Nice Up (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
SINCE BREAKING through in 1995 with Love You Higher, most local fans have identified Benjy Myaz with the lovers rock genre. But, he is quick to point out that being a musician is more important to him than singing.
You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
A1* Dobbie Dobson - Endlessly A2* Rupie Edwards All Stars - Reggae Drum Song A3* Errol Dunkley - Down Below A4* Errol Dunkley - Darling, Ooh Your Love Is Amazing A5* The Heptones - That Loving Feel A6* Rupie Edwards - Dance With Me B1* The Ethiopians - Pray Mama Pray Papa B2* Rupie Edwards All Stars - Drum & Bass Mama B3* The Ethiopians - Buy You A Ring B4* Rupie Edwards All Stars - Ring Of A Bass...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
With a reputation as one of the world's great eccentrics, Lee "Scratch" Perry should be a certified nutcase. After all, he once burned down his studio, recorded a song called "I Am a Madman" and has a salacious alter ego named Pipecock Jackson. Truth is,...
Dissensus (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
Please hence there is no Coconut Wata Sessions until the 6th of September. junior delgado - storm is coming sip a cup roots family - dub is coming augustus pablo - israel in harmony bob marley - is this love delroy williams - think twice bob marley - lively up yourself yami bolo...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
International recording company, Shanachie Entertainment, has just released the first CD/DVD combination box set on renowned Jamaican musician, Augustus Pablo.
DJ Greedy G's Journey Through Black (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
Hour One of my show from 7th May this year - Pure STUDIO 1 selection: Playlist: 01 - Get With It - Roland Alphonso 02 - Rub Up Push Up - Termites 03 - Baby - The Heptones 04 - You Lost Your Date - Eternals 05 - Feel So Good - Denise Darlington 06 - Counting On You - Joy White (12) 07 - Tribute To Bob Marley - Lone Ranger 08 - Rearrange - The Gladiators 09 - Stepping Into Zion - El Tibby & Stingers...
Dissensus (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
was fun this one - a subfm cover show from saturday morning/early afternoon, so i did something different. bit scatty cos it was early, but good stuff in there http://www.divshare.com/download/4794644-b04 1. The Aggrovators/Johnny Clarke - Ites Green and Gold Dub (Blood and Fire) 2. The...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
Obituary: Celebrated Jamaican record producer
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 22/04/2008
A THREE-DISC set looking at the history of Randy's Records will be released in October, a spokesperson for VP Records said last week. Clive Chin, whose father Vincent started Randy's in October 1959, said the project will commemorate the label's 50th anniversary.
You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
Dobby Dobson - Ride Me Donkey Marcia Griffiths - Feel Like Jumping Ken Boothe - Tomorrow The Heptones - Pretty Looks Isnt All The Cables - Baby Why Roy & Enid - Hell Have To Go The Soul Vendors - A House Is Not A Home Soul Two - Puppy Love The Westmorelites - Miss Hiti Tite The Heptones - In Love With You Jackie Mittoo - Soul Call The Freedom Singers - Lovers Train DOWNLOAD
The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 19/03/2008
First off, one minor correction from last week: Selector JD from Deadly Dragon correctly and annoyingly pointed out that the Stone Love throwback riddim that I listed as “I Do Love You”--after the Heptones classic Shinehead covers on his white label version--is actually “Rocksteady,” originally by Alton Ellis. Whatever. In the interests of science, it's actually the bass and drums from “Rocksteady”...
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 15/03/2008
Reggae is a fine musical style, and the Soul Syndicate Band are masters of the craft. This Jamaican Reggae powerhouse have provided backing for Bob Marley and The Wailers, Toots and The Maytals, The Heptones, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, to name but a few. The DVD is part outdoor concert, part documentary, and part personal look [...]
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 13/03/2008
THIS IS MUSIC!!!!!!! Joe Higgs in 'Roots,Rock,Reggae' inside the Jamaican music scene. A great DVD to own and a heart-wrenching snippet here. Fans of 1970s reggae are sure to rejoice at the chance to hear Jimmy Cliff and Joe Higgs talk about their music, to see hyperkinetic producer-musician Lee "Scratch" Perry at work in his legendary Black Ark studio (with Junior Murvin, the Heptones, and the Upsetters),...
Afrobella (Free subscription) | 26/02/2008
By now my adoration of Seventies reggae is apparent to anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while, so allow me to bid a fond farewell to a master of the genre. Record producer Joe Gibbs passed away last Thursday. Lee Perry, Niney the Observer, Beres Hammond, The Heptones, The Ethiopians, Jacob Miller, and [...]
You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 24/12/2007
The Sound Dimension - Baby Face Alton Ellis - Can I Change My Mind Ken Boothe - Tomorrow Owen Gray - Don't Leave Me Never The Heptones - Baby The Heptones - Fatty Fatty Jackie Mittoo - Hi Jack Carlton Manning & The Shoes - This Feeling The Heptones - Mama The Soul Vendors - Straight Flush The Heptones - Jamaica Bag Jackie Mittoo - Drum Song DOWNLOAD
