Jah Rockaz – Reggae Is Healing

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May 5, 2026 - 20:34

Jah Rockaz – Reggae Is Healing

Release Info

Label
Briwills Music
Format
DR
Street date
March 2026
Contact
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Tracklist

01. Until It’s over (Intro)
02. Reggae Is Healing
03. Reggae Music
04. Little More Time
05. Lot of Love
06. Feelin
07. Champion
08. Drift to Love
09. Calling
10. Painful Memories

A soulful, piano-accompanied gospel-styled Until It’s Over introduces this debut album by this Jamaica-formed but now Florida-based outfit, led by drummer and bandleader Obrian Williams and vocalist Chris Reinge. Obrian has spoken about his love for live music, and their aim is to bring the idea of the band back to the fore in reggae; with tunes like the catchy and convincing title track – which sets out their approach – and Reggae Music which follows immediately on its heels (“give me little reggae music, make me rock this town”), they could just do it.

The band profess inspirations such as Bob Marley, Morgan Heritage, Third World, Sean Paul, Sizzla, and, tellingly perhaps, California’s Stick Figure; the influence of those first three names is certainly well in evidence here. Little More Time is one of those numbers that would make a good crossover reggae hit into the mainstream with the right push. Maybe the same can be said of Lot Of Love, a fine, very accessible soulful lover’s tune – but it would be a somewhat different mainstream audience…

Feelin is a slightly gimmicky smooth soul number, Champion leans towards a relatively poppy dancehall sound, Drift To Love is a slow, affecting return to old-school reggae (with a gutsy sax solo too). Calling recalls some of those great 80s lover’s tunes (plus some rock guitar licks), before this fine, individual set closes with the regret-filled sound of Painful Memories, with its pained vocal, melancholy violin and nyabinghi drumming.

Jah Rockaz – a name to watch.