"Without love you're like a ship that's lost its anchor, lost at sea in the swirling tides..." Presenting a conquering ten pack, inna strictly roots stylee of course. Cause you just can't conquer natty dreadlocks, seen? Prince Alla - Only Love Can Conquer MP3 The Meditations - Rasta Shall Conquer MP3 Linval Thompson - Jah Jah The Conqueror MP3 Dennis Brown - Conqueror MP3 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Duppy Conqueror [...]
Image via Wikipedia This is the latest episode of the syndicated Reggae Vault Classics podcast produced for promotional purposes only by Highlanda Sound for March, 2011 featuring classic reggae music in a radio broadcast mix-show format. This episode includes the Featured Artist Special Mix which broadcasts weekly on the Reggae Vault Classics Radio Show (Wednesdays 6pm – 9pm EST) on Da Flava Radio and Route1Radio.com . DOWNLOAD PODCAST from Highlanda.net Playlist [...]
The Heptones' Leroy Sibbles touched more than the majority of Studio One's hit songs, whether in his own band or as the obfuscated group of studio musicians known variously as Sound Dimension or the Soul Investigators or as the man who played the bass on classics by the Abyssinians or Dennis Brown. He will be leading the Lions at Dub Club tonight. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
Interesting fact: William DeVaughn was paid a mere $900 for his 1972 #1, Be Thankful (For What You Got) . Lesser known fact: Embarrassingly enough, up until a few years ago I always thought that this was a Curtis Mayfield track. Much more interesting fact than that last one:Several great reggae covers exist by the likes of Cornell Campbel l, Bunny Clarke , Donovan Carless and One Blood Cornell Campbell - Be Thankful [...]
While Elvis Presley didn't mean shit to Chuck D, he certainly was the shit in Jamaica, as evidenced by no less than 7 cover versions here today of his first big hit, Suspicious Minds . We have a great 'lovers' version by Frankie Paul as well as some great alternate or rerecorded versions, with two by The Heptones , Cornell Campbell and Hortense Ellis (whose two different Lee 'Scratch' Perry productions go by either her real name, or her alias Mahalia Saunders ) [...]
It is hot in Portugal, and the days on the beach and the nights on the terrace without doing anything, just listening to a good sound, are arriving. And what is the music we hear more often in the summer? Reggae!! Well, here is a small tribute playlist to summer and Reggae bands. ( Tribute to Summer & Reggae ) by Pirika01 1 - Barrington Levy - Here I Come ( mp3 ) 2 - Bob Marley & The Wailers [...]
I've never done a mix before on this blog, but I know that my attempts at spreading the Jamaican Soul bug have gotten some of you ill by now, and I figure it's time to finally wipe you out with the sickness. Here are 11 tracks that I consider essential, tracks I never get sick of and which epitomize all the things that draw me to this music: deep pockets, majestic singing, rainbow smears of
For The Sake Of The Song
Highlanda Selectors' Weblog
L.A. RECORD
Versions Galore
Pirika
Fone Culture
I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
Michael Jackson - Bad (Afrojack Remix) [Preview]
Mojo’s Free Yellow Submarine Covers Disk
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS – « You Are the One »
Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (Calvin Harris Remix)
