Nicaragua's Soul Vibrations provide ample proof that non-Jamaican musicians are capable of putting out reggae that is as straight-ahead and rootsy as that of their island cousins. Philip Montalvan and Raymond Myers, both of African-Caribbean descent and hail from Nicaragua's Atlantic coast -- which unlike the Pacific side, once held by Spanish colonists, is made up of many Caribbean transplants and is heavily influenced by early British colonialists -- provide the driving forces behind the band. Personality-wise, the two men are opposites. Myers is the charismatic, playful fro...