Night Light (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
As I said, ska/reggae star Desmond Dekker was one of the great singers in any pop style. He was also a witty, smart, catchy songwriter (although he could be highly cryptic, as in "Israelites" and "It Mek." So here's some...
Night Light (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
I've been listening a lot to the British guy of Indian descent who calls himself "Apache Indian." He sings and "toasts" (raps) in a very 70's-90's style, the result of the Indian/Jamaican cultural mashup in the Birmingham neighborhoods where he...
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Jamaican ska and reggae pioneer, Desmond Dekker had one the first international Jamaican hits with “Israelites” in 1968-1969. Born Desmond Adolphus Dacres in 1941 and growing up in Kingston, working as a tailor and a welder, performing called to young Desmond. He auditioned for Derrick Morgan in 1961, an early ska/reggae performer in the rocksteady, [...]
You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Cd 1 01 - Alton Ellis - Rocksteady 02 - Desmond Dekker - Beautiful And Dangerous 03 - The Paragons - On The Beach 04 - The Melodians - Little Nut Tree 05 - The Versatiles - Teardrops Falling 06 - Derrick Harriott - The Loser 07 - Federals - Shocking Love 08 - The Maytals - Just Tell Me 09 - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Here I Stand 10 - The Ethiopians - Come On Now 11 - Pat Kelly - Somebody's Baby...
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Ketchy Shuby (Instrumental) - Peter Tosh Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers Sweet and Dandy - Toots & the Maytals Nice Time - Bob Marley Ya Mar - The Mustangs La La Bam-Bam (Alternative Mix) - The Congos Lick Samba - Bob Marley Pressure Drop - Toots & the Maytals Rasta Lead On Version - Cedric Im Brooks Lion of Judah - Bob Marley African [...]
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Desmond Dekker - Isrealites I must confess, I didn't discover Desmond Dekker's work until he passed away in 2006. His biggest hit was "Israelites" and it's a very cool tune....
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
THE 1968 and 1972 Olympics, in Mexico City and Munich respectively, rank alongside the 1936 Games in Berlin as the most controversial in the history of these championships. Jamaican athletes were not very successful at either, but the drama that played...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
IT WAS mid-1969 and Jamaica's burgeoning music scene was enjoying growing popularity internationally. Desmond Dekker and the Aces had broken new ground by taking their biblically inspired Israelites to the top of the United Kingdom singles chart and had infiltrated the United States Billboard top 10.
Upper Left (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
…selected randomly for your amusement. Taj Mahal - My Creole Bell Dan Bern - One Thing Real Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 007 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Handful Of Lovin' - Stand Strugglin' Linda Ronstadt - Love Is A Rose Shelby Lynne - Iced Tea Sam Cooke - Shake Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes Merle Haggard - I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
USA World Cup Team Blog (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
We’ve got a little over a week before the first kickoff which, oddly enough, happens two days before the actual ceremonies begin. Details… meh. Anyways, I think what we all need is a little Olympic theme music to take us through the next month. A little somethin’ somethin’ to play on “the [...]
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
Santogold and Diplo have teamed together to make a mixtape.
nialler9 (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
I've been holding off on posting this as every music blogger I read has been posting about it. BUT I got a lovely surprise in the form of the full mixtape in my inbox this morning so I could now listen and judge in full. The mixtape from these two which has been billed as [...]
music like dirt (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
TO:musiclikedirt SUBJECT: Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub “Hey Here’s a little Friday treat for you. The Santogold VS Diplo mixtape. Santogold PR Towers” TO:Santogold PR SUBJECT: RE: Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub “Hi, This is fantastic, but its the full mix. Am I allowed to post it or is this just for preview/review!!??” TO:musiclikedirt SUBJECT: RE:RE: Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub “It is out commercially, [...]
Marginal Revolution (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
This Georgetown talk is now on-line; the entire talk is structured around commentary on the economics behind particular musical tracks, including Desmond Dekker, Tarika, some doo-wop, and other favorites of mine.
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Santogold has taken a lot of bumps over the fact that she seems like a more radio-friendly version of M.I.A.; ...
