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Jahmark & the Soulshakers Release New Album “Vigilance”

FAIM Hub | August 3, 2022

Jahmark & the Soulshakers New Roots Rock Reggae Album, Vigilance

There’s a party going on in the “City of Angels”….dah album yah start sweet eeh! Yes reggae lovers…oh yea lovers of sweet reggae music, “Vigilance” album by Jahmark & the Soulshakers a carry a vibe…a sweet kinda nostalgic reggae vibe weh wake up di musical appetite. It kick-start wid “City of Angels” and den in come “Selassie I Train” and yuh know yuh in fi a mystical ride wid a vibe weh mek yuh wah ride “Selassie I Train” forever wid every pull up & blank weh yuh a buss inna di air. Yea man di album a gwaan wid a ting enuh!

Jahmark & the Soulshakers - VIGILANCE

Jahmark & the Soulshakers’ “Vigilance” is a roots rock reggae album wid a 21st century freshness and mi can tell yuh seh mi enjoy each chuun pon di album like mi sipping some sweet ganja tea in di early mawning Blue Mountain breeze dung a yaad. And mek mi tell yuh sup’m…yuh haffi touch up di rewind button couple times to enuh, especially pon tracks like “Spread My Wings”, title track, “Vigilance”, “Live & Direct”, “Wasp & The Honeybee” and “African Queenwoman”. (See lyrics below) Yea man, haffi blaze up di fya loud pon a even higha frequency, how yuh mean…when “African Queenwoman” touch di spot…almost haffi buss out di surround sound and mek speakers tump & kick mek neighbours crockery vibrate inna cabinet.

Wen mi tell yuh seh di album bring on a irie nostalgic reggae vibe is real truth enuh man….yuh si all track 9…inna dat deh song deh is like di drums a talk to you. Yes rasta!…“Rastafari Come” a beat out di word sound energy raising di reggae vibration to even higher heights. Den “Live & Direct” come een wid di groovy head-bopping vibe den give way to some serious ‘consciousness rising in love‘ to welcome “African Queenwoman”, hailing di Madda of Creation. African Queenwoman speaks volume to mi, haffi pull up dat a couple times harnessing di good vibration over and over. Vibration charged and frequency tun up after nuff “Fire Burning” but “Vigilance” nuh done wid yuh earsdrum yet; di true humanitarian he is, di artiste den draw attention to world starvation issues wid Track 7, “Feed The Starving Children“, a social commentary within itself and you can ‘feel’ di voice of di artiste resonating wid di plight of starving children di world over as him call pon those in dem various authorities fi look afta di future generation of humanity.

African Queenwoman – Jahmark & the Soulshakers

After “Feeding the Starving Children” and with more sweet reggae nectar to flow, the album brings you “Open Up Your Heart”, a soulful blend of words and music caressing your ears in a mellow iration.

With the ‘highration’ still inna iya ites “Wasp & The Honeybee” mek yuh lips smile as Jahmark & the Soulshakers introduce your eardrums to di lyrical lava…hotta fya a blaze out di word sound and ah vibrate and echo power blending wid some sweet instrumentals. The artist gash some well deserving fya pon di wasp dem and him blaze it smooth to enuh like a giant candle flame. Di glow may be subtle but di heat singe dutty wasps weh a try tief di honey as the lyrical ‘reggae-honeybee’ sting dem wid pure undiluted roots rock reggae fya.

Jahmark Tafari – Jahmark & the Soulshakers

The album is comprised of 15 songs for your listening pleasure, providing upful and conscious roots rock reggae from start to finish and closing out in a sweet high reggae vibration style is the sultry “This Love…Jah Love”

Roots rock reggae in its purest form, feel the mystical vibration in Jahmark & the Soulshakers’ album, “Vigilance” and enjoy palatable reggae music that your musical appetite longed for. Take a listen and sing along with the lyrics below. “Vigilance” by Jahmark is definitely another addition to your reggae music collection and is currently available on Spotify and YouTube.