Reggae Roots 1979 [Unreleased Album] Jah Herbalist–Late Hours

🎙️ Jah Herbalist – Late Hours
[Unreleased 1979 Roots Reggae Album]
Roots Reggae | Night Reasoning | Herbal Meditation | Lost Tapes

Late Hours is a deep, nocturnal roots session from 1979 — the unreleased midnight recordings of Jah Herbalist, a quiet herbal sage known for long night reasonings, slow-burning chants, and music made strictly after sundown. These tracks were whispered about among brethren as “music for when the yard goes silent,” meant for solitary listening, reflection, and spiritual grounding.

Recorded in the stillness of late night hours, the album moves with heavy, patient basslines, restrained drum patterns, soft organ bubbles, and chants that drift like smoke through darkness. Nothing rushes on Late Hours — each rhythm lingers, allowing space for thought, memory, and inner dialogue. The herb is present as companion and guide, not celebrated loudly but respected deeply.

Lyrically and sonically, the album reflects maturity — roots reggae at its calmest and most introspective. The chants feel lived-in, spoken rather than sung, carrying lessons earned through time, silence, and observation. Late Hours captures the essence of roots music at the edge of the 1980s, when consciousness deepened and the sound grew heavier but wiser.

A lost late-era roots gem, Late Hours stands as a quiet testament to reggae made for the mind, the night, and the soul.

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