I'm just over here drawing up some Ivy League Spins stickers for all of you lovely people, and thought I would share what I'm listening to. Here's a short playlist of what's blaring through my headphones. Enjoy: Prince Fatty - Bedroom Eyes Dub (ft. Natty) Prince Fatty - Need It (ft. Little Roy) Hugh Roy - Flashing My Whip [...]
Fin 1965, Alton Ellis et Jackie Mittoo entrent en studio pour enregistrer le morceau " Get Ready Rocksteady ", le bassiste est absent et c'est l'organiste Jackie Mittoo qui hérite de la basse, mais n'arrivant pas à suivre la rythmique ska il décide de jouer down tempo. C'est ainsi que Alton Ellis et Jackie Mittoo transformèrent accidentellement le ska en rocksteady . Alton Ellis grandit à Trenchtown et forme rapidement un premier duo avec Eddie Perkins avec lequel il enregistre le single "Muriel" en 1959. Fort de ce [...]
DUBMATIX - One of Canada's premiere dub, reggae & electro artist / producers & 2010 JUNO Award Winner for Best Reggae Recording. Having imprinted his name in the minds of reggae fans Worldwide with his debut release Champion Sound Clash in 2004, the Toronto-born producer is now firmly established as one of the top reggae producers worldwide - with three chart-topping releases, that includes the 2009 JUNO Nominated "Renegade Rocker" and the2010 JUNO Award Win for Best Reggae Recording plus International acclaim and a list of collaborations that include some [...]
Third World Music Group in association with Zojak World Wide is pleased to present the release of Third World's 23rd album Patriots . Known as one of the greatest reggae bands of all time, this release celebrates over 3 decades of music from the group. Patriots is an album that spans eras and subgenres of reggae music with ease. Tracks like Front Door (featuring [...]
By Sweet Sound of Sunrise When I think of world music, I generally think of songs sung in different languages, often over melodies strange to inexperienced ears. But this isn't the case this week. In fact, does this count as cheating? This week's pick comes from Jamaica, home to its own distinct musical genres and legends like Bob Marley. However, this isn't about him, or even reggae, which is arguably the most popular Jamaican genre on an international level. This is about [...]
The 2010 Juno Nominees were announced in downtown Toronto . Tanya Mullings received a nomination for Reggae Recording Of The Year . This years awards will be hosted in St. Johns, NL . The 2010 celebrations in St. John's will mark the 39 th anniversary of the JUNO Awards. Watch the JUNO Awards Live April 18 th on CTV . http://junoawards.ca/nominees/ www.myspace.com/tanyamullings For [...]
Get out your love and stomp your stray dog feet around in the loam of your land, and it's all your land. Throwback : Alton Ellis - African Descendants (don lowed) Throwback : Leroy Sibbles - Express Yourself (don lowed) Throwback : Dennis Brown - No Man Is An Island (don lowed)
As if it hasn't been made abundantly clear all week, Sockets Records is throwing its 5-Year Anniversary Party tonight at The Black Cat with label stalwarts The Cornel West Theory, HUME, Imperial China, Buildings, and Big Gold Belt. We thank them all for participating here this week. Label founder Sean Peoples has some parting thoughts and your Parting Shots this week: [...]
Every time I call You tell me that you soon come I call you on the phone You tell me that you soon come Peter Tosh - Soon Come The Harder They Come (musical) Salut à tous et bonne année 2010 !! Oui, bon, je sais, j'ai pris un peu de retard dans la série des articles sur la culture Reggae, mais bon c'est finalement la bonne occasion d'illustrer un concept fondamental de la culture jamaïquaine: [...]
The Israelites - Come Together The Congos - Congoman Alton Ellis - What Does It Take... Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston The Slickers - Johnny Too Bad Bonus The Mud Hut
Hey there bloggermaniacs, it's been too long. While I was absent it looks like this blog has turned into Sportscenter without the funny commercials. Well without any further ado, I want to give you what you came for here in the first place... THE REGGAE. I've been jamming Phyllis Dillion pretty hard lately. All of her recording was done between the ages of 19 and 23 or something like that. Totally hypnotizing music. Alton Ellis is another guy that has been in heavy rotation. WikiP tells [...]
Last night I get a message from P.tone: "hen to pan, can not reconcile god to man." I don't know what to do with that. But I somehow think its true. Sure, he's been missing, some things, some days, some people. But I understand. Happy birthday jackass. Oroborus to you. Fingerbanger 1 : Alton Ellis - Rock Steady (don lowed) -- Fingerbanger 2 : Lizzy Borden - Love Is A Treasure (don lowed) -- Fingerbanger 3 [...]
www.deadlydragonsound.com As a child, Alton Ellis was a major part of the soundtrack in my house... One of Jamaica's most vocally-gifted and prolific singers, he would have been 72 years old today. I was able to grab this mix off the net last year after his death. It totally reminds me of Brooklyn '83!!! DOWNLOAD: Stephen T - Remembering Alton Tribute Mix 1 JAMAICA (STUDIO 1 LP: THE BEST OF..) 2 TUMBLING TEARS (STUDIO 1) 3 A [...]
Julian Lynch + Evan Brody of Family Portrait are Pillow Talk . Here, the duo cover Junior Walker 's " What Does It Take? " in the rocksteady style of Alton Ellis . mp3: pillow talk :: what does it take? *********
Fêtons l'arrivée des beaux jours et d'un long week end en douceur. Avec l'une des plus belle chanson que je connaisse: Why Birds Follow Spring . Et en bonus Duke Of Earl , samplée par Cypress Hill sur Hand On the Pump . Ladies & Gentlemen, le regretté Alton Ellis . Alton Ellis - Why Birds Follow Spring [extrait de la compilation Soul Groover ] [...]
Monsieur Cyclopède strikes back. Aujourd'hui, il découvre comment l'absence d'un musicien (sûrement atteint de la grippe porcine) a fait progresser le ska vers le rocksteady, chaînon manquant vers le reggae. :: Justin Hinds & The Dominoes : My Mama Told Me :: [ MP3 ] [ [...]
Tyrone Davis: Can I Change My Mind? From Can I Change My Mind? (Dakar, 1969) Alton Ellis: Can I Change My Mind From 7" (Studio One, 1970). Also on I'm Still In Love With You Tyrone Davis: Let Me Back In From Turn Back the Hands of Time (Dakar, 1970) Jesse Anderson: Let Me Back In From 7" (Curtom, 1970). Also [...]
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"There are so many little dyings that it doesn't matter which of them is death," wrote esteemed poet/ author Kenneth Patchen. Yet the accrual of such dying over the course of a calendar year belies such "little"ness. As we nudge into the 21st century, the luminaries of the previous one begin to wane, the architects and innovators of prime American music forms: blues, jazz, folk, rock. The obituary page for 2008 may not feature so many marquee names, but the crucial people behind the stage—the gurus, the producers, the poster artists, the record executives, the session men—all continued to vanish [...]
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