Various Artists Ska & Rock Steady Classics From Treasure Isle Vol 2 (Colored Vinyl, Red, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Remastered) 1/18/19 rips through a set of

rips through a set of deep '60s-inspired funk and R&B that sounds anachronistic in all the right ways

DeMent's doleful

Written and recorded in the heady before-times of 2019 and early 2020

His music is similarly rooted in improvisation

Various Artists Ska & Rock Steady Classics From Treasure Isle Vol 2 (Colored Vinyl, Red, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Remastered) 1/18/19 rips through a set ofDescription Forming the bridge between ska and reggae, Rock Steady is arguably the most influential of Jamaican music's many sub genres. Although it lasted only a couple of years, Rock Steady yielded several of the islands most immortal rhythm tracks. It is also probably the most contested of reggae formats, the innovations behind it's irresistible beat claimed by a range of practitioners. Tracks 1 Alton Ellis: Rock Steady 2 Justin Hinds: Save a Bread