Kingston Express & Lutan Fyah Roots Woman Review by Dan Subtifuge for Pauzeradio.com. Hop on board the Kingston Express as we travel on a rootical journey from Birmingham to Jamaica. UK-based Kingston Express Label, the brainchild of Joe Simpson, links up with veteran reggae vocalist Lutan Fyah for their brand new single ‘Roots Woman‘. The riddim The riddim track is a modern roots one-drop composition that wastes no time establishing its tonal identity. A reverb-heavy one-drop beat functions as the rhythmic heartbeat of the track, steadily driving the arrangement forward. Sporadic cymbal splashes, dubbed out rim-shots, and toms/timbale fills accentuate

Blackout JA & Rob Ellington Masters of Time Review by Dan Subtifuge for Pauzeradio.com. Blackout JA and Rob Ellington come together for a timeless international collaboration with their brand new single Masters of Time. Masters of Time, produced, mixed, and engineered by Connecticut-based Courtney “Coozie” Mellers, is instrumentally a modern roots re-interpretation of the classic Ken Boothe‘s hit “When I Fall In Love“. However, rather than just leaning heavily into the warmth and romance of the original version, Mellers strips the instrumental right back to its foundation, resulting in a much more serious, austere sound, reframing it as a vehicle

LawGiver The Kingson One Common Good Review by Mr Topple for Pauzeradio.com. Multi-talented signer, songwriter, and producer LawGiver the Kingson has returned with another new track – this time, with a roster of support across a rousing anthem for our time. One Common Good, released via Imperishable Uprising, sees LawGiver team up with Cleveland “Clevie” Browne across a fast-moving and evocative Roots track – which also displays inflections of Dub. Across the cut, some Roots sensibilities are present. Owen “Bassy” Rennalls bass runs a drop-beat rhythm that skips the second across a winding melody that moves around the lower end