Search - Ronnie Davis & Idren :: Come Straight

Classic harmony trio roots reggae.

03/25/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"With Come Straight, Ronnie Davis & Idren turn out a wonderful, under-recognized album. Ronnie Davis was for many years a harmony vocalist with the Itals though he had a lot of solo albums in Jamaica in the 1970s and before that was a member of the seminal group The Tennors. On Come Straight, he offers conscious lyrics and a one-of-a-kind voice--clear, piercing and sweet. The songs will please listeners of the Itals as well as any fan of the tradition of harmony trios in Jamaican music. It's a throwback album in many ways, and given the fact that so much in today's dancehall reggae music is computer processed and growled and shouted out, the sheer attention to the art of vocalizing makes this a welcome album."