'Right Time': The Mighty Diamonds' Gorgeous And Urgent Album

'Right Time': The Mighty Diamonds' Gorgeous And Urgent Album

American R&B and soul have long been intertwined with Jamaican music’s evolution – from the earliest imported sound system tunes through the developments of ska, rocksteady, and early reggae. But by the mid-’70s the once-ubiquitous Impressions-inspired harmonies of vocal trios like the Cables, the Gaylads, the Paragons, and others were an anachronism, usurped by the militancy of the roots movement. Enter the Mighty Diamonds, who simultaneously m…