedom's Journal is
just that. Subtitled "Righteousness
exaltheth A Nation", this CD contains
10 pure roots reggae tracks, all written and
composed by Ossie Dellimore himself.
All tracks are worked out well and
creatively. They have a beginning, an end,
there's many chord changes and a full roots
band is playing it very tigh, upfull and
right. Nice thing, that although the
arrangement is full and the compositions are
not simple, the songs always stay groovy. A
very difficult thing to achieve. The music
sometimes reminds me of Bob Marley, but in a
pleasant way. No imitation, just the same
groove sometimes. Especially the clavinets
are in Wailers style. Unfortunatly, the
absence of a hornsection becomes even more
clear between so much high quality sounds.
It's also too bad, there is no DUB as well.
As said before, Freedom's Journal is a
conscious album. No slackness, but
thoughtful lyrics about the system, about
freedom, about Jah. The CD comes with lyrics
in the booklet. When you're into conscious
Roots Reggae, give Ossie a try. An excellent
singer-songwriter of whom we're going to
hear more.
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