David Kirton - Flamingo Cantina, SXSW, Austin TX - March 21, 2009


[from Barbados] this venue immediately transports you to another place with irregular stadium seating, Mai Thai drinks, open-aired roofing, and the sweet smell of pot – the world of dub, ska, rocksteady and things reggae-beautiful – I was immediately soothed but was scrunching my brows once the music started – it was sounding like Lenny Kravitz to me which was not what I was looking for - UrbanBiker, a far more savvy consumer of the genre, stated in flat disdain “…this is not reggae… this is a Jamaican singer/songwriter” – all he needed to say… ‘singer/songwriter’ is the death knell no matter where you’re from – he islanded it up a little bit as songs progressed but never approached escape… (Photo courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/angrysong/3396217525/)

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