Ask 10 people their favorite musical artist from Jamaica, and 9 out of 10 are going to say Bob Marley. The other person is probably going to get Jamaica confused with Cuba and go on some rant about Communism (fuck that guy). Unless you're hanging with a bunch of knowledgeable ska nerds (don't worry, you're in good company here), you're probably not going to get Desmond Dekker as an answer, although he is hands down my personal favorite and one of the most influential artists to ever come out of Jamaica. Desmond Dekker's third full length release [...]
In L.A, you get to listen to reggae in December. [ the cover image is actually Augustus Pablo , a bit of bait-and-switch, since he isn't on this mix ] December 2012 Mix - "For The Right Time" 01 Johnny Osbourne and Earth, Roots & Water - Right, Right Time (197?) 02 The Charmers - I'm Back (1963) 03 Phyllis Dillon - Picture On The Wall (1971) 04 The Valentines - Blam [...]
Prince Buster - One Step Beyond l’original Prince Buster track, One Step Beyond!
C'était comment hier soir? Très bien. Merci. The Rebels of Tijuana - J'adore ce Flic Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen Peter Tosh - Buk In Hamm Palace(SirBilly Dance Edit) Prince Buster - Perhaps
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: [...]
by Alex Abramovich “I saw the film of Exodus in Kingston,” Ernest Ranglin said, when he was interviewed for a book called The Book of Exodus: The Meaning and the Making of Bob Marley and the Wailers . "A lot of people went to see it. I know it was a moving movie, with its moral about oppressed people fighting for their existence. I guess that’s why I did the tune, too.” Ranglin wasn’t the only musician to look at independence-era Jamaica and see the Hebrew exodus. [...]
The Skatalites & The Trojans live at Shinkiba Studio Coast - Tokyo Japan Résumé du précèdent épisode.. Dans le précèdent article , nous avons vu les début de la musique Jamaïquaine, avec l'émergence des sound-systèmes, l'influence de la musique américaine, en particulier Jazz et Rythm'n'blues. et enfin l'émergence, via l'arrivée de matériel d'enregistrement et de pressage de disques, d'une musique locale. Nous continuons maintenant notre histoire au point où nous étions arrêté: l'enregistrement de la chanson Oh Carolina et l'apparition d'un nouveau style de musique: [...]
Leonard Howell known as “The First Rasta” , bequeathed the Rastafarians six fundamental principles: Hatred for the white race. The complete superiority of the black race. Revenge on whites for their wickedness. The negation, persecution, and humiliation of the government and legal bodies of Jamaica. Preparation to go back to Africa, and [...]
You don't need to be George W. Bush to wage preemptive war. When the reggae toaster I Roy saw his microphone dominance challenged in the mid seventies, he struck his competition first, delivering the scorching track "Straight to Jazzbo's Head." Naturally, the song prompted retaliation from the up-and-coming Prince Jazzbo, and it touched off one of reggae's great lyrical feuds.
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 ] [ [...]
Prince Buster ( wiki fansite AMG ) was born in Jamaica in 1938. A boxer and bouncer, he got his big break (and his nickname) working security for a mobile DJ. (In 1964, he converted to Islam after a chance meeting with Muhammad Ali, which means Mr. Cassius Clay is once again implicated in the story of Stag .) Prince Buster was one of the primary stars of ska in the 1960s, but by the 70s his musical career was more or less dead, and his other business ventures weren't doing so well either. Luckily [...]
Recently I've been doing a lot of thinking about bands and their logos. My own band is going through the process of trying to create that perfect image. That one symbol that may not even have text in it, but people still know what it represents...a kick ass band. I'll let you know this is a painstaking process, especially in a band with 7 members (7 schizophrenic sets of opinions). So if you don't have a publicist or creative director to do the brunt work, how does an artist/band (or company) go about creating their logo? What [...]
Today's cover project choice is more "ripped from the headlines" than normal. In recognition of today's historic inauguration, we're profiling Sam Cooke's classic "A Change is Gonna Come." A civil rights anthem for decades, the song took on new importance recently when it became the de facto theme for Obama's election. Everyone and their brother chose the song for their election coverage — we certainly featured it in our election mix back in November — and although it didn't make the official Obama soundtrack , [...]
A message to all form from Rocksteady legend, Prince Buster. Happy New from Audiodrums! Prince Buster - Enjoy It (Enjoy Yourself)
Have some ska and a few ska/reggae/dub related interviews and features. * an interview with the legendary U-Roy (Thanks Caglar ) * a feature on Phyllis Dillon's tragic last years . * an interview with Welton Irie one of the first toasters from Jamaica. * a new addition to rare African music blogs, Analog Africa . Phyllis Dillon - Right Track Prince Buster - Enjoy Yourself The Clarendonians - Do Good [...]
Prince Buster's One Step Beyond - a down-tempo version of a Madness song? Wrong: Madness play an up-tempo version of a Prince Buster song. Let's get the credit right. Prince Buster may not be a household name, but he's very influential and highly-regarded in the whole reggae/ska genre. Not only is he that, but he's the original performer of the successful Madness debut single, One Step Beyond. Buster's version, in comparison to the familiar Madness track, is more like a smooth, chilled-out, summer-day-smoking-weed-track. It's got some [...]
One of my strongest childhood memories is of my mother relating a bit of family folklore to me. It concerned some great-great-relation of her father's side of the family, a stoically creepy bunch of Old Yankees from Maine's Androscoggin County. This particular relative worked in a lumber mill, and during the course of his duties got his arm stuck in the machinery. As his friends tried in vain to find the best way to extricate the ruined limb from the works, my laterally-thinking ancestor came up with an easy solution -- power up the machinery and let it take the [...]
We had a little surprise from Mother Nature last night, as she threw a 4.0 magnitude earthquake our way here in San Francisco. Now, I'm not saying I like them, but there's something exhilarating about these smaller ones. MP3s: Fruit Bats - "The Earthquake of 733 Beck - "Terremoto Tempo (Earthquake Weather)" Prince Buster - "Earthquake" King Tubby - "Earthquake Shake" Mama Cass Elliot - "California Earthquake" Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole [...]
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