George Gershwin's Summertime has to be one of the most covered songs in American popular music - from Billy Stewart's stuttering tic-infested horn fest to Sam Cooke's more leisurely campfire ballad rendition. It's also well represented in Jamaica: whether by Lloyd Clarke’s jaunty ska cut, B B Seaton’s brooding early reggae lament or Jimmy Riley's militant stalker for Dennis Brown’s label DEB.

This summer brought a new addition to the ranks. Its singer is jazzy chanteuse Sheya Mission, and its producer is Jonah Goldheart who helmed Daweh Congo's impressive last album 'Ghetto Skyline'. Laid down in Stockholm, the smooth, slightly chilly feel to Jonah's recordings works with Mission’s cool stately voice over a very traditional swung roots reggae rhythm in the mode of Bob Marley's cut of Natural Mystic. The result is a lingering affair that recalls Manasseh's reworking of Lord Creator's Such Is Life with the singer Judith - particularly on the dub. An album, 'Nine Signs and Heavy Bliss' is slated for release in 2011, and on this showing, it's one you won't want to miss...