The Fader magazine features an article about Machel Montano with the headline “Soca attacks the World!”.
The magazine is also available as free pdf.
“You may not have heard of him, or he might be your favorite star evar, and either way, you need to get with the rest of the world and tune in to Soca. The import, embrace and crosspollination of Caribbean music upstream to communities in Boston, Detroit, Chicago, LA and beyond is something we’ve been harping on for years now—Soca has made its way north and Montano is its Official Ambassador (he even has a Pepsi trading card to prove it!).” from The Fader #43
Also worth a listen is the podcast of the issue with music from Machel Montano, the sunny soul of Aloe Blacc, Santogold and Spank Rock’s dubby diss track, sensi-rockers from Collie Buddz and Stephen Marley and lots more.
Tracklisting for the podcast:
Collie Buddz, “Come Around”
GLC, “Chi State Of Mind”
Machel Montano, “Higher Than High”
Aloe Blacc, “Find A Way”
White Flight, “Timeshake”
Ty and Kory, “Hey Ty”
Kim Hill, “Nutshell”
Stephen Marley, “The Traffic Jam”
Ta’Raach, “Yeah!”
Georgia Anne Muldrow, “Leroy”
A Race of Angels, “The Main Attraction”
Nas, “Where Are They Now”
Mavado, “Mr Informer” (produced by Supa Dups of Black Chiney)
Vybz Kartel, “Mofraudo” (produced by Supa Dups of Black Chiney)
Daedalus, “Sunshine”
Santogold ft Spankrock, “Shuv It”
The Good, the Bad and the Queen, “Kingdom Of Doom”
Death Vessel, “Snow Don’t Fall”
yes mr machel, big up straight. keep making yuh music and keep on reppin’ t&t to da fullest.
bless.