{"id":13141,"date":"2017-09-27T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/09\/27\/chronixx-tiny-desk-concert\/"},"modified":"2017-09-27T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T09:00:26","slug":"chronixx-tiny-desk-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/chronixx-tiny-desk-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronixx: Tiny Desk Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Abby O’Neill<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Reggae has long been the most vivid musical escape for me. Its soul-cleansing riddims always feel familiar and cozy, like rushing into your lover’s arms after a significant time away. This is especially true for roots reggae, whose staccato guitar licks, billowing bass, and sonic splashes on a canvas of negative space, are like salve for the soul. The mid-tempo pulse varnishes heads with Kool-Aid grins and daydreams of living beachside amid nature’s unrestricted beauty.<\/p>\n

Given all that, you can understand why I’ve been obsessed with Chronixx lately. At a time when dancehall has been dominating the Jamaican soundscape, its refreshing to hear the man born Jamar McNaughton carrying the roots-revival torch for a younger generation and expanding upon the footprint left by his world-renowned predecessors.<\/p>\n

Chronixx and his band Zincfence Redemption paid a long-awaited visit to the Tiny Desk to perform three songs from his sophomore album, Chronology<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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