Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore

Like Muddy Waters, whose final albums were among the best in his catalog, Streetcore by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (Martin Slattery, Tymon Dogg, Simon Stanford, and Scott Shields) sends Strummer into rock & roll heaven a roaring, laughing, snarling lion. Unlike the previous Mescaleros outings, which were rooted in various world and folk musics and tempered by rock, Streetcore anchors itself in rock & roll and deadly heavy reggae (and for anyone who needs a reminder, Strummer's former band, The Clash, played reggae in the late '70s and early '80s better than a lot of that genre's artists). Read More