and The Sherbs also received airplay on US album-oriented rock (AOR) radio stations with "No Turning Back"
combined with spiritual influences rooted in their experiences in Jamaica
offering aid to concentration or recognition
Ramsey Lewis' swinging soul sound
from it's grisly violence to it's B-movie homages to it's gleeful amorality
Dara, Olu * In The World: From Natchez To New York [New LP] [w/ download card] and The Sherbs also receivedCritics everywhere agreed that Olu Dara's In the World From Natchez to New York was one of 1998's best albums. The only problem was, in what category? Jazz? Dara came to this album with impeccable credentials in the genre, having played with David Murray, James "Blood" Ulmer, Henry Threadgill, and Don Pullen. However, though Dara does flash his burnished cornet tone on occasion, he is more often picking on guitar as opposed to blowing on trumpet on