Beat Box - DEIDEM

DAILY PLANET - TELLURIDE, CO

Album Review by: Katie Klingsporn

Taj Weekes is pretty young, but you wouldn’t know it if you just listened to him. The roots reggae singer, who’s originally from St. Lucia, has a wisdom to his words and a clear, bell-like voice that defies age. The band is touring to support their new album, “Deidem,” which is a meditation on the fragmentation in the world and uniting everyone despite it all. It’s music of promise, but it’s certainly not all sunshine and daisies — Weekes also expresses his outrage about social injustice and environmental destruction and the realities of the global economy.