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Various Artists - Spirit of Light

By Karl Pearson on Friday, January 15, 2010 - Comment

Christian and Rastafarian inspired songs

Sampler

Here we have yet another digitally released only album from those good people at Dubtonic. This time round it’s a various offering on a very spiritual front. Here are 14 tracks that give thanks and praise to God, Jesus and Jah.

Spirit Of Light Bobby Edwards gets proceedings under way with a beautifully slick Al Green styled soulful, gospel number reminding us that God’s Love embraces, and forgives all. Then Chantelle Ernandez thanks him for showing her through her darkest moments and all to a body swaying up to date funky club beat. Daughter of Zion comes next from Subrina Murray in an every so slightly jazzy, roots reggae mix and so the album progresses with a mixture of soulful and reggaefied….well hymns basically.

Tunes from the Dubtonic album show up again in the shape of title track Spirit of Light and Rise Up, while stable mate Richie Brown chips in with two very different sounding cuts. First up is One God, a subtle reworking of Bob Marley’s One Love, while his second song is the full on deep soul, blusey ballad God Loves His Children. Richie Kanary brings something slightly different to the alter with the slight Ob La Di, Ob Li Da influenced and faintly calypso Love In My Heart. Bringing the whole thing to a close is the hand clapping, semi rap of Nigel “E-Poet” Wilmot’s, bowed and thankful Prayer.

A brave album to release some might say in these times, where religion is supposed to be in decline, but if churches where to play this collection of relevant Christian and Rastafarian inspired songs then numbers would surely climb.

Tags: Dubtonic