Stereo MCs: If Bob Marley Came To Nottingham

"ARE YOU there, Milwaukee?" enquires a ghostly but undoubtedly English voice. It is around seven o'clock in the evening at the Marcus Amphitheatre in Milwaukee and benches are gradually filling up as a young, MTV-friendly crowd gathers for Womad's headliners, Crowded House and Peter Gabriel. Echoes of bass and drum swirl across this open-air "shed" as something approaching dub finally comes to Wisconsin.