"Taxman" (CD review)

...by Lucky Dube (1997).
I don't have much reggae in my collection.
Bob Marley by the bucketful, Sinead's experiments, ska collections, and this one CD by South African singer/songwriter, Lucky Dube.
...who, by mortal standards, was not lucky in the manner of his death - shot down in a random act of senseless killing as one expects to find these days in the city of Johannesburg - in front of his 2 young children, having just dropped them at school.

Listen to this CD and you can hear what a great loss that is to the world.
It is a collection of bighearted, activating reggae.
Dube's voice has a similar warmth to Uncle Bob's, but is smoother in general (perhaps less ravaged by cannabis?).
Songs of love, faith and politics.

Not quite as adventurous rhythmically, but those Barratt brothers are hard to beat!
A little too much reverb at times.
Great tunes and vocal performances, though, especially Lucky's lead.

A worthy successor to the Marley dynasty - if he had but lived longer!

8/10.