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The Ethiopians - Tuffer Than Stone

Primary Artist
The Ethiopians
Album Title
Tuffer Than Stone
Release Date
October 19, 1999 
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Review by Rick Anderson
The Ethiopians first came on the scene before there was such a thing as reggae -- like their contemporaries The Maytals and the Wailers, they started out in the mid-1960s, singing political and religious message songs in tight harmony over the ska and rocksteady rhythms that would soon slow and thicken into that familiar one-drop reggae beat. It's pretty amazing that The Ethiopians (in the person of lead singer Leonard Dillon) are still recording; even more impressive is the continued quality of the music. Read More