Posted on 06 July 2011. Tags: british lovers rock, caroll thompson, janet kay, lovers rock, matumbi
I’ve never really been a huge fan of the British reggae phenomenon called “lover’s rock”. I only learnt to tolerate it because the women I romanced loved it to the max. Back in those days when sperm count was higher than IQ, we saw it as our duty to please that booty so if learning [...]
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Posted on 18 March 2011. Tags: barry biggs, best lovers rock songs, brown sugar, caroll thompson, classic lovers rock, errol dunkely, gregory isaacs, hortense ellis, janet kay, junior english, keith douglas, louisa marks, lovers rock, marie pierre, matumbi, nicky thomas, sonia, sugar minott, t. t. ross, top 20 lovers rock songs, top lovers rock songs, trevor walters, wild bunch, winston reedy, winston riley
If you haven’t already noticed the reggae sub-genre called lover’s rock is experiencing something of a resurgence. Although opinions vary why now, everyone agrees on when and where it began… Lover’s rock, a genere fusing the mellow sounds of Chicago or Philly soul with reggae basslines and rhythms straight from Jamaica, emerged/erupted on London streets [...]
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