This is a fine and mellow set from Jamaican vocalist Ras-I, a.k.a. Immanuel Kerr; Heart Of Love is his third album. It is a contemporary-sounding set, though with a lover’s feel as the title indicates and certainly with something of a strong roots tinge too; all thirteen tracks here are positive and uplifting. His often intimate-sounding voice reveals an influence…

Career Winston Brown grew up in Rema and Tivoli, two of Kingston’s toughest communities, and he took the name Ranking Dread and built his reputation on the Ray Symbolic sound system before heading to London in the late 1970s. Once there he linked with Lloyd Coxsone’s operation and slotted right into the UK roots scene.It was Burning Sounds, running things…