It's been 50 years since Jimmy Cliff first stepped into a studio and the icon shows no signs of stopping any time soon, with the release of new album Rebirth.
Recorded with producer and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong, the pair bring fire to compelling Cliff originals and a couple of pointedly chosen covers. The steely “One More” shows an artist who is as engaged with, and troubled by, the state of the world as much as he was when he made such landmark songs as “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and the title song of the movie "The Harder They Come", both game-changers that enjoy their 40th anniversary in 2012.
A version of the Clash’s “The Guns of Brixton” taps into the popular uprisings for freedom in the Middle East, not to mention the recent London riots, which took place as sessions for the album were underway.