By Mark Wede— KALAMAZOO, MI — The classic roots reggae of The Meditations is nearly four decades old, but it’s still relevant, Ansel Cridland feels. The latest lineup of The Meditations, L-R: Daddy Lion Chandell, Ansel Cridland, Laury Webb.courtesy photo Cridland — also known as Ansel Meditation — will bring the latest version of the group he helped form in Jamaica to headline Friday night at the Island Festival. They will be on the Arcadia Creek Festival Place stage at 10 p.m., June 20. In “Tricked,” Cridland’s 1976 hit for The Meditations — it became a hit after being banned by many Caribbean stations — he protested the violence among residents in the island “ghettos.” “Only the ghetto is on fire…. It’s only we who have been fighting/It’s only we who have been dying,” he sang. With a voice … Read entire article »