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REGGAE FANS KNOW THAT A BURNING SPEAR CONCERT is an opportunity to gain a little cracker-jack island wisdom from one of the music's mystics. Winston Rodney-the 50-something-year-old St. Ann's, Jamaica, native who adopted his stage name from Kenyan freedom fighter Jomo Kenyatta-arrived at the Theatee District's Roxy Nightclub on the heels of his recent Grammy-winning album Calling Rastafari and with a revamped edition of his Burning Band...
...dreadlocked Mr. Lif seemed a more impressive and fitting pacesetter for the night. His conga-accompanied spoken word performance addressed issues of race and class, while the crowd was wowed by his impromptu freestyle. Lif's performance during this hour-long performance set the stage perfectly for the Spear...
...restless audience waited nearly an hour after the opening act-and three hours after the 8 p.m. door opening - before the Burning Band finally took the stage. This patience paid off. The Burning Band tore into the music from the Spear's most famous song, "Marcus Garvey," and got heads nodding and bodies bouncing immediately. After five minutes or so of this jam, Burning Spear finally joined his band on stage. With his shirt partly tucked and his tie loosely knotted, the Spear seemed to make a rather casual nod toward formality. After introducing the lyrics to another...
Critics claim that all of Burning Spear's albums sound the same. Likewise, there was little to distinguish one tune from another throughout the night. Fortunately, this amounted to a constant musical high maintained throughout the performance. While the Spear's vocals were occasionally unintelligible, the groove was always clear and deep...
Barr went to Congress in 1994 as the most bellicose spear carrier in the Gingrich revolution. He hates liberals with a special glee. But Barr's district is in demographic flux, with an infusion of Hispanics and transplanted Northerners. There were signs of trouble two years ago, when Barr faced an unknown Democratic challenger who spent just $14,000--vs. Barr's $1.4 million--but still collected 45% of the vote...