Thursday, December 12, 2024

Living as 1 (Katchafire) (LP 2935)

Katchafire  Legacy (CD, Universal Records, 2018) ***  

GenreNZ Music, roots, reggae

Places I remember: Slow Boat Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Fyah in the Trenches

Gear costume Walk With Me

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4

Active compensatory factors: Katchafire, a band from Hamilton, are obviously very influenced initially by Bob Marley, but as Legend shows, they have evolved their own distinctive brand of roots rock reggae.

As the cover to the album indicates the band is very proud of it's Maori heritage (all members of the band are tangata whenua). The songs on the album are pretty strong, the vocals are pretty good and the music is on the money.

Where do they all belong? Great summer music!

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