Beres Hammond’s They Gonna Talk is our Song for Sunday. Something cool and relaxing this week from rocksteady giant Beres Hammond. This was a staple…
Reggae
Bob Fadoul – Fi Jamaïque
Bob Fadoul – dubbed “Morocco’s James Brown Meets King Tubby” – threw some Arabic funk onto a reggae ridden and call it Fi Jamaïque. We…
SONG FOR SUNDAY #93: John Holt – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
John Holt’s rendition of You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine is our Song For Sunday. A classic from my childhood. The original was written…
Lakuta – Bata Boy (Wrongtom Remix)
DJ and producer Wrongtom adds a dub dimension to Lakuta’s Bata Boy. Sometimes when a song is bursting with vibrance and calls for a remix,…
SONG FOR SUNDAY: One Hour Of Roots Reggae Songs
Since we missed Song for Sunday last week, here’s over an hour of roots reggae songs. As we’re inching ever closer to the end of…
Childhood Cassettes: Reggae Music From My Youth
Childhood Cassettes looks at the tapes we listened to as young rapscallions. Here’s the lowdown on my childhood defined by reggae music before all that…
SONG FOR SUNDAY #65: Lee “Scratch” Perry – Rainy Night Dub
Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Rainy Night Dub is our Song For Sunday. With his birthday only four days away, Lee “Scratch” Perry will be hitting the…
Grace Jones – Me! I Disconnect From You (Cover)
Jamaica Month continues as an unreleased Grace Jones cover of Gary Numan’s “Me! I Disconnect From You” is unearthed for the upcoming reissue of 1981’s…
Leftover Links #15: Jamaica
The latest edition of Leftover Links is all about Jamaica, with articles featuring Lee “Scratch” Perry, Count Ossie and the beginnings of rock steady. We…
SONG FOR SUNDAY #63: Beres Hammond – Full Attention
Beres Hammond’s Full Attention is our Song for Sunday. On Twitter, we announced March as being Jamaica Month and to represent that, we’ll be posting…