Disc of the day
The Meters - The Meters
Kings of Nawlins "fonk" go it alone. Cue incurable itch in sacroiliac.
This Award honours the representatives of venerable traditions, channelers of ancestral sounds. Previous winners have included southern soul originals Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham and folk- and country-rock alchemist Chris Hillman. This year, it's presented to a man with a lifetime's service to reggae music, a man who paid his dues in bluebeat and ska with his sweet-toned vocal group The Maytals before defining a sound of his own: funky reggae.