The Itals keep on keepin’ on
Picture a bus full of Rastafarians high in the mountains of Colorado.
At the wheel is their leader, a man who many credit with keeping roots reggae alive through the dance hall years, through the days when the music itself seemed threatened with the extinction, lost amid rapid beats and DJ’s and the electronic pulse of a newer and considerably less soulful sound. Keith Porter has been on the road for as long as he can remember. As the leader of the Itals, he is one of the last remaining links to the very foundations of reggae music. And he is nowhere near stopping.