The Ambassador’s debut album “New Roots” has been released for about a month now
and can be depicted as a fresh breath of air, filled with enough freedom and rhythm
to have you moving your soul across mother earths floor of truth and passion.  The album
stands strong with it’s roots reggae and ideas of love, pain, truth and happiness flow
throughout the whole album.

Bringing you upbeat melodies layered with soft sweet vocals that tell us stories
of truth and honesty, a view between what we see and what we do, being two different
sides of the life we choose to lead.  With songs like “When the Party Starts” attacking you
with it’s kick ass horn section and sick dance rhythm telling a story about a guy who likes to have a good time.   The next tune on
the album is “Fighting Song” don’t let the title fool you, but it’s what were fighting for, peace and love
my friends.   Another tune “Dreaming” that has you at first ready to head bang and quickly switches to a laid back,
slower melodic tune that will have you feeling alright.  Followed by “Reunion” a song that brings you just a little bit of
love for a certain somebody deserving that everlasting love that you can give them. “Give Thanks”
a sweet reggae melody with some more horn action, the song just makes you feel good, what else do I have to say.
“My World” starts out as feeling like your in a paradise and after losing the one
who makes you feel like it, you can get a little down but realizing you will only grow from it

Tunes like “Change” give us a little hope that these wars can’t go on forever
and this economy can’t be bad forever, we must unite and start to understand
each other and step out of our boxes to make a little bit of change.  “When the Tide Comes”
adds on to the idea of change, things come and go but we must live and learn to grow to better figure out are way
“That’s How Strong My Love Is” an acoustic driven , harmonica song layered with a number of instruments, and a beautiful
vocal to bring power to that love, catchy lyrics that will have you at first listen.  The last tune on the album is “One”
with a faster rhythm that just makes you feel good and makes you think about all the things you have and the sacrifices
people in your life have made to make sure you have a great life.

There are a lot of reggae bands out there that don’t bring in the roots aspect of the reggae
and it’s nice to see new and upcoming bands like The Ambassador show that you can bring
it in and it can still be in a very original way.

by: Ryan McKeldin