Reggae Aloha

"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae: Rock Steady [Rhino]
"For A Few Dollars More" - Upsetters - Trojan Instrumentals Box Set [Trojan]

"OK Fred" - U-Roy/Errol Dunkley - NOW [Tabou 1]
"In The Groove" - Heptones - New And Old Sounds [EMI]
"Crisis" - Culture - Culture At Work [Shaachie]
"What Is Life?" - Black Uhuru - Anthem [Island]
"A Little Way Different" - Erroll Dunkley - OK Fred: The Best of Errol Dunkley [Sanctuary]
"A Little Way Different" - Xplosions - A Little Way Different [Sound Pollution]
"Liquidator" - Harry J All Stars - Trojan Instrumental Box [Trojan]

"Blood Of The Prophets" - Max Romeo - Open The Iron Gate [Blood and Fire]
"Amerimacka" - Thievery Corporation - Babylon Central [ESL]
"Prophecy" - Justin Hinds & the Dominos - Jezebel [Island]
"Richest Man In Babylon" - Richest Man In Babylon - Richest Man In Babylon [ESL]
"I & I Survive" - Bad Brains - 12" Single [Bad Brains Records]
"In The Spirit" - Lloyd Bennett - Trojan Instrumental Box [Trojan]
"Tons Of Gold" - Val Bennett - Trojan Instrumental Box [Trojan]
...with the late, Great Mikey Dread

"Generation Time" - Iration - No Time For Rest [Iration]
"Hi Town Ting" - The Heartical Crew - Jah Music [THC]
"Fish & Poi" - Sean Na'auao - Fish & Poi [Mountain Apple]
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Facing The Future [Mountain Apple]
"Do It Twice" - Robi Kahakalau - Tribute To A Legend [Putumayo]
"Cookie Jar" - Iration - No Time For Rest [Iration]
"Napoleon Solo" - Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]

"Pretty Looks Isn't All" - Heptones - Respect To Studio One [Heartbeat]
"Gypsy Woman" - Slim Smith & the Uniques - The Best Of The Uniques 1967-1969 [Trojan]
"S.W.A.L.K." - Mikey Dread - Best Sellers [RYKO

Uptown Top Ranking

Oh, It's ON.

Or, It's NOT.

These kind of crackpots in DC, I can get with.




"Listen To DJs" - Long Beach Dub All Stars - Wonders Of The World [Skunk]
"Love The Dread" - Mikey Dread - MP3

"Uptown Top Ranking" - Althea & Donna - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
"Poor Man" - Henry Turner, Jr & Flavor - Facing The Millenium [Hit City]
"Offshore Banking Business" - The Members - MP3
"Money Worries" - the Maytones - Rockers (soundtrack) [Mango]
"Money Worries" - Ernest Wilson - Treasure Isle 45
"30 Pieces Of Sliver" - Prince Buster - FABulous Greatest Hits [Sequel]
"Reincarnate" - Ras Tesfa McDonald - MP3

"Good Thing Going" - Sugar Minott - Heartbeat Reggae [Heartbeat]
"Memories By The Score" - John Holt - Trojan Lovers Box Set [Trojan]
"I'm So Proud" - Joe White - Trojan Explosion [MOJO]
"Live It Up" - The Natives - Trojan Rocksteady Box Set [Trojan]
"Hold Me Baby, Pt. 2" - Basil Daley - Version Dread [Heartbeat]
"Train Is Coming" - Ken Boothe - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"Rain, Rain" - Taj Weekes - A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen [Jatta]
"I Wish It Would Rain" - Techniques - Duke Reid's Treasure Chest [Heartbeat]
"Rastafari Anthem" - Alborosie - Escape From Babylon To The Kingdom Of Zion [Greensleeves]
"Fade Away" - Junior Byles - Rockers [Mango]
"Fade Away" - New Age Steppers - New Age Steppers [On-U]
"Yalla Yalla (Norro's King Dub)" - Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Yalla Yalla (CD single) [Mercury]

"Ramble" - Rico Rodrigues - Countryman (soundtrack) [Mango]

"Amerimacka" - Thievery Corporation - Babylon Central (soundtrack) [ESL]
"Original Landlord" - Casper - Original Landlord [Third Mesa Music]
"Promise Land" - Alborosie - Escape From Babylon To The Kingdom Of Zion
"Tomorrow" - Ken Boothe - A Man And His Hits [Studio One]
"Say You" - Colourbox - Colourbox [4AD]

"Keep That Light Shining On Me" - Slim Smith - The Greatest Hits Of Slim Smith [Foundation]
"Ain't Too Proud To Beg" - Slim Smith - The Greatest Hits Of Slim Smith [Foundation]
"Time Has Come" - Techniques - MP3

A Highly Flammable Situation

Nothing Good comes from burning books. ANY books.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." _George Santayana



"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae: Rock Steady [Rhino]
"James Bond" - Roland Alphonso - The Skatalites: Musical Communion [Culture Press]

"Power In A Union" - Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry [Elektra/Asylum]
"Solidarity" - Black Uhuru - Anthem [Island]
"Amerimacka" - Thievery Corporation - Babylon Central (Soundtrack) [ESL]
"Justice To The People" - the Upsetters - This Is Reggae Music : The Golden Era [Trojan]
"Come Together" - Freedom Singers - A Scorcha From Studio One [Studio One]
"Tribal War" - George Nooks - Scorchers From The Mighty Two [Joe Gibbs]
>"The Wicked" - The Reggae Boys - 45 [Treasure Isle]
"Threat to Creation" - New Age Steppers - Threat to Creation [On-U]

"As Salaam Alaikum" - MONSOON - MP3
"Ouelli el Darek" - Khaled - Sahra [Fontana Island]
(with the Wailers & I Three)
"Riot" - Wyclef Jean - Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant [Sony]
"Burnin' And Lootin'" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' [Island]
"Paper Planes" - M I. A. - Kala [Interscope]
"Earthwire Line" - New Age Steppers - Threat To Creation [On-U]

"Happiness" - Black Uhuru - Mango Greats [Mango]
"Mama Africa" - Chico Cesar - Chico Ccesar [Putumayo]
"Concrete Jungle" - Ceu - Ceu [Six Degrees]
"African Pressure" - Abassi All Stars - MP3 [Dubmatix]
"The Call" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"The Response" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Take Five" - Val Bennet & the Aggrovators - Reggae Legends III [Rohit]

"Just Me" - Carlton & The Shoes - Love Me Forever [Studio One]
"Give Me Your Love" - Robert French - 45 [Mr. Tipsy]
"That Girl" - Dave Barker & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel [RAS]
"Break Your Promise" - Barry Biggs - 45 [TAXI]
"Crying In The Chapel" - Elvis/the Wailers - mashup MP3

"Swinging Feast" - Roland Alphonso - Musical Feast [Heartbeat]
(with Aubrey Adams)

Stealing In The Name Of The Lord

Hey... it's how you win elections.


"Coming From The Top" - Thievery Corporation - Babylon Central [ESL]

"Don't Fight Di Weed" - (Unknown)
"Leaving Babylon" - Bad Brains - Babylon Central [ESL]
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - the Pioneers - MP3
"Soul At Large" - Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys - Psychedelic Reggae [Studio One]

"Stealing" - Max Romeo - War Inna Babylon [Island]
(there's a US soul song, "Stealing In The Name Of The Lord"... not the same song, written by Paul Kelley. Powerful, and prescient, nonetheless.
"Duppy Conquerer" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Songs Of Freedom [Mango]
"Vampire" - Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla [Mango]
"Dracula (Vampire version)" - Peter Tosh - Honorary Citizen [Columbia]
"Rebel With A Cause" - Govt Mule/Willi Williams - Mighty High [ATO]
"There's A Law" - Blue Riddim Band - Alive In Jamaica [Flying Fish]
"Thunder & Lightning" - Scientist - MP3

"79 Rock" - the Revolutionaries - Babylon Central [ESL]
"Blood Money" - 10Ft. Ganja Plant - Bass Chalice [ROIR]
"Download The Revolution" - Rocky Dawuni - Hymns For The Rebel Soul [Aquarian Records]
"Rain, Rain" - Taj Weekes - A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen [Jatta]

"Love Me Forever" - Carlton & the Shoes - Love Me Forever [Studio One]
"Hell Is For Heroes" - Big Youth - Ride Like Lightning [Trojan]"Upsetters Dream" - Tomorrow Generation - A Scorcha From Studio One [Studio One]

"This Feeling" - Carlton & the Shoes - Love Me Forever [Studio One]
"Mad, Mad" - Alton Ellis - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"You'll Never Find" - John Holt/Aggrovators - Trojan 12" Box Set [Trojan]

"The Israelites" - Desmond Dekker - Tougher Than Tough [Island]

Katrina, Remembered... 5th Anniversary

Five years after the substandard levees broke... and it's still an unresolved disaster for many people who called it home. The opportunistic cockroaches who call themselves "politicians" and "public defenders" and "developers" are still scurrying when the light is shone on them... all after Bush 43 said that everything would be done to make the city whole again. Not on his watch, surely... and not even now.

We again recognize the influence and "necessity" of the city of New Orleans (and Lake Charles, victim to Hurricane Rita, weeks later)... to American and Jamaican life, music and culture, as well.

"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae: Rock Steady
"Your Teeth In My Neck" - Scientist - Scinetist Rids The World Of The Evil Of The Vampires

"Indian Red" - the Golden Eagles
"Ethiopian National Anthem" - The Ethiopians - Slave Call [ROHIT]

"Let's Have A Party" - Amos Milburn - MP3
"Phoenix City" - Roland Alphonso - Best Of The Rest Of SKA [Action Replay]
"No More Doggin'" - Roscoe Gordon - MP3
"Muriel" - Alton & Eddie - Oldies But Goodies [Studio One]
"Snake In The Grass" - Larry Marshall - 7"/45 [Tuneico]
"Let George Do It" - Don Drummond - Greatest Trombone Player [Jet Set]

"Rain, Rain" - Taj Weekes and Adowa - A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen [Jatta]
"Babylon System" - Cool Riddims and Sistah Teedy - Pledge To My People [NYNO]
"Survival" - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Survival [Island]
"African Zulu" - Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys - Psychedelic Reggae [Studio One]

"Louisianna" - Taj Weekes and Adowa - Deidem [Jatta]
"Pledge To My People" - Cool Riddims and Sistah Teedy - Pledge To My People [NYNO]
"Good Things" - Culture - Good Things [RAS]
"Slippin' Into Darkness" - Carl Bradney - Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown [Blood and Fire]
"No time To Lose" - Earth And Stone - The Reggae Train [Heartbeat]
"Reggae Is Tight" - Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys - Psychedelic Reggae [Studio One]
"As-Salaam Alaikum" - Monsoon - MP3
"Road Is Rough" - Leroy Smart - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]

"Waiting In Vain" - Terence Simien - Tribute Sessions [AIM]
"Stay In Or Stay Out" - Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin' - Putumayo Presents Zydeco [Putumayo]

"Junco Partner" - the Clash - Sandinista [Epic]

Roots With Quality

"Comic Strip" - Mikey Dread - African Anthem [DATC]
(sample)
"Z90" - Trinity - Shanty Town Determination [Blood and Fire]

"Roots With Quality" - Third World - Heartbeat Reggae Now! [Heartbeat]
"Nah Skin Up" - Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Studio One]
"King's Highway" - Wendy Shaw - Sing Out [Issachar]
"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" - Black Uhuru - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
"Woo Oh Oh" - Keith Blake - Get On Up! Joe Gibbs Rocksteady 67-68 [Trojan]
"Cat Nip" - Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys - Psychedelic Reggae [Trojan]
"Cooyah" - Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys - Psychedelic Reggae [Trojan]

"African Reggae Fever" - Rocky Dawuni - Hymns For The Rebel Soul [Aquarian Records]
"Sala Mosala" - Staff Benda Bilili - Tres Tres Fort [Crammed Discs]
"Africa Land" - Ziggy Marley/Angelique Kidjo/Stephen Marley - Africa Land [Tuff Gong (cd single)]
"Streets Of Africa" - Big Youth - MP3
"African Zulu" - Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys [Trojan]

"Rain Rain" - Taj Weekes - A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen [Jatta]
"Robi Kahakalau" - Do It Twice - Tribute To A Legend [Putumayo]
"How Does It Feel" - The Green Band - Green [Shehandsomedevil]
"Don't Touch Me" - Nicky Thomas - Explosive Rock Steady [Heartbeat]
"Day By Day" - The Groovers - Get On Up! [Trojan]
"Dr. No Go" - Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys - Psychedelic Reggae [Trojan]

"Reggae Is Tight" - Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys - Psychedelic Reggae [Trojan]

"Legend In My Love" - Nicky Thomas - Images Of You [Horse]"Unitone Skank" - Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town [Greensleeves]
"Ghetto On Fire" - Jacob Miller - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"Calling Africa" - Queen Ifrica - Montego Bay [VP]
"Rockers Galore" - Mikey Dread - Bankrobber 45 [Epic]"Big Takeover" - Overtakers - Get On Up! [Trojan]
"Upsetter Version" - the Upsetters - Explosive Rock Steady [Heartbeat]

Get On Up!

"Black Man Know Yourself" - Joe Higgs - Black Man Know Yourself [Shanachie]
"Money Maker" - Cedric "Im" Brooks - Money Maker [Trojan]

"The Big Takeover" - Overtakers - Get On Up! Joe Gibbs Rocksteady 1967-1968[Trojan]
"Promised Land" - Alborosie - Escape From Babylon To The Kingdom Of Zion [VP]
"Roots" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Rebel Music [Tuff Gong]

"Zunguzungzunguzungguzeng" - Yellowman - The Reggae Box [Island]
"Five Nights Of Bleeding" - Linton Kwesi Johnson - Dread Beat And Blood [Virgin]
"Soul Brother" - Im & David - Money Maker [Trojan]

"Rain, Rain" - Taj Weekes - Advance Single
"Snake In The Grass" - Larry Marshall - 7" [Tuneico 45]
"Mortgage" - Hugh Malcom - Get On Up! Joe Gibbs Rocksteady [Trojan]
"Musically" - Keith Blake - Get On Up! Joe Gibbs Rocksteady [Trojan]
"Angie" - Winston Francis - A Scorcha From Studio One [Studio One]
"Black Is Black" - Im & David - Money Maker

"The World Is A Ghetto" - War - The Very Best Of War
"Streets Of Africa" - Big Youth - Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style
"Is It Because I'm Black" - Senior Soul - A Scorcha From Studio One [Studio 1]
"Higher The Monkey Climbs" - Justin Hinds and the Dominos - Intensified! Vol. 1 [Mango]
"Rough Ole Life" - Sugar Minott - Heartbeat Reggae 2000 [Heartbeat]
"Time Is Tight" - the Clash - Black Market Clash [10" Epic]
"Can't Buy Love" - Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Studio One]
"Love's Contagious" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Tickle Me For Days" - the Pioneers - Get On Up! Joe Gibbs Rocksteady
"Shirley" - Larry Marshall - I Admire You [Heartbeat]
"Love Of Jah" - Annette Brissette - MP3
"Soul Glide" - Neville Hinds - Get On Up! Joe Gibbs Rocksteady

"Africa Land" - Ziggy Marley/Angelique Kidjo/Stephen Marley - CD single [Tuff Gong]
"Time Has Come" - Slim Smith - This Is Reggae Music/the Golden Era [Trojan]

Live And Direct

OK... so I've had to work on Fridays to make rent for the past two weeks. Thank You, Congress. Thank You, too, corporate assholes, for putting me in this position.

However, I'll be making up for it on this Friday evening, opening up the festivities at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar in Charlottesville, gladly adopted by The Grits-N-Gravy Soul and Funk Revue.
About 45 minutes of ska, rocksteady, and whatever I find in my baggatrix. Be There.

Also... there's a new bit of progress at WTJU: finally, all of our programming is available for streaming, for two weeks after the show dates. Whatever your passion, whenever you want, wherever you are.

The Tape Vault!

I've probably said it, many times before: I love this radio station. It has something for everyone... and everything for someone. Now it's available, 24/7, globally.

Too Hot

"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae/Rocksteady [Rhino]

"On The Beach" - Paragons - More Hottest Hits From Treasure Isle [Heartbeat]
"Another Scorcher" - the Tennors - Rock Steady Classics [Nighthawk]
"Live Wire" - the Gladiators - More Hottest Hits From Treasure Isle [Heartbeat]
"Wash Wash" - Prince Buster - FABulous Greatest Hits [Sequel]
"Cool Down" - Silvertones - 45
"Too Hot" - Prince Buster - FABulous Greatest Hits [Sequel]
"Champion In The Arena" - Jackie Mittoo - Champion In The Arena [Blood And Fire]
"Hot Milk" - Jackie Mittoo - Champion In The Arena [Blood And Fire]

"Good Things" - Culture - Good Things [RAS]
"Graduation In Zion" - Kiddus I - Rockers (soundtrack)
"Jah No Dead" - Burning Spear - Rockers (soundtrack)
"Promise Land" - Alborosie - MP3
"The Love Of Jah" - Annette Brissette - MP3
"Earth Rightful Ruler" - Augustus Pablo - Earth Rightful Ruler [Message]
"A Darker Shade Of Black" - Jackie Mittoo - Champion In The Arena [Blood And Fire]

"Life Comes And Goes (version)" - the Abyssinnians - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"Ghetto On Fire" - Jacob Miller - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"Addis Ababba" - Culture - One Stone [RAS]
"The Word Girl/Flesh & Blood" - Scritti Politti/Ranking Ann - 12" [Virgin]
(1985... Ranking Ann spoke out against Police Brutality with "Kill The Police Bill")
"Feeling Fine" - Don Drummond - Greatest Trombone Player [Jet Set]

"To Be A Lover Have Some Mercy" - George Faith - Arkology [Island]
"Can I Change My Mind" - Alton Ellis - Best Of Studio One [Heartbeat]
"Let Me Down Easy" - Derrick Harriott - MP3
"Sea Of Love" - the Heptones - Sea Of Love [Heartbeat]
"I Trust You" - Delroy Wilson - Holy Ground:Alvin Ranglins GG Records [Heartbeat]

A Tribute To Sugar Minott

...and our supporters at the amazingly well-attended Town Hall meeting on Monday.

We live to fight another day.

"Legal Dub" - Black Slate - Rasta Festival [Alligator]

"You Can Get It If You Really Want" - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come [Mango]
"Press Along Nyah" - Larry & Alvin - 45
"Strong Will Continue" - Damian Marley/NAS - Distant Relatives [Universal]
"Small Garden" - Zoot Simms - 45
"Level Vibes" - Sugar Minott - Slice Of The Cake [Heartbeat]
"Thunder & Lightning Dub" - Scientist - MP3

"Paper Planes" - M.I.A. - MP3
"Africa" - Dub All Sense - MP3 [Dubmatix]
"Promise Land" - Alborosie
"Joker Smoker" - Ziggi - MP3
"Pirate's Anthem" - Home T/Shabba Ranks/Cocoa Tea - MP3
"It Mek" - Desmond Dekker - This Is Reggae Music [Treojan]
"Your Teeth In My Neck" - Scientist - MP3

"Mary Ann" - Roaring Lion - Calypso: Best Of Trinidad [(Download)]
"Million Dollar Baby" - Roy Shirley - 45

"Rough Ole Life" - Sugar Minott - Heartbeat Reggae 2000 [Heartbeat]
"Mystery Of Nature" - African Brothers - Want Some Freedom [Easy Star]
"All Kind Of People" - Sugar Minott - King Son [Uptempo]
"Ghettology/Dub" - Sugar Minott - Ghettology [Easy Star]

"Ramble" - Rico Rodrigues - Countryman (soundtrack) [Mango]

"Herbman Hustling" - Sugar Minott - Roots & Rockers [Pow Wow]
"Vanity (extended)" - Sugar Minott - Respect To Studio One [Heartbeat]
"Good Thing Going" - Sugar Minott - Heartbeat Reggae [Heartbeat]
"Oh, Mr. DC" - Sugar Minott - Best Of Studio One [Heartbeat]
"Buy Off The Bar" - Sugar Minott - Buy Off The Bar [Power House]

"You Never Know" - Corey Harris - Zion Crossroads [Telarc]

Today! Right After "Reggae Vibrations"!

Rest In Peace, Lincoln "Sugar" Minott

From Reggae United (online) Magazine:

"The rumour has been circulating on the internet for a few hours, but now it looks like Sugar Minott's death has been confirmed. The Jamaican singer had been suffering from heart disease for quite some time.

Sugar Minott had a great career that began with the group African Brothers then solo recording his first album for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One. He also played a big role in the career of artists such as Junior Reid, Tristan Palmer, Tony Tuff, Yami Bolo, Garnett Silk and many more with his musical school Youth Promotion. RIP."

Rest assured, his gifts will be acknowledged on this week's Reggae Vibrations.

In the meantime, enjoy the vibe he left us:

T'ings 'A come Up To Bump

It's crunch time for community-based/college radio. Either we continue to broadcast the best that we know how, combining an obssessive love for music with the enthusiasm of our listeners... or disappear into the homogenized heap.

Music is information. Entertainment. New horizons. A new favorite song that you didn't know you couldn't live without. Support us at our Town Meeting, or Voice Your Choice, online.
Music can still make a difference. It's got the world by the short and curlies.

"S-90 Skank" - Big Youth - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
"Z-90" - Trinity - Shanty Town Determination [Blood and Fire]

"Ghost Town" - the Specials - 12" 45 [2 Tone]
"The Lunatics" - Fun Boy 3 - MP3
"Know Your Rights" - the Clash - From Here To Eternity [EPIC]
"Time Marches On" - Derrick Morgan - ...Sings Ska Rocksteady and Reggae [Heartbeat]
"I Should Have Known Better" - Skatalites - Respect To Studio One [Heartbeat]
"Things A Come Up To Bump" - Soul Vendors - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"Love's Contagious" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Promised Land" - Alborosie - MP3
"Ganja Farmer" - Marlon Asher - MP3
"Police In Helicopter" - John Holt - Police In Helicopter [Greensleeves]
"Why Oh Why Version" - Ernest & the Sound Dimension - Version Dread [Heartbeat]
"1865 (96 Degrees)" - Third World - The Reggae Box [Hip-O]
"Fire Version" - The New Establishment - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"Africa" - Salif Keita - 12" 45 [Mango]
"Sala Keba" - Staff Benda Bilili - Tres Tres Fort
"Selassie Bring It On" - Midnite Band with Youssoupha Sidibe - For All [Sacred Sounds]
"The Call" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"As Salaam Alaikum" - Monsoon - MP3 [Dubmatix]

"Garden Of Love" - Don Drummond - Greatest Trombone Player [Jet Set]
"Feeling Fine" - Don Drummond - Greatest Trombone Player [Jet Set]
"Time Has Come" - Ossie Dellimore - Easy Star Volume One [Easy Star]
"Bongo Red" - The Gladiators - Studio One Singles [Heartbeat]
"Calling Rasta For I" - Culture - Two Sevens Clash [JEG]

"Fancy Makeup" - John Holt/Dennis Brown - Legend Vol 3
"Flashing My Whip" - U-Roy & Friends
"On The Beach" - The Paragons
"Swinging Feast" - Aubrey Adams/Roland Alphonso - Musical Feast [Heartbeat]

A Change Is Gonna Come

It is said that "all politics are local". Certainly, in these past few weeks it has clearly been so.
The administration that controls WTJU at the University of Virginia, as part of its fiscal concerns, has sought to redefine the nature of this so-called "freeform" radio station, and implement changes to see more "Return On Investment".
True, our attempts at self-funding through our marathon pledge drives has gotten tighter as the financial wreckage continues in the US. The "bottomline" rules everything.

But, instead of dissolving the station as was considered, we have until August to take our best shot at keeping our mission of providing msuic and information that can't be found elsewhere on the radio dial--not only in Charlottesville, VA, but nationwide as well. Our first real attempts at promotion have to bear fruit, or the writing is on the wall: DJ-powered, non-commercial radio is in the balance.

You can travel from shore-to-shore listening to the radio, and hear nothing but uniformity... no identity to inform you where you might be. That's something we have always risen above at WTJU. But it may not be enough.

Support and contribute to sounds and information that you can't hear, anywhere else... either with us, or that "special" radio station in your own area that not only entertains, but educates.

And might, just possibly, be one song away from presenting you with your newest, favorite, never-heard-before music.

"Better Must Come" - Delroy Wilson - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
"JD3" - Bill Laswell - Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell [ROIR]

"You Don't Love Me" - Dawn Penn - Heartbeat Reggae Now! [Heartbeat]
"Screaming Target" - Big Youth - Ride Like Lightning 1972-76 [Trojan]
"A Change Is Gonna Come" - Ken Parker - MP3
"You Never Miss Your Water" - Derrick Morgan - I Am The Ruler [Trojan]
(with Patsy)
"Want Some Freedom" - African Brothers - Want Some Freedom [Easy Star]
"Promised Land" - Alborosie - Escape From Babylon
"Road To Axum" - Bill Laswell - Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell

"Rebel With A Cause" - Gov't Mule - MIghty High [ATO]
(Willi Williams, vocals)
"Rat In Me Kitchen" - UB40 - Rat In The Kitchen [A&M]
"What We Gonna Do?" - John Brown's Body - Pressure Points [Easy Star]
"Healing Of The Nation" - Bill Laswell - Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell

"Betch By Golly Wow" - Cool Riddims & Sistah Teedy - Pledge To My People [NYNO]
(produced by Allen Toussaint)
"I Do Love You" - Heptones - MP3
"The Love Of Jah" - Annette Brissette - MP3
"Jerusalem" - Devon Irons - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"We Got Love" - Freddie McGregor - Zion Chant [Heartbeat]
"Hold Me Baby Pt 2" - Basil Daley - Version Dread

"Garden Of Love" - Don Drummond - Greatest Hits [Jet Set]
"Feelin' Fine" - Don Drummond - Greatest Hits [Jet Set]

"Africa" - Dub All Sense - MP3
(produced by DUBMATIX)
"Curly Locks" - Lee Perry - Anthology [Island]
"Swing And Dine/Swinging Feast" - the Melodians - Musical Feast [Heartbeat]

Jimmy Cliff/Iron Lion @ Charlottesville Pavilion, 27 June (review)

Painfully close to 96 degrees in the shade, the oppressive heat didn't deter a healthy crowd to descend on Charlottesville's downtown Pavilion to witness a sublime evening of resonant reggae music on Sunday (27th).

Iron Lion opened the festivities (featuring longtime Harrisonburg roots-reggae rockers from Stable Roots, Chris "Peanut" Whitley and Greg Ward) with a bass-heavy thump of classics and originals... and two guests that brought the sound home, in more ways than one: Ras Mel on guitar and vocals, original member of Awareness Art Ensemble (whose reunion had just taken place in Richmond, the previous evening) and the sweet harmonies of Davina Jackson, (twin sister Davita, a vocal phenomenon in her own right, in support in the crowd). As the shadows gathered, the drums ignited.

Many local lovers of reggae had their appreciation begun by the seminal 1972 film, The Harder They Come, starring the evening's headliner, Jimmy Cliff. Amazingly, thirty-eight years hence, Mr. Cliff's vocal range delivered the favorites from that soundtrack in note-perfect tribute as he stridently commanded the stage with his crucial band of musicians. A wry update of his classic "Vietnam" morphed into "Afghanistan"... the force of years and change of venue, seamless in song and events. Dancefloor, sweaty and packed.

To my ears, though, the crescendo of the evening occurred when the musicians laid aside the electrified instruments and gathered at stage center to engage in traditional Nyabinghi drumming and chanting to personal favorite, "Bongo Man".

The booming syncopation and intricate harmonies of an ancient musical form echoed down those commercial streets across from the Pavilion in a call-and-response that reminded me that those doors were firmly closed... but Jimmy Cliff's grasp of the roots were wide open.

Lightning Flash, Weak Heart Drop

No... we haven't been silenced. Our license hasn't been yanked. There's not a mass "sit-in" at the station, with hostages.

The Powers-that-be did what committees haven't done: an apocalyptic storm strewing trees across power lines all across CVille... ironically, right about the time there was a meeting to "begin" to figure the whole mess out.

Word has it that WTJU will be back up, sooner rather than later. I'm sitting by the phone to make a mad dash, right now.

Weekend Events, 26th-27th

A reminder that Jimmy Cliff hits the stage of the Charlottesville Pavilion (providing, of course, that there is electricity after Thursday night's apocalyptic storm) on Sunday 27th... with Iron Lion opening, instead of Soldiers of Jah Army. Showtime, 7PM. He got good press for his Bonnaroo performance (way down the page for the Saturday review)....

Bedrock of Old Dominion reggae, Awareness Art Ensemble, reunites to perform at the Richmond's the National on Saturday.

And, the 18th Annual DC Carribean Festival commences with their parade, Saturday. If you were spellbound by the story of the Mardi Gras Indians on HBO's Treme... you can see where the tradition began. On the street:

PARADE: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 11 a.m.
FESTIVAL: Saturday and Sunday, June 26 - 27, 2010, 12-7 p.m.
DC Caribbean Carnival Parade Route: Along Georgia Avenue from Missouri Avenue to Barry Place.
DC Caribbean Carnival Festival Location: Banneker Recreation Park, Georgia Avenue at Barry Place, directly across from Howard University in NW Washington, DC. (202) 726-2204.

Hysteria

Much has been said in local news these past few days, regarding the fate of WTJU.

Hasty, incomplete edicts were handed down, earlier this week, eliminating much programming... though the Reggae Vibrations was to have survived, albeit on Tuesday nights, 8-10PM. During this evening's meeting of DJs, and also a surprise visit of the new General Manager, from whence these proposed changes came, it was revealed that a "moratorium" on change will be in effect for two months, though it seems clear that the University (of Virginia) wants to see a serious return on its investment... and that change will come.

Through all of this, the single most galling fact is that the listeners were completely ignored with regard to those changes. When I began as DJ for "Reggae Vibes", it was already into its twenty-third year of an ongoing thirty-one year run--on Friday afternoon, where it has always been.

More than once, those that appreciate the program have always told me that the show defines Friday afternoons in Charlottesville.

The listener's voices need to be heard. That's how this show, and this radio station, has earned its longevity, to begin with. If you are engaged in Reggae Vibrations, call the station (during regular business hours, 9AM-5PM) at (434) 924-0885, and ask for GM Burr Beard, email him at bb3vx@eservices.virginia.edu , or write WTJU Radio, PO Box 400811, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4811.

The consensus is that our dwindling revenue during pledge drives means that nobody is listening, and that change is necessary for the University to get more bang for its buck.

It's your turn. Let them know what you think... and what you believe in.

Jimmy Cliff @ Charlottesville Pavilion

Following reports of his performance at Bonnaroo, Jimmy Cliff has been rescheduled to appear in Charlottesville Pavilion on Sunday, June 27th, with northern VA's Soldiers Of Jah Army (righteous domestic roots-rockers).

"Many Rivers To Cross", indeed.

As mankind finds further ways to diminish itself and it's environment, Praises for the simplicity of soccer/football to find a way for people from all corners of the globe to cooperate, even if only for two weeks.

Not so very long ago, the idea of the World Cup in apartheid South Africa would have been a pipe dream.

In a long-ago interview with Ansel Cridland of the Meditations, we agreed that openness to the common joys of food, music and football were things that demystified all cultures.

"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae/Rock Steady [Rhino]
"Vanity" - John Brown's Body - All Time [I-Town]
"Playing With Fire" - Govt Mule/Michael Franti - MIghty High [ATO]
"World Crisis" - Heptones - Pressure! [RAS]
"Beware" - the Overtakers - Rudies All Round [Heartbeat]
"That's Life" - Delano Stewart - Musical Feast [Heartbeat]
"Facts Of Life" - Big Youth - Ride Like Lightning [Trojan]

"My House Is The Red Earth" - Joy Harjo & Poetic Justice - Letter Fropm The End Of The Twentieth Century [SilverWave]
"Waking Dreamer Dub" - The Fire This Time - Dancing On John Wayne's Head [Extreme]
"Chase The Devil" - Max Romeo - Arkology [Island]
"Owner Fe De Yard" - Leonard Dillon - Owner Fe De Yard [Heartbeat]
"City Of The Weak Heart/Dub" - Earl Zero - Life Is A Circle [Pressure Sounds]

"Midiwa Bol (I Love Football)" - Wes Madiko - Wes [Saint George]
"Africa" - Dub All Sense - MP3
"Put It On" - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Songs Of Freedom [Tuff Gong]
"Bongo Man" - Jimmy Cliff - Ultimate Collection [Hip-O]
"Ramble" - Rico Rodrigues - Countryman [Island]

Techniques/Heptones Soundclash: the so-called "rivals" square off in a contest of sweet melody:

"Pretty Looks Isn't All" - Heptones - New & Old Sounds [EMI]
"Gypsy Woman" - Techniques - Best of... [Heartbeat]
"Time Has Come" - Techniques - Trojan Originals [Trojan]
"Equal Rights" - Heptones - Sweet Talking [Heartbeat]
"In The Groove" - Heptones - New & Old Sounds [EMI]
"You're My Everything" - Techniques - Motor City Reggae [Trojan]
"I Shall Be Released" - Heptones - Party Time [Mango]

"Rastafari Anthem" - Alborosie - MP3

Jimmy Cliff-POSTPONED/Awareness Art Ensemble Reunion in Richmond

Originally slated to perform, tonight, at the Charlottesville Pavilion (with openers, Soldiers Of Jah Army), travel issues have caused the show to be postponed, until further notice.

However...

...the venerable Virginia roots collective, Awareness Art Ensemble, will be performing a reunion concert at The National (708 East Broad Street, Richmond) on Saturday, June 26th. The pioneers of reggae music in this area (having often uplifted many an audience in Charlottesville), they are billed as bringing together all surviving members and two "special guests" in a much-anticipated EVENT. The WTJU studios have one, lone 45 single of their "Coming Home" that has been dusted off many times in the more than twenty years that its been in the library.

Give Thanks, AAE.

Ball Of Confusion

The Message is in the Music. And the Gulf of Mexico is still a spewing, toxic soup. The Middle East, and the Koreas are about to ignite.

Trust in Jah to sort it all out. Men aren't getting it done.


"Long Time Now" - the Ethiopians - Engine 54 [Jamaican Gold]
"Birth Control" - Lloydie & the Lowbites - Trojan Originals [Trojan]

"Ball Of Confusion" - A Darker Shade Of Black - Motor City Reggae Box [Trojan]
"One-Eyed Giant" - Baba Brooks - The Trojan Story V1 [Trojan]
"Oil In My Lamp" - the Ska Kings - Roots Of Reggae: Ska [Rhino]
"Christine Keeler" - Skatalites - Scandal Ska [Mango]

"Greedy Dog" - Israel Vibration - Strength Of My Life [RAS]
"No Hiding Place" - Willie Williams - Messenger Man [Blood and Fire]
"Changes" - Don Carlos - Changes [Don Carlos]
"Stab You Back" - Judah Eskender - The Builder [Tan Yah]
"Promise Is A Comfort To A Fool" - Trinity - Shanty Town Determination [Blood and Fire]
"Hit The Road Jack" - Big Youth - Ride Like Lightning [Trojan]
"Road To Axum" - Bill Laswell/Roots Tonic - Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell [ROIR]

"Harder They Come" - Jimmy Cliff - Harder They Come (Soundtrack) [Island]
>"Three Little Birds" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Songs Of Freedom [ISLAND]
"Life Goes In Circles" - Dennis Brown - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"Wild Goose Chase" - Steel Pulse - Earth Crisis [MESA]
"Every Time I Hear The Word" - Prince Far I - Trojan Story V2 (vinyl) [Trojan]

"Strong Will" - Midnite & Youssoupha Sidibe - For All [Sacred Sounds]
"Love Of Jah" - Annette Brissette - MP3
"Love's Contagious" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Let George Do It" - Don Drummond - Greatest Hits [Jet Set]

"Never, Never" - Bobby Aitken - Ska Venture [(Self)]
"It's Hard To Confess" - Gaylads - Rock Steady Box [Trojan]
"I'll Be Around" - Kingstonians - Sufferer [ATTACK!]
"Wonderful World, Beautiful People" - Jimmy Cliff - Ultimate Collection [Hip-O]
"Forward Up" - Brent Dowe - The Reggae Train [Heartbeat]
"That Girl" - Dave & Ansel - Double Barrel [RAS]

"Swing & Dine" - Melodians - Musical Feast [Heartbeat]

So Much Trouble In The World

Forever addicted to guns, profits, oil and politrix.



Well, at least the World Cup will be a temporary distraction.

Better enjoy it. The World, I mean.



"Legalize Collie Herb/Legal Dub" - Black Slate - Rasta Festival [Alligator]

"Jerusalem" - Devon Irons - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"So Much Trouble In The World" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Survival [Tuff Gong]
"The Real Terrorist" - Steel Pulse - Rage And Fury [Mesa]
"People Funny Boy" - Lee Perry - The Trojan Story [Trojan]
"The Wicked" - the Reggae Boys [Joe Gibbs 45]
"The Way" - Augustus Pablo - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"Armagideon Version" - Willie & the Brentford Rockers - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"Africa" - Dub All Sense [MP3]
"Jah Mercy" - Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Rise & Shine [Cumbancha]
"Ghetto On Fire" - Jacob Miller - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"Sala Keba" - Staff Benda Bilili - Tres Tres Fort [Crammed Discs]
"Hard Road To Travel" - Jimmy Cliff - Trojan Explosion [MOJO]
"The Love Of Jah" - Annette Brissette [MP3]
"Fire Version" - the New Establishment - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"Police And Thieves" - Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves [Mango (vinyl)]
"What's Going Down" - Half Pint - Waterhouse Revisited [Hightone]
"Madness" - Prince Buster - FABulous Greatest Hits [Sequel]
"Bonnie & Clyde" - Papa Levi [Mango 12"]
"The Road Is Rough" -Leroy Smart - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"Wild Goose Chase" - Steel Pulse - Earth Crisis[Rhino]
"Speak Softly Love" - Ken Boothe - Life Goes In Circles [Pressure Sounds]
"Upsetter Version" - the Upsetters - Explosive Rock Steady [Heartbeat]
"Ramble" - Rico - Countryman [Mango]

"Football Dub" - Dubchek - Down Memory Gap Lane [Unitone World]
"Ska All Over The World" - Jimmy Cliff - the Real Jamaica Ska [Epic]
"Fun Galore" - the Kingstonians [JJs 45]
"Things You Say You Love" - the Jamaicans - Duke Reid's Treasure Chest [Heartbeat]
"Boat To Progress" - Glen Brown [MP3]

Fuel for Fossils

Despoiling the Gulf for profit, amusement, and jerking investigators and their puppet government around... just another day for Blasphemous Petroleum.

Wha? Ecoterrorism? Whatevah.

Don't buy their gasoline.

"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae: Rock Steady [Rhino]

"Wild Goose Chase" - Steel Pulse - World Crisis [Rhino]
"The System" - Michigan & Smiley - Sugar Daddy [RAS]
"Mi Cyaan Believe It" - Michael Smith - Mi Cyaan Believe It [Mango]
"The Call" - Tommy T - the Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Natty Dread Kung Fu" - Dub Funk Association - Roots Of Dub Funk [Tanty]

"Nah Skin Up" - Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Studio One]
"Louisiana" - Taj Weekes
"MPLA" - Tapper Zukie - From The Archives [RAS]

"Wolves And Leopards" - Dennis Brown - Wolves And Leopards [Weed Beat]
"Dreadlocks In Moonlight" - Lee Perry - Countryman [Mango]
"Why Oh Why" - Ernest Wilson - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"Why Oh Why Version" - Ernest & the Sound Dimension - Version Dread [Heartbeat]
"Viet Nam" - Jimmy Cliff - Reggae Greats [Mango]
>"Perilous Time" - Sanchez - Perilous Time [AO!]
"I'm Still In Love/Three Piece Suit" - Marcia Aitken/Trinity - Trojan 12" Box Set
"Falling Dub" - King Tubby & the Aggrovators - Heavyweight Sound [Blood and Fire]

"Poison Flour" - Dr. Alimentado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town [Greensleeves]
"Rebel Music (Three O' Clock Road Block)" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Natty Dread [Tuff Gong]
"Obeah Book" - the Ethiopians - Slave Call [Rohit]
"Sin & Shame" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"You Just Can't Win" - the Versatiles - Studio One 45
"Buddy Bye" - Johnny Osbourne - MP3
"I & I Survive" - Bad Brains - BB003 vinyl
"Dance Of The Vampires" - Scientist - ...Rids The World of the Curse of the Evil Vampires

"Sala Mosala" - Staff Benda Bilili - Tres Tres Fort
"Boat To Progress" - Glen Brown - MP3

DJ Dave

"Get Ready To Ride The Lion To Zion" - Culture - Two Sevens Clash
"Sound and Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Take It Easy
"Strange Things" - John Holt - Studio One : Respect To Studio One
"Up Park Camp" - John Holt
"Ali Baba" - John Holt - Tighten Up, Vol. 2
"Tribal War" - John Holt
"Set Your Heart Free (Version)" - Little Roy/ featuring Bongo Herman, Don D Junior - Packin House
"Set Your Heart Free" - Dennis Brown - Packin House
"Don't Blame The Baldhead" - Lee "Scratch"Perry
"She was the one" - Joe Higgs - Life Of Contradiction
"Let us do something" - Joe Higgs - Life Of Contradiction
"Nice Up The Dance" - Papa Michigan & General Smiley
"Total Destruction (Version)" - Little Roy and Friends feat. Baba Leslie
"Forward on a Yard" - The Heptones
"Ticket to Zion" - Little Roy
"Think About That" - Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware of the Devil (The Best of Dandy Livingstone)
"Poor Marcus" - The Mighty Diamonds - Sounds & Pressure Vol 2
"Throw Me Corn" - Brentford All-Stars
"Natty Contractor" - Trinity w/ Carlton Patterson - Psalms of Drums
"All Gone" - Trinity - Well Charged
"School Days" - Trinity
"Sufferer's Dub" - The Upsetters
"I'll Go Through" - Israel Vibrations
"Phil Pratt Thing" - Big Youth - Pressure Sounds
"Talk About Love" - Pat Kelly and Dillinger
"Natty Sings A Hit Song" - Dillinger - Life Goes In Circles
"Prophecy Dub It Up" - Tafari All Stars
"Promised Land" - The Royals
"Only Jah Knows" - The Royals
"Pick Up the Pieces" - The Royals
"Fidel Castro" - The Skatalites - Foundation Ska
"Burnin' Fire" - Carl Dawkins
"Sodom and Gomorrow" - The Congos - Heart of the Congos
"City Too Hot" - Lee "Scratch" Perry

The System Is A Fraud.

Wall Street faces the Security Exchange Commission on Monday for fraud charges. We'll see if the "mighty" will fall.

"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter Zion".

We shall see.

"Legalize Collie Herb/Legal Dub" - Black Slate - Rasta Festival [Alligator]

"Sing Jah Stylee" - Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Studio One]
"Please Be True Version" - Sound Dimension - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"Natty Champion" - Prince Far I - Sucker Punch [Trojan]
"The Higher The Monkey Climbs" - Justin Hinds & the Dominos - Intensified! [Trojan]

"Penny Reel" - Eric "Monty" Morris - Knock Out Ska [Heartbeat]
"Lost Penny" - The Maytals - Rough Guide To Ska [Rough Guide]
"The Law" - Andy Capp - 20 Reggae Classics [Trojan]
"Rico Special" - Rico Rodrigues - Rough Guide To Ska [Rough Guide]

"The System" - Mutabaruka - Check It! [Shanachie]
"Stab You Back" - Judah Eskender - The Builder [Tan Yah]
"We And Them" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising [Island]
"Warning, Warning" - Max Romeo - Open The Iron Gate [Blood and Fire]
"None Shall Escape The Judgment" - Johnny Clarke - Trojan Explosion [MOJO]
"Tables Gonna Turn" - Clarendonians - Mojo Rock Steady [Heartbeat]
"Undertaker's Burial" - Crystalites - Trojan Explosion [MOJO]
"Dollar In The Teeth" - the Upsetters - Trojan Explosion [MOJO]

"ZUNGGUZUNGGUGUZUNGGUZENG" - Yellowman - The Reggae Box [Mango]
"Love's Contagious" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Really & Truly" - Don Carlos - Changes [Don Carlos]
"Skylarking" - Horace Andy - Respect To Studio One [Heartbeat]

"Guns Of Navarrone" - Skatalites - Trojan Originals [Trojan]

"Sala Mosala" - Staff Benda Bilili - Tres, Tres Fort [Crammed Discs]
"Guerre Civile" - Alpha Blondy - Yitzhak Rabin [Tuff Gong]
"Brothers" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Selassie Bring It On" - Midnite/Youssoupha Sidibe - For All [Sacred Sounds]
"The Call" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]

"Stylo" - Gorillaz - MP3
Mos Def AND Bobby Womack!
"Your Teeth In My Neck" - Scientist - Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Of The Vampires [MP3]

54-46

That's the total number of hits recorded on this site, as of 9:30AM (Eastern), this morning. Considering the Toots show, last week, and his hit of the same name, that's a pretty good milestone.

Thanks for checking in. The Vibe is Alive.

Jamaica's Soul Man: Fred "Toots" Hibbert

My protégé, the Master Mixer, mentioned that the Maytals had 31 bonafide hits in Jamaica... and, on a good two-hour radio day, you might get to squeeze in 25 songs.

Impossible to do... perhaps.

But, two hours of the Maytals is like a labour of love. We have the fund-drive supporters to prove it.


"Country Roads" {Island} - Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston
"Double Shot" {Trojan} - Beverly's All Stars - Trojan Singles Box Set

"Reggae Got Soul" {Island} - Reggae Got Soul
"Never Grow Old" {Heartbeat} - Never Grow Old
"Six And Seven Books Of Moses" {Heartbeat} - Never Grow Old
"Someone's Going To Bawl" {Rough Guide} - Rough Guide To Ska
"Smoke Screen" {Trojan} - Beverley's All Stars - Trojan Singles Box

"Broadway Jungle" {Rough Guide} - Rough Guide to Reggae
"54-46 (That Was My Number)" {Trojan} - 20 Reggae Classics
"Pain In My Belly" MP3
"Monkey Girl" {Mango} - King Kong Collection
"It Must Be True Love" {Trojan} - Trojan Lovers Box
"Three Little Birds" {Island} - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Songs Of Freedom

"Do The Reggay" {Trojan} - The Trojan Story
"Funky Kingston" {Island} - Funky Kingston
"Never You Change" {Island} - Reggae Got Soul
"Time Tough" {Island} - Funky Kingston [1973]
"Monkey Man" {Mango} - King Kong Collection
"Monkey Man" {Chrysalis} - the Specials
"Busy Bee" - Beverley's All Stars - Trojan Singles Box

"Never Get Weary" {Mango} - Knock Out
"Bam Bam" {Mango} - Countryman
"I've Got Dreams To Remember" {Mango} - Toots In Memphis
"Catfish John" {Pow Wow} - Fire On The Mountain
"Just Like That" {Mango} - Just Like That

Toots and the Maytals

Tomorrow... two hours of Jamaica's Soul Man, Fred "Toots" Hibbert with his Maytals. From the earliest ska to his most recent productions, follow the career of the Man who could have been a contender at STAX.

Oh, yes... Reggae Got Soul.

If you love this kind of radio, you can support, worldwide.

Gang Of Four... 2010 Spring Fund-Raiser

Not reggae, today... but the message is in there.

Poverty. Unemployment. Societal Collapse.

It makes music like this come out.

With a Big, BIG bass sound.

JUST like reggae.



"Call Me Up" - Gang Of Four - Songs Of The Free [Warner Bros.]

"To Hell With Poverty" - Another Day/Another Dollar
"Paralyzed" - Solid Gold
"He'd Send In The Army" - Solid Gold
"I Love A Man In A Uniform" - Songs Of The Free

"What We All Want" - Another Day/Another Dollar
"It's Her Factory" - 4-track EP
"Cheeseburger" - Another Day/Another Dollar

"Capital (It Fails Us Now)" - Another Day/Another Dollar
"Not Great Men" - Entertainment!
"Anthrax" - 4-track EP

"We Live As We Dream Alone" - Songs Of The Free
"Natural's Not In It" - Entertainment!
"Armalite Rifle" - 4-track EP
"Enemies Like This" - Radio Four - MP3

"Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again)" - Magazine - The Correct Use Of Soap [Virgin]
"Damaged Goods" - Entertainment!
"Positive Tension" - Bloc Party - MP3
"House Of Jealous Lovers" - The Rapture - MP3

"At Home He's A Tourist" - Entertainment!
"Don't Fix What Ain't Broke" - Mall [WB]

WTJU Rock & Folk Spring 2010 Fund Drive

As our fund drive kicks off, today... no Reggae Vibes, this afternoon. INstead, from 2-4PM, I'll be lashing out with two hours of Gang Of Four. Jagged guitar, bare-bones funk bass... and socialism. I'll post the playlist, anyway, and podcast.

Next week, however... two hours of Toots & the Maytals. Soul Man and Godfather of Reggae.

You can even pledge, online.

Level Vibes

"Listen To DJs" - Long Beach Dub All Stars - Wonders Of The World [Skunk Records]
"Lovely Day" - Beres Hammond - Beres Hammond [VP]
"Picture On The Wall" - Natural-Ites - Picture On The Wall [CSA]
"Holy Ground" - The Maytones - Holy Ground: Alvin Ranglin's GG Records [Heartbeat]

"Love Affair" - Junior Reed - Volcano Eruption [Sonic Sounds]
"Legalize It (version)" - Peter Tosh - Honorary Citizen [Coumbia]
"Ganja Farmer" - Marlon Asher - MP3
"Jah Mi Guiding Star" - Josey Wales - Volcano Eruption [Sonic Sounds]
"Stalag 17" - Scientist - Dub Massive Chapter Two [Trojan]

"Airbag" - Easy Star All Stars - Radiodread [Easy Star]
"Bedward The Flying Preacher" - Prine Far I - Sound Of The Beat [The Beat]
"Whip Them Jah Jah" - Dennis Brown - Wolves And Leopards [Weed Beat]
"Jah Mercy" - Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars - Rise And Shine [Cumbancha]
"Nest Of Vipers" - Dub Funk Association - Roots Of Dub Funk 4 [Tanty]

"We And Dem" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising [Island]
"Us And Them" - Easy Star All Stars - Dub Side Of The Moon [Easy Star]
"Careless Ethiopians" - Toots & the Maytals - Knock Out [Mango]
"Earth Rightful Ruler" - Augustus Pablo - Earth Rightful Ruler [Message]
"Dambusters March" - JJ All Stars - The Dawning of a New Era [MOJO]
"Skinhead Moonstomp" - Symarip - The Dawning of a New Era

"Fixing A Hole" - Max Romeo - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Easy Star]
"Trust Is A Must" - Ian Dury - Lord Upminster [Polydor]
"Really And Truly" - Don Carlos - Changes [Don Carlos]
"Skylarking" - Horace Andy - Respect To Studio One [Heartbeat]
"Stick By Me" - John Holt & the Paragons - Trojan Originals Box Set [Trojan]

Easy Star All Stars at the Jefferson Theater

That's tomorrow night, Saturday, April third... at this grand old venue.

Another Splendid Time Is Guaranteed For All.

Hypocrites

"Z-90 Skank" - Trinity - Shanty Town Determination [Blood and Fire]
"Coming In From The Cold" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising [Island]
"Love's Contagious" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]

"People So Evil" - Busy Signal - MP3
"The Village Of The Underpriviledged" - Gregory Isaacs - Reggae Legends III [Rohit]
"Speak No Evil" - the Uniques - Best of The Uniques 1967-69 [Trojan]
"Ghetto Defendant" - The Clash - Combat Rock [Epic]
"Love The Dread" - Mikey Dread - MP3
"Oromo Dub" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]

"Really and Truly" - Don Carlos - Changes [DCC]
Jim Fox, mixdown
"Roughneck" - Gregory Isaacs - Red Rose For Gregory [RAS]
w/the Mighty Diamonds
"Cool & Collect" - 10FT Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [I-Town]
"Jazzbo's Mercy" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Jah Is Mighty" - David Gould - Feast Of The Passover
w/ Leonard Dillon
"Too Late" - Augustus Pablo - The Rough Guide To Reggae [Rough Guide]

"Uptown Top Ranking" - Althea & Donna - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music [Mango]
"I'm Still In Love/Three Piece Suit" - Marcia Griffiths/Trinity - Trojan 12" Box Set [Trojan]
"Me And You" - Carlton & the Shoes - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"Fixing A Hole" - Max Romeo/Easy Star All Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Easy Star]

"Ramble" - Rico - Countryman [Mango]
"Three O'Clock Roadblock/Rebel Music" - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Countryman

"Bongo Man" - JImmy Cliff - Reggae Greats [Mango]
"ROCKERS" - Bunny Wailers - Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae [Shanachie]
"Who The Cap Fit" - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Vibrations [Island]
"Peeping Tom" - Toots & The Maytals - King Kong Collection [Mango]
"Happy Land" - Gaylads - Studio One 45
"Money Worries" - Maytones - Their Greatest Hits [Heartbeat]

Ras Rizla aka "Marcus Mosiah Garvey"

"Rizla" doesn't do online playlists... but his delivery is worth the omission.

Check the podcast for the Kenyan dread.

Bubbalon By Bass

This week is a trifecta of the advent of Spring, more daylight, and a tie between Formula One recommencing and St. Patrick's Day. It's a time of renewal. Revival.

It's also the anniversary of a sad passing in the central Virginia cosmos. Some years ago, Dave Grant, bass player and sound innovator left too soon, leaving behind a family, legions of musician/colleagues, Fellow DJs and bons vivants of all stripes... but not before exposing all of us to music from all corners of the globe (and especially Jamaican Rocksteady) and hand-molding it into seemingly impossible combinations with Old-Time and traditional east coast instrumentation and vehicles: taking music to a different-but-equal place. That's the responsibility of the creative mind... and that cat had it.

He's the rogue with the double bass at the front fender of the Checker Marathon wagon... a statement all by itself.





"Rock & Groove" - Bunny Wailer - Rock & Groove [Solomonic]
"Only" - Leroy Smart - Private Message [RAS]
"Stranger In Love" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies [Blood and Fire]
"Undying Love" - Ernest Wilson - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"Move Up/Only A Smile" - Lynn Taitt & The Jets - MP3

"Tribulation" - Jah Lewis - All Gone Astray [Shanachie]
"Everone Could Lose" - Groundation - Here I Am [Groundation]
"Strong Will" - Midnite - For All [Sacred Sounds]
Youssoupha Sidibe, vocals
"Nou La" - Boukman Eksperyans - Voudou Adjae [Mango]
"Blood A Go Run Down King Street" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies [Blood and Fire]
"As Salaam Alaikum" - Monsoon - MP3
"Pain In My Belly" - Toots & the Maytals - MP3
"Jazzbo's Mercy" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Eastern Standard Time" - Don Drummond - Ska's The Limit (Island Record 40th Anniv. Vol 1) [Island]

"Irish Irie" - Dennis Bovell/Rico Rodriguez - Peeni Walli [Shanachie]
"Grapevine Twist" - Dave Grant/Trishka - Bubbalon By Bass [Darlene Crawford]
"The Clip" - Kingstonians - Sufferer [ATTACK!]
"Hold Me Tight" - Johnny Nash/Lynn Taitt - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]
"Hold Me Tight" - Tim O'Brien/Dave Grant - Bubbalon By Bass [Darlene Crawford]
w/ the Late Johnny Gilmore
"Ramble" - Rico Rodriguez - Countryman Soundtrack [Mango]

"If I Follow My Heart" - Dennis Brown - Foul Play [A&M]
"Crying Over You" - Ken Boothe - Trojans Originals Box [Trojan]
"Go Tell Him" - Hugh Godfrey - Studio One [45]
"Sin & Shame" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Got To Be A Soldier" - 10FT Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [I-Town]

"The Call" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Rockaman Dub" - LKJ/Bovell - Peeni Walli [Shanachie]

DJ Dave

(While I was off exhibiting my artwork in a Fredericksburg, VA., gallery, DJ Dave forwards the Roots and Culture).

"Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion" - Culture - 2 7's Clash
"Sound and Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Take it Easy
"Ali Baba" - John Holt - Tighten Up, Vol 2
"Baby Why" - The Cables - Best of Studio One
"All Gone" - Trinity - Well Charged
"Death in the Arena" - Soul Vendors - Downbeat the Ruler

"I'll Go Through" - Israel Vibrations - Sounds and Pressure Vol 2
"Roots Train Number One" - Junior Murvin
"Mr. Funny" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny
"Freedom Street" - Ken Boothe
"Thriller" - Don D Junior
"Johnny was a Baker" - Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town
"Tripe Girl" - The Heptones - Sweet Talking

"Sufferer's Heights" - Junior Dread
"Love Comes and Goes" - The Abyssinians - Life Goes in Circles
"Love Comes and Goes Version" - Bongo Herman - Life Goes in Circles
"Sound Education" - I Roy - Don't Check me with no Lightweight Stuff!
"Shepherd Rod" - The Upsetter

"Marcus Children Suffer" - Burning Spear - Social Living
"Downpressor Man" - Peter Tosh
"Who Have Eyes to See" - Prince Fari and Mike Brooks
"The Right Way" - Prince Fari and the Arabs
"Throw Me Corn" - Larry Marshall
"Fisherman" - The Congos - Heart of the Congos
"Pirate Days" - Culture - 2 7's Clash
"Slipping Into Darkness" - Carl Bradney - Darker than Blue
"Keep Cool Babylon" - Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus - Nyahbinghi
"Liquidator" - Harry J All-stars

"The Enemies" - Pinchers - 2 Bad Riddims [1996]
"Clean Race" - Scotty
"Brand New Second Hand" - Peter Tosh - Legalize It
"Tribal War" - John Holt
"I Man Time" - I Roy

Cool Runnings

Twenty-two years ago, the Jamaican Bobsled team demonstrated their pluck, determination and spirit at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Pantomimed in the Disney film, Cool Runnings (a sad swan song for comedian/actor John Candy), it was still a feat to be reckoned with: a tropical island nation, daring to field a team to represent them in an improbable winter event. But, nothing is achieved without outrageous effort in outrageous circumstances, is there?

Bunny Wailer's song of the same name is a longtime favorite... from when he ruled a very different "dancehall".



"Cool Runnings" - Bunny Wailer - Rock & Groove [Solomonic]
"Black Star Dub/Roots Man Dub" - G.G. All Stars - Roots Man Dub [Heartbeat]

"Mr. Funny" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Can't Buy Love" - Johhny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Studio One]
"Peace And Love" - Lynval Thompson - Rebel Rocker [DUBmatix]
"As-Saalam Alaikum" - Monsoon - MP3
"Next Year Jerusalem" - David Gould - Feast Of The Passover [Adonai]
"Two Face" - Ticklah - Ticklah Vs Axelrod [Easy Star]

"Pick the Beam" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies [Blood and Fire]
"The Call" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"GolanTo Galilee" - Groundation - Here I Am [Groundation]
(Mixed at DCs Lion & Fox Studio)
"Nah Skin Up" - Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Heartbeat]
"Hold Me Baby Pt. II" - Basil Daley - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"Human Nature" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Joker Smoker" - Ziggi - MP3
"Soul Captives" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Trenchtown Rock [Trojan]

"False Witness" - Kingstonians - ATTACK 45
"Black Power" - Prince Buster - Prince Buster 45
"Freedom Street" - Ken Boothe - Rocksteady: the Roots of Reggae [Moll-Selekta]
"Once Upon A Time" - Delroy Wilson - Best of: Once Upon A Time [Heartbeat]
"Free Dub" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]

"Hong Kong Flu" - the Ethiopians - MP3
"Pain In My Belly" - Toots & the Maytals - MP3
"Ramble" - Rico - Countryman Soundtrack [Mango]

"Lifers" - Tommy T/Eugene Hutz - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Sin & Shame" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Blood A Go Run Down King Street" - Yabby You - Deliver Me... [Blood and Fire]
"We Need Love" - Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Heartbeat]
("I'll Be Around"_Spinners)
"Why Oh Why Version" - Ernest Wilson/Sound Dimension - Version Dread [Heartbeat]
"Rude Boy Prayer" - Alton. Peter & Zoot - Studio One 45

One Love for Valentine's Day

Greetings from Mid-Atlantic USA... the Neo-Arctic.
A disaster area, last week... breaking the ice, today. With Love Power.


"Listen To DJs" - Long Beach Dub All Stars - Wonders Of The World [Skunk]
"Love In Zimba" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies [Blood and Fire]
"Zion Gate" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies

"Pirate's Anthem" - Cocoa Tea
"To Much Gun A Bust" - 10 FT Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [I-Town]
"Strong For Them" - Soldiers Of Jah Army - Get Wiser [Innerloop]
"Ganja Farmer" - Marlon Asher
"Freedom Street" - Ken Boothe - The King Kong Collection [Mango]
"Set Me Free" - 10FT Ganja Plant

"Soul Rebel" - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Revolution I & II [Trojan]
"Natty Rebel" - U-Roy - Original DJ [Caroline]
"Conquering Lion" - Corey Harris - Blu.Black [Telarc]
"Follow Marcus Garvey" - Burning Spear - Hail H.I.M. [Heartbeat]
"Standing Firm" - Jacob MIller - ...Meets The Fatman Riddim Section [EKO]
"Take Five" - Val Bennett & The Aggrovators - Reggae Legends III [Rohit]
"Head Shrinker" - 10 FT Ganja Plant

"Peace In A Time Of War" - SOJA - Peace In A Time Of War
"Everyone Could Lose" - Groundation - Here I Am [Groundation]
"Black Candle" - Lee PerryLeo Graham - A Live Injection [Trojan]
"Cool & Collect" - 10 FT Ganja Plant

"Undying Love" - Ernest Wilson - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"Woman's Gotta Have It" - Jimmy Riley - A Live Injection [Trojan]
(Bobby Womack)
"A Love I Can Feel" - John Holt - Best Of Studio One [Heartbeat]
"A Version I Can Feel With Love" - Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - Trojan Dub Box Set
"If You Should Lose Me" - Yellowman - King Yellowman [Columbia]

"Queen Majesty" - The Techniques - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
(Curtis Mayfield)
"Chalice In The Palace" - U-Roy - Original DJ
"Can I Change My Mind" - Alton Ellis - The Best Of Studio One
(Tyrone Davis, originator)
"Don't Look Back" - Keith & Tex - Riding The Musical Chariot [Heartbeat]
(Temptations)
"Jah Promise" - Johnny Osbourne - Best Of Studio One

Lightning-Earthquake-Thunder

After the celebrities have gone, the struggle for survival goes on in Haiti. Now is not the time to forget, once the cameras focus elsewhere, on the next attention-grabbing catastrophe. Giving aid to those in need is what humans do. One day, that person in need may be you.

The Caribbean is a volatile region... socially, politically, geologically. Port-au-Prince. Montserrat in 1995. Martinique in 1906. The den of iniquity, Port Royal, in 1692... when the sea swallowed "the Most Evil Place In The World".

Evil or benign... plate tectonics is indiscriminate.

We are our "brother's" keepers, when all is lost.

"Magnificent Seven" - the Clash - Sandinista! [Epic]
"S-90 Skank" - Big Youth - Ride Like Lightning [Trojan]
"Dub Creation" - Burning Spear - Living Dub Vol 3 [Heartbeat]

"Two Sevens Clash" - Culture - Two Sevens Clash [Joe Gibbs] (vinyl)
"Riot" - Wyclef Jean - Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant w/ Serge Tankian & Sizzla
"Elements" - Black Uhuru - Anthem [Island] (vinyl)
"Hard Times" - Duane Stephenson - Joyful Noise [I Grade]
"Freedom Transmission" - Mossman - Mossman VS. the World Bank [Dispensation]

"Eve Of Destruction" - Luciano - Reggae Pulse 5 [Trojan]
"Judgement In Measurement" - MIdnite I-Grade - Joyful Noise [I Grade]
"Joker Smoker" - Ziggi - MP3
"Rumors" - Gregory Isaacs - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
"Pirate's Anthem" - Cocoa Tea - MP3
w/ Home T & Shabba Ranks
"Conquering Lion" - Yabby You - One Love, One Heart [Shanachie]
(vinyl)
"Lightning Flash, Weak Heart Drop" - Big Youth - Beyond The Front Line [Caroline]
"Smart Dub" - Burning Spear - Living Dub Vol 3 [Heartbeat]

"International Year Of The Child" - Ras Michael - Rally Round [Shanachie]
"Once We Were Slaves" - "Sleepy" Cole/David Gould - Feast Of The Passover [Tzadik]
"Ganja Farmer" - Marlon Asher - MP3
"I Sight" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Thunder And Lightning Dub" - Scientist - MP3
"Ramble" - Rico - Countryman [Mango]

"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - Alton & Hortense Ellis - Alton & Hortense Ellis [Heartbeat]
"Shirley" - Larry Marshall - I Admire You [Heartbeat]
"Homely Girl" - Jackie Robinson - Trojan Originals Box Set [Trojan]
"Long Story" - Rudy Mills - Riding The Musical Chariot [Heartbeat]
"Long Story" - Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]

"The Call" - The Prester John Sessions - Tommy T [Easy Star]
"Time Has Come" - Slim Smith - This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era [Trojan]