ReviewsOct 12, 2015

Janelle Phillips - Lioness EP (Roots Musician Records)

This 6 track (4 vocal tracks and 2 dubs) 'Lioness' EP is the fruit of a collaboration between the San Diego-born singer-songwriter Janelle Phillips and Roots Musician Records producer E.N. Young.

On 'Grey Smoke', an ode to the green herb, E.N. Young accompanies Janelle behind the microphone of course bringing his trusted melodica with him. For 'Lifted' and 'Mista Dreadlock' Phillips invited Trevor Hall, a fellow singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, and Wakane, a Japanese singer who via Hawaii ended up in San Francisco. However, we were most taken with title track 'Lioness', a song sounding like a feminist reggae anthem.

About the Author

Jah Rebel

Together with Jah Shakespear, one of the founders of Reggae.be, he first started as a critic and a reporter before in the end of 2014 becoming editor in chief. Divides his time between his two passions: music and Haile Selassie.

Genres

DubReggaeNew RootsLovers Rock

Published

Oct 12, 2015

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