The Tokyo Concert Experience

  The list of candidates that could join Bob Marley in reggae’s Mount Rushmore is quite extensive. I think it can’t be argued that there are more than a few legends in the genre. When it comes to solo vocal artists, I’d say that Horace Andy is a strong contender to be among the selected few. His voice and career trajectory, from recording with Studio One in the late sixties and early seventies, to the work he did for the American label Wackies in the eighties. Not to mention his membership to the prestigious Massive Attack crew from the nineties as well as an endless list of classics of the genre empowered by the strength of his unmistakable high pitched voice. I always thought he was the most likely to make the trip to Japan out of the reggae legends that are still with us, even though he confessed during the show that the reason he hasn’t been before is because he hates flying. I was elated when it was finally announced that he will coming for a three dates tour. The show was und...