David Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7
Giver (Indie Exclusive)
Release Date: 06/01/2018
Format: LP
Label: Org Music
Release type: Indie Exclusive White Vinyl LP Release
The Giver is the fifth album from David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7, following Hillyard's 2014 solo album, California. Based out of New York but relying on a global cast of musicians, David has been directing the group's mix of Jamaican roots music with American Jazz, Soul, and R&B since 1997. The Giver features Jamaican percussion legend and Rocksteady 7 regular Larry McDonald. Also featured prominently is vocalist Sean Wheeler, best known as frontman of Throwrag. The album features renditions of John Coltrane's "Song of the Underground Railroad" and Gil Scott Heron's "Home is Where the Hatred Is". It was recorded at Hen House Studios in Venice, CA, mastered by Bernie Grundman, and pressed at Pallas Group in Germany.
- More Than 2 Sides
- Home Is Where the Hatred Is
- Measure of a Man
- Take a Chance on Me
- Now That You Know
- Ulysses
- The Giver
- Someone Else's Love Song
- Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
- Dark Before Dawn
- Song of the Underground Railroad
