Previously... 19 September 2008

Long Beach Dub All Stars "Listen To DJs" Wonders Of The World
Love Trio/U-Roy "Rock The Riddim" Love Trio In Dub (Nublu)
Michael Franti/Spearhead "Life In The City" All Rebel Rockers (ANTI)
Jacob Miller/Inner Circle "Silver And Gold" Jacob Miller Meets the Fat Man Riddim Section (EKO)
Pinchers/Dubmatix "Rock And A Hard Place" Renegade Rockers (Dubmatix)
Maytones/I-Roy "Money Worries" Their Greatest Hits (Heartbeat)

Taj Weekes "Louisiana" Deidem (Spectra)
Ethiopians "Everything Crash" This Is Reggae: The Golden Era (Trojan)
The Clash "Pressure Drop" Black Market Clash-12" (Epic)
Bob Marley/Wailers "The Real Situation" Uprising (Island)
Fun Boy Three "The Lunatics" MP3
Fat Man Riddim Section "Straight To Cuddley's Chest" (EKO)

Morgan Heritage "Electioneering" Radiodread (Easy Star)
Bad Brains "Roll On" Build A Nation (Oscill-O-Scope)
Heptones "Pretty Looks Isn't All" Respect To Studio One (Heartbeat)
Guano Boys "Sinking Ship" (unreleased)

Tarrus Riley "Ease Off" Challenges (VP)
Norma Frasier "First Cut Is The Deepest" Studio One Soul (Soul Jazz)
Gaylettes (Judy Mowatt) "I Like Your World" Guns Of Navarrone/Ride Your Donkey (Trojan)
Slim Smith/Uniques "Gypsy Woman" Best Of The Uniques 67-69 (Heartbeat)
Etana/Alborosie "Blessing" The Strong One (VP)

Willie Williams "No One Can Stop Us Now" Studio One Soul
Richie Spice "Gideon Boot" (VP)
Toots And The Maytals "Peace Perfect Peace" Reggae Greats (Mango)

Previously... 12 September 2008

Hopeton Lewis "Sounds And Pressure" Roots Of Reggae: Rock Steady (Rhino)
Bob Marley/Wailers "Wake Up And Live" Survival (Island)
Prince Far I "Bedward The Flying Preacher" Sound Of The Beat (The Beat)
Ben Harper "You Can't Blame The Youth" CD single
Peter Tosh "Bumbo Klaat" Honorary Citizen (Columbia)
Sly & Robbie "On The Drop Of One" Dub Revolutionaries (Sanctuary)

Mighty Diamonds "The Right Time" The Sound Of The Beat (The Beat)
Etana "I Am Not Afraid" The Strong One (VP)
Tarrus Riley "Ease Off" Challenges (VP)
Heptones "Equal Rights" Sweet Talking (Heartbeat)
Desmond Dekker "Fu Manchu" Rockin' Steady (Rhino)
Dubmatix "Soulful Dread Dub" Renegade Rocker (Dubmatix)
w/Pinchers "Rock And A Hard Place" Renegade Rocker
Alton Ellis "Everything Crash" This Is Reggae: The Golden Era (Trojan)
Lucky Dube "Affirmative Action" Trinity (TABU)
Rico "Ramble" Countryman (Mango)
El Juri "Una Ola" MP3
Pacha Massive "All Good" MP3
Marya Vega/Ticklah "Si Hecho Palante" Latin Reggae (Putumayo)

Osibisa "Sunshine Day" World Party (Putumayo)
Tarrus Riley "Better This Way" Challenges (VP)
Dennis Brown "If I Follow My Heart" Foul Play (Atlantic)

Riddim LIVE!

Charlottesville (VA)

Charlottesville Pavilion (downtown mall)
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Fri Oct 31st

The Paramount Theater (downtown mall)
Allen Toussaint
Sat Nov 15th

Soweto Gospel Choir
Sat Nov 22th

Richmond

Landmark Theater 6 North Laurel St. (wMain,nBelvidere)
Taj Weekes & Adowa/Kevin Kinsella (fmr JBB)/
Joseph Israel/Jah Roots

Alley Katz 10 Walnut Alley (b/n 17th & 18th St.)


Canal Club Shockhoe Bottom
SOJA/Jah Works
Sat Nov 8th

Downstairs... Bembe Sundays with Flava Mix/Jahmecca Music Machine

Toad's Place 140 Virginia St (Shockhoe)
Dropkick Murphys
Sat Nov 8th

Fridays At Sunset Kanawah Plaza


Norfolk

the Norva 317 Monticello Ave (across from MacArthur Center Mall)
Matisyahu
Thurs Nov 6th

Washington, DC

Nightclub 9:30 815 V. St, NW.
Pietasters/Toasters
Fri Oct 31st

Politrix... and Taj Weekes

America is less than three weeks away from making history... good history.
As Robert Nesta Marley sang, "When one door is closed, another is open."

Vote.
Close That Door. Open A New One.
Get Up. Stand Up.

Playlist for Friday, 17 October:

Big Youth "S-90 Skank" Tougher Than Tough (Mango)
Dave (Barker) & Ansel (Collins) "Impossible Mission" Double Barrel (RAS)
Harry J's All Stars (Joe Higgs) "Downside Up" Tighten Up Vols. 5 & 6 (Trojan)
Culture "Iron Sharpen Iron" Harder Than The Rest (Shanachie)
Kingman & Jonah "World War III" Sign Time (Sun King)
Thievery Corporation "Richest Man In Babylon" (ESL)
Tarrus Riley "Ease Off" Reggae Gold 2008 (VP)
Culture "Iron Sharp (Dub)" Culture In Dub (Heartbeat)

Taj Weekes Interview (Live performance with Joseph Israel, Kevin Kinsella [from John Brown's Body], Jah Roots at Richmond [VA's] Landmark Theater, Nov 20th, 2008)

The Ark Band "Na Give Up" (Ark Band)
Taj Weekes "Hollow Display" Deidem (Spectra)
Rico "Ramble" Countryman (Mango)
John Brown's Body "Sky Juice" Amplify (Easy Star)
Big Youth "Sky Juice" The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style (Heartbeat)
Alton Ellis (in heaven) "Can I Change My Mind" Best Of Studio One (Heartbeat)

...a livication to the memory of my mother:

Joe Higgs "There's A Reward" Family (Shanachie)
Culture "Behold" Harder Than The Rest (Shanachie)
Abyssinians "Forward Unto Zion" Satta Massagana (Heartbeat)
Johnny Osbourne "Jah Promise" Best Of Studio One (HB)
Toots & The Maytals "Peace Perfect Peace" Greatest Hits (Mango)

Culture at Outback Lodge

Sunday, Sept. 7th, roots rockers Culture appear in Charlottesville, with progeny of the late, Great Joseph Hill, Kenyatta Hill on lead vocals at Outback Lodge, 917 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, VA.

Give Thanks for the talents and vision from the man from Zion Hill, Jamaica.
Joseph Hill.
In Heaven.

Tropical Depression

Hopeton Lewis "Sounds And Pressure" Roots Of Reggae/Ska (Rhino)
Alton Ellis "Rock Steady" Roots Of Reggae/Ska
Michael Franti "Sound System" All Rebel Rockers (ANTI)
Mikey Dread "Love The Dread" Dread At The Controls (DATC)
Pinchers "Rock In A Hard Place" Rebel Rockers (Dubmatix)
Tarrus Riley "Ease Off" Reggae Gold 2008 (VP)
The Natives "Live It Up" Trojan Rock Steady Box Set
Sub Swara "Alabaster Dub" Coup d'Yah (Low Motion)

Wild Tchoupitoulas "Meet The Boys On The Battlefront" Wild Tchoupitoulas (Island/Def Jam)
Jacob Miller "Mr. Officer" Mixed Up Moods And Attitudes (Top Ranking Int'l)
Taj Weekes "Propaganda Wars" Diedem (Spectra)
Michael Frantil "Rude Boys Back In Town" All Rebel Rockers
Lee Perry "Dreadlocks In Moonlight" Countryman (Mango)

M.I.A. "Paper Planes" Kala (XL)
Etana "I Am Not Afraid" The Strong One (VP)
Michael Rose/Dubmatix "Easy Down" Renegade Rockers (Dubmatix)
Gregory Isaacs "Village Of The Underprivileged" Greatest Hits Vol. 1&2 (Heartbeat)
Bill Laswell "Concrete Sunrise" ...Meets Roots Tonic (ROIR)
Rico "Ramble" Countryman (Mango)

Prince Buster "Wash Wash" FABulous Greatest Hits (Sequel)
Lord Creator "Man To Man" The Real Ska (SONY)
Judge Dread "Skin Lake" Dawning Of A New Era (MOJO)
the Tennors "Weather Report" Ba Ba Boom (Trojan)
Tarrus Riley "Better This Way" Challenges (VP)
Etana/Amborosie "Blessing" The Strong One (VP)
Melodians "Passion Love" Ba Ba Boom

1st Annual Budweiwser Reggae Summerfest

Reggae returns to Washington, DC, Sunday, September 7th at RFK Stadium... featuring reggae/lover's rock great Beres Hammond, Kymani Marley, strong newcomer Etana, i-Wayne, Turbulence, etc... backed by music-scene stalwarts Stryker's Posse and The Image Band.

Though promotions speak of the "untapped reggae market", the DC reggae scene has always been strong, thanks to the inexhaustible efforts of WPFW Radio (max RASpect to Sydney White, Papa Wabe, and Tony Carr) and feet-on-the-ground work of those like Derrick "Big D" Parker. this could be a welcome influence to rebound the roots vibe in the Nation's Capital.

http://www.myspace.com/reggaewaterfront for more information.

JA Loves LA

it occurred to me, halfway through Friday's broadcast, that twenty years ago, Hurricane Gilbert lashed the island of Jamaica (when i was scanning the label of Lovindeer's Why don't We All Have Sex LP. that Lovindeer... one gem among the slackness). and now, roughly on the eve of the third anniversary of the Katrina disaster in New Orleans, history threatens to repeat itself with the mass of Gustav churning up the Gulf of Mexico.

We love you, Crescent City. we hope, beyond all hope, that the Army Corps of Engineers fixed what needed fixing... that capricious winds deflect the Storm to someplace less vulnerable... that the musical and cultural soul of this country endures...

...without which, Jamaican music would never have been the same.

the show:

James Booker "Junco Partner" Return Of The Bayou Maharaja (Rounder)
the Clash "Junco Partner" Sandinista (Epic)

ska, and ska roots:

Fats Domino "Bo Weevil" Greatest Hits: Walking To New Orleans (Capitol)
Folkes Brothers "Oh, Carolina" Tougher Than Tough (Mango)
Amos Milburn "Let's Have A Party" Thinking And Drinking (Blue Orchid)
Theophilus Beckford "Easy Snappin'" Tougher Than Tough
Rico "Sea Cruise" Dawning Of A New Era (MOJO)
Skatalites "Christine Keeler" Foundation Ska (Heartbeat)

today's hitmakers, within the theme:

Cool Riddims & Sister Teedy "Thanks And Praise" Pledge To My People (NYNO)
Tarrus Riley "Ease Off" Reggae Gold 2008 (VP)
Taj Weekes "Propaganda War" Diedem (Spectra)
Etana "I Am Not Afraid" The Strong One (VP)
Willi Williams/Gov't Mule "Rebel With A Cause" Mighty High (ATO)

Revolutionaries "Freedom Dub" Dub Massive Vol. 2 (Trojan)

the storm:

Big Youth "Lightning Flash, Weak Heart Drop" Beyond The Frontline (Caroline)
Lovindeer "Wild Gilbert" Why Don't We All Have Sex? (Sonic Sounds)
Anthony B "More Pon More" My Hope (Minor 7 flat 5)
Skatalites "Scandal Ska" Foundation Ska

reggae, zydeco-style:

Terence Simien "Waiting In Vain" The Tribute Sessions (AIM)
Chris Ardoin/Double-Clutching "Stay in-Stay Out/Pass The Dutchie" Zydeco (Putumayo)
Leroy Thomas & Zydeco Roadrunners "I Don't Work No More" Monkey & The Baboon (TR)


bringing it all back home...

King Yellowman "Blueberry Hill" 12" single.

We Remember New Orleans

All this week (Monday, Aug 25th, to Sunday the 31st), regular programming at WTJU/Charlottesville is showing its support of our soul-sister city New Orleans, Louisiana, as we approach the third horrible anniversary of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and the politics, past-and-present, that leave her wounded and vulnerable to this day.

"Reggae Vibrations" is part of this, too. nearly every history of reggae music mentions the influence of mythical jazz transmissions from New Orleans reaching the radios of Jamaica, and helping to influence the rise of ska.

We'll explore that... and how Duke Reid's relationship with Fats Domino may have set the foundation for rock steady. we won't forget the link between Bob Marley and the music of Beau Jocque, Terence Simien, and other zydeco stars, either.

They Built That City On Jazz and Soul...

...and we know what it means to miss New Orleans.

Live & Direct

The Jewish Mother 31st & Pacific, VA Beach
John Brown's Body/Joseph Israel
Sat Aug 16th (Nov 11th Canal club)

Tarrus Riley/Duane Stephenson & Dean Fraser Band
Mon Sept 15th

Steppin' Out 600 Nevan Road, Virginia Beach
Yellowman
Fri Aug 29th

Let Us Recall Some Great Men

Big Youth "S90 Skank" Tougher Than Tough (Mango)

Chosen Few (Hopeton Lewis) "Theme From Shaft" Tighten Up! Vols 5-6 (Trojan)
Burning Spear "Great Men" 12" single (Mango)
Linval Thompson/Dubmatix "Peace & Love" Renegade Rocker (Dubmatix)
Sugar Minott/Dubmatix "In The Ghetto" Renegade Rocker
Sub Sawara "Backwater Dub" Coup D'Ya (Low Motion)

Etana "I Am Not Afraid" The Strong One (VP)
Taj Weekes "Propaganda Wars" Diedem (VP)
Bob/Wailers "So Much Trouble" Survival (Island)
Horace Andy "Some People" Living In The Flood (Melankolik)
Rudy Mills "John Jones" Tighten Up! 1-2 (Trojan)
Morgan Heritage "Nothing To Smile About" Mission In Progress (VP)
Pinchers "Rock And A Hard Place" Renegade Rocker

Dubchek "Football Dub" Down Memory Gap Lane (Unitone)


(Ras Rizla set)
Lord Laro "Woman Rules"
Bunny Wailer "Boderation" Crucial! Roots Classics (Solomonic)
Anthony B/Culture "Two Sevens Clash" (7" Old To The New)
Culture "Wings Of A Dove" (Shanachie)
Junior Gong "Welcome To Jamrock" (Tuff Gong)
Richie Spice "Gideon Boot" (VP)
Burning Spear "Identity" The World Should Know (Burning Music)
Steel Pulse "Rollerskates" Earth Crisis (Elektra)

Dubmatix "Happy Dub" Renegade Rocker
Etana/Alborosie "Blessing" The Strong One (VP)
Gregory Isaacs "Willow Tree" Best Of... Vols 1 & 2 (Heartbeat)

August 1... A Nation Of Immigrants

Hopeton Lewis "Sounds And Pressure" Roots Of Reggae: Rock Steady (Rhino)
Ini Kamoze "World 'A Reggae" Ini Kamoze (Mango)
Salif Keita "Africa" (12" single Mango)
Victor Essiet/Mandators "Rat Race" Crucial (Mystic Records)
Alpha Blondy "Masada" (World Pacific)
Augustus Pablo "East Of The River Nile" Trojan Instrumentals Box Set


Tenor Saw "Pumpkin Belly" Hey, Punk... Get Riddim! (Victory)
Horace Andy "Living In The Flood" (Melankolik)
Alton Ellis/Dubmatix "Blessings Of Compassion" Renegade Rocker (Dubmatix)
Wyclef Jean/Tankian/Sizzla "Riot" Carnival Vol II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant (Columbia)
Bob Marley/Wailers "Bad Card" Uprising (Island)
Morgan Heritage "Nothing To Smile About" Mission In Progress (VP)
Specials "Do Nothing" More Specials (Chrysalis)

Jimmy Cliff "Viet Nam" ...Anthology (Hip-O/Island)
Gov't Mule/Willi Williams "Rebel With A Cause" Mighty High (ATO)
Dubmatix/Linval Thompson "Peace & Love" Renegade Rocker
Lynn Taitt "Napoleon Solo" Trojan Instrumentals Box Set

Taj Weekes "Hollow Display" Diedem (VP)
Tarrus Riley "Better This Way" Parables (VP)
Corey Harris "You Never Know" Zion Crossroads (Rounder)
Toots & The Maytals "Love And Happiness" Toots In Memphis (Mango)
Tyrone Taylor "Cottage In Negril" Massive! (Virgin)
Dubmatix "Happy Dub" Renegade Rocker

live&direct

Pumpstation Entertainment announces "An Evening Of Elegance", a semi-formal celebration of the 46th year of Jamaica's independence at Zanzibar On The Waterfront, 700 Water Street SW, Washington, DC... featuring reggae/rocksteady giant John Holt (of the Paragons: "Stick By Me", "Ali Baba", "The Tide Is HIgh") and ska stalwart Winston "Merritone" Blake on Saturday, August 2nd.

for more information, log on to www.pumpstn.com.

...also, upcoming...

August 12: Beres Hammond @ The Norva, Norfolk VA


August 13: Eek-A-Mouse @ Canal Club, Richmond VA


August 16th: John Brown's Body @Jewish Mother, Norfolk (Nov 11th @Canal Club, Richmond)

20 June 2008... in celebration of "Juneteenth"

A musical appreciation of "Juneteenth", the nation's official abolition of Slavery in Galveston, Texas 1865.

Mutabaruka (IRIE FM broadcast, approx. 1990) "Shine, Sunshine"
Burning Spear "Slavery Days" Reggae Greats (Mango)
Freddie McGregor "We Got Love" Zion Chant (Heartbeat)
Steel Pulse "The Real Terrorist" Rage & Fury (MESA)
Ernest Wilson "Why Oh Why?" (& version) When Riddim Was King (HB)

Special AKA "Free Nelson Mandela" 12" (Chrysalis)
Roy Paci/Aretuska "Curi Curi" Putumayo World Party
Morgan Heritage "Be Sure" Mission In Progress (VP)
Tag Weekes "Hollow Display" Diedem (Spectra)
the Wailers "One Drop/Dub" Songs Of Freedom (Tuff Gong/Island)
Yellowman "Lost Mi Love" King Yellowman (Greensleeves)

Groundation "Mighty Soul" Pon the Bridge (Young Tree)
Osibisa "Sunshine Day" Putumayo World Party
Wes "Midwa Bol (We Love Football)" Walanga (Saint George)
Thievery Corporation "Richest Man In Babylon" (ESL)
Derrick Morgan "You Never Miss Your Water" I Am The Ruler (Trojan)
Ska Kings "Oil In My Lamp" Roots Of Reggae/Ska (Rhino)
Sister Breeze "Aid Travel With A Bomb" Heartbeat Reggae
Daddy Rings "Be Not Dismayed" The Most High (Rooftop)
Hopeton Lewis "Take It Easy" Tougher Than Tough (Mango)
Robert Palmer/Lee Perry "River Stone" From The Heart Of The Congo (RUNN/Netherlands)

July 4, 2008... Independence, Forward!

A Public Service Announcement... with drum&bass:

Ken Boothe "Freedom Street" King Kong Compilation (Mango)

...special dedication to the Bush administration:
Specials "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)" More Specials (Chrysalis)

African Brothers "Want Some Freedom" (Easy Star)
Soul Syndicate "Guns Of Navaronne" Friends And Family (Epiphany)
Alpha Blondy "Apartheid Is Nazism" (Shanachie)
Brenda Fassie "Black President" Queen Of African Pop (Narada)
Prince Buster "Wash, Wash" Fabulous Greatest Hits (Sequel)
Andy Capp "The Law" 20 Reggae Classics (Trojan)
Johnny Clarke "Declaration Of Rights" Beyond The Frontline (Caroline)
the Wailers "Crazy Baldheads" Survival (Island)
Specials "Do Nothing" More Specials (Chrysalis)
Morgan Heritage "Cross Wi Borda" Mission In Progress (VP)
Toots & The Maytals "Peeping Tom" King Kong Compilation
Wycelf/Tankian/Sizzla "Riot" Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant (Sony)
M.I.A. "Paper Planes" Kala (XL)
Clash "Straight To Hell" Combat Rock (Epic)
Derrick Morgan "I Am The Ruler" (Trojan)
U-Roy "Chalice In The Palace" Original DJ (Caroline)
Sly & Robbie "Herb" Dub Massive Chapter 1 (Trojan)
Taj Weekes "Hollow Display" Diedem (Spectra)
Gregory Isaacs "My Number One" Reggae Box (Mango)
Flo & Eddie "Sitting In The Park" Friends & Family
los Malarians "El Tren" Latin Ska Vol 1(MOON)
Prince Buster "Hard Man Fi Dead" Tougher Than Tough (Mango)
Slim Smith "Time Has Come" Trojan Originals Box Set

Playlist 18 July 2008

(warning! huge backlog of playlists coming)

Goldfinger invites Ras Rizla (Gaya) for the second hour; soon come to be new DJ in the rotation.

Morgan Heritage "Nothing To Smile About" Mission In Progress (VP)
Dubmatix/ Ranking Joe "Give Thanks & Praises" Renegade Rocker (Dubmatix)
Toots & the Maytals "Time Tough" Funky Kingston (Mango)
Culture "Crisis" Culture At Work (Shanachie)
Mikey Dread "Love The Dread" Dread At The Controls (DATC)
Bob/Wailers "Roots" Rebel Music (Tuff Gong)
Culture "Iron Sharp" Culture In Dub (HB)
Slickers "Johnny Too Bad" Harder They Come (Mango)
Richie Spice "Gideon Boot" (VP)
Marcia Aitken/Trinity "Still In Love/3 Piece Suit" Trojan 12" Box (Trojan)
Bim Sherman "Golden Locks" Tribulation (Pressure Sounds)
Taj Weekes "Hollow Display" Diedem (Spectra)
Tarrus Riley "Better This Way" Parables (VP)

Rizla Set:

Ministry Of Dub "Bless Them Father" Ark Angel
Buju Banton "Negus Negast" (HMG)
Glenn Washington "One Of These Days" Reggae Gold 2000 (VP)
Gentleman "Dem Gone" Universal Message (VP)
Morgan Heritage "Never Go Under" ...Family and Friends Vol 1 (HMG)
Bushman "Fire Pon a Dedas" Higher Ground (Greensleeves)
Sizzla "Made Of" Freedom Cry (Freedom City)



Skatalites "Exodus/King Solomon/Eastern Standard Time"
Foundation Ska (HB)
John Brown's Body "Vanity" All Time (I-Town)
Psalms "Joy In The Morning" Up Front (RAS)
Dubmatix/L. Thompson "Peace & Love" Renegade Rocker
Corey Harris "Keep Your Culture" Zion Crossroads (Telarc)
Slim Smith "Time Has Come" Trojan Originals

playlist 23 November 007

Buy Nothing Day? It was easy to observe, bailing out a last-minute absentee.
The ideal gift, this Holiday season? How about heating oil for someone needy?

The Last Minute Playlist:

Artist Selection Album (Label)
Lee Perry/Bunny Clarke "Be Thankful/Dubbing In The Backseat" Shocks Of Mighty (Attack!)
Melodians "Swing And Dine" Musical Feast (Heartbeat)
Big Youth "Feed A Nation" Congos & Friends (Blood and Fire)
John Browns Body "What We Gonna Do?" Pressure Points (Easy Star)
Gov't Mule/Michael Franti "Play With Fire" Mighty High (ATO)
Sugar Minott "Rough Ole Life" Sufferer's Choice (Heartbeat)
Ticklah "Scratch To Win" Ticklah VS Axelrod (Easy Star)

Toots & The Maytals "Pain In My Heart" Light Your Light (Fantasy)
Peter Tosh "Pound Get A Blow" Honorary Citizen (Columbia)
Mutabaruka "Sit Dung Pon The Wall" Check It! (Shanachie)
"Naw Give Up"
Katchafire "Say What You're Thinking" (Katchafire)
Corey Harris "You Never Know" Zion Crossroads (Telarc)
Mikey "Dread" Campbell "S.W.A.L.K." Best Sellers (RYKO)
Bob Andy "Unchained" When Rhythm Was King (Heartbeat)
Burning Babylon "Sativa" Garden Of Dub (Mars)

Cool Riddims/Sistah Teedy "Betcha By Golly Wow" Pledge To My People (NYNO)
Carlton & the Shoes "Me And You" When Rhythm Was King
Ethiopians "Incessantly" Owner Fi The Yard (Heartbeat)
Mikey General/Ticklah "Rescue Me" ...VS Axlerod (Easy Star)

Slackers "Tonight" Better Late Than Never (MOON Ska)

Pato Banton "Life Is A Miracle" (SurfDog)
Matisyahu "Ancient Lullabye" Youth (SONY)
Trio Electrico/Wailers "Trenchtown Rock" Roots, Rock, Remix (Tuff Gong)
Wailers "Soul Captives" The Complete Wailers-Vol 1 (JAD)
Ticklah/Marya Vega "Si Hecho Palante" ...VS Axlerod
Gov't Mule "Unblow Your Horn" Mighty High
Culture "Behold The Land" Full Up-Best Of Studio One (HB)

playlist 16 Nov 007

Long Beach Dub All Stars "Listen To DJs" Wonders Of The World
Victor "Ticklah" Axelrod "Two Face" Ticklah VS Axelrod (Easy Star)
Prince Far I "Natty Champion" Sucker Punch (Trojan)
Dillinger "Natty Kung Fu" When Rhythm Was King (Heartbeat)
Dub Funk Association "Natty Dread Kung Fu" Roots Of Dub Funk (Tanty)

The Technician "East Of Bacchus Marsh" Roots Of Dub Funk

Gov't Mule/Michael Franti "Play With Fire" Mighty High (Easy Star)
KILLER
Corey Harris "Keep Your Culture" Zion Crossroads

Bad Brains "Peace Be Unto Thee" Build A Nation (Oscill-O-Scope)
Gregory Isaacs "The Village" Reggae Legends III
Culture "International Herb" (Shanachie)
Mikey Dread "S.W.A.L.K" Best Sellers (RYKO)
...suffering, at the moment. we remember D.A.T.C., and wish him swift recovery.
...and Give Thanks for this Soul/Lover's Rock classic.
Toots & The Maytals "Pain In My Heart" Light Your Light (Fantasy)
Bob Andy "Unchained" When Rhythm Was King
Toots/Gov't Mule "Hard To Handle" Mighty High
Bob Marley "Give Thanks And Praises" Confrontation (Island)
Dr. Ring Ding "Green Pepper" Dan-Di-Mite! (MOON)
Corey Harris "You Never Know" Zion Crossroads
The Wailers "I'm Still Waiting" When Rhythm Was King
Rudy Mills "John Jones" Tighten Up!
Dave Grant "Grapevine Twist" Bubbalon By Bass
Linton Kwesi Johnson "Irish Irie" Peeni Walli (Shanachie)
Ticklah/Marya Vega "Si Hecho Palante" ...VS Axelrod
...lovely-voiced Roots Rocker.
Prince Buster "Take It Easy" ...Greatest Hits
Gov't Mule/Willi Williams "Rebel With A Cause" Mighty High

Playlist 5 October 2007

Artist Selection Album (Label)

Long Beach Dub "Listen To DJs" Wonders Of The World (Alligator)
All Stars
Anthony B "My Hope" My Hope (Groove Attack)
Corey Harris "No Peace For The Wicked" Zion Crossroads (Telarc)
Bad Brains "Build A Nation" Build A Nation (Oscill-O-Scope)

Soul Vendors "Things A Come Up To Dub" Version Dread (Heartbeat)
Junior Reid "Respect Due" Firehouse Clash (Live & Learn)
"Natty Dread Upon The Mountaintop"
Horace Andy "Living In The Flood" (Melankolic)
MIkey General/Ticklah "Rescue Me" Ticklah vs Axelrod (Easy Star)
Horace Andy "After All" Living In The Flood

Toots & Maytals "Guns Of Navaronne" Light Your Light (Fantasy)
Viceroys "Love And Unity" Ya Ho (Heartbeat)
Heptones "Book Of Rules" Groove Yard (Mango)
Ras Myrdak "Prince Of Fyah" Prince Of Fyah (Minor 7 Flat 5)
Capleton "I Know" Bodo Rhythm (Minor 7 Flat 5)
Dr. Israel "Sinsemilla" Essential (ROIR)
Ticklah/Marya Vega "Mi Sonsito" ...vs Axelrod (Easy Star)
Corey Harris "Walter Rodney" Zion Crossroads

Wailers/King Kooba "African Herbsman" Roots Rock Remix (Tuff Gong)
Brent Dowe "Forward Up" Reggae Train (Heartbeat)
Ari Up "Me Done" Real To Reel (Noiseshaper)
Dispenza/Woolfolk "Can I Change My Mind" Bubbalon By Bass
Corey Harris "Heathen Rage" Zion Crossroads

Lucky Phillip Dube 1964-2007

The world continues to be bent upon ridding us of our visionaries, and our heroes.

"If Music be the Food of Life, Play On."
---William Shakespeare/Isaac Hayes


"My Name Is Trinity, And My Game Is Unity."
---Lucky Dube


Time to step up, People.

Coming to the Satellite Ballroom...

...Thursday, October 18th (2007):

Toots And The Maytals!

Another welcome visit from Jamaica's Soul Man of Reggae.

For more venue information, contact Satellite Ballroom via phone or email:
info@satelliteballroom.com
(434) 293-7005

The Ballroom is situated on Charlottesville's famous Corner, at
1435 University Ave.
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...

...directly opposite the Grounds of the University of Virginia.

Dylan-Stylee

Artist Selection Album(Label)

Long Beach Dub All Stars "Listen To DJs" Wonders Of The World
G.G.'s All Stars "Black Star Dub" Rootsman Dub (Heartbeat)
the Clash "Know Your Rights" Combat Rock (Epic)
Desmond Dekker "Rudy Got Soul" This Is Reggae (Trojan)
Bad Brains "Til Kingdom Comes" Build A Nation (Oscill-O-Scope)
Arthur Lewis "Knocking On Heaven's Door" This Is Reggae (Mango LP)
Cocoa Tea "Poverty" Bodo Riddim (Minor7-Flat5)
Fun Boy Three "The Lunatics" the Very Best of... (Cleopatra)
G.G.'s All Stars "Herbman Skank" Rootsman Dub (HB)

Bob Dylan "Jokerman" Infidels (Columbia)
Billy Mystic "Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" Is It Rolling, Bob? (RAS)
Jah Wobble "Lord Help Me Dub" Heart & Soul (Trojan)

Upsetters "Justice To The People" This Is Reggae (Trojan)
Wailers "Ambush In The Night" Survivors (Island)
Sound Dimension "Fire Coal Version" Version Dread (Heartbeat)
Ethiopians "Everything Crash" This Is Reggae (Troj)
Israel Vibration "On The Rock" (RAS)
Bad Brains "Leaving Babylon" Build A Nation (Oscill.)

Morgan Heritage "Wall Of Babylon" These Are Some Serious Times (XL)
Upground "Recumbia" Feel The Vibe (Upground)
Dispenza & Woolfolk "Can I Change My Mind?" Bubbalon By Bass bubbalonbybass.com)
Cornell Campbell "Wherever I Lay My Hat" Motor City Reggae Box (Trojan)
Delroy Wilson "Troubled Man" Best of... (HB)
Slim Smith "Time Has Come" This Is Reggae (Trojan)

playlist 24 August 2007

Artist Selection Album (Label)

Big Youth "S-90 Skank" Tougher Than Tough (Island)
Bad Brains "Natty Dread 'Pon
The Mountain Top" Build A Nation (Oscilloscope)
Aswad "Natural Progressions" ASWAD (Mango)
Thievery Corporation "Richest Man In Babylon" (ESL)

Kush Arora "Seed Haffi Grow" From Brooklyn to SF (massive music)
Matisyahu "Watching The Wheels" Instant Karma (WB)
Wailers "Soul Rebel" Roots, Rock Revisited (Tuff Gong)
Jacob Miller "All Night 'Til Daylight" Dread, Dread (Liberty)
Freddie McKay "I'm A Free Man" MOJO Presents: Sun Is Shining
Heptones "Message From A Black Man" Sweet Talking (Heartbeat)


Horace Andy "Troddin'" Bodo Riddim (Rooftop/Minor 7 Flat 5)
Anthony B "More Pon More" My Hope ((Minor 7 Flat 5/Rooftop)
Bums Lie "Lies" Why Lie It's For Beer (Bums Lie)
the Clash "Bankrobber/Dub" Black Market Clash (Epic)
Heptones "Book Of Rules" Groove Yard
Citizen Cope "Karma Police" Radiodread (Easy Star)

GG's All Stars "Rootsman Dub/ Rootsman Dub (Heartbeat)
Mad Dub"
Congos "Cock Mouth Kill Cock" (Explore Music)
Kush Arora "Music A Mi Cultcha" From Brooklyn To SF
the Stingers "Give Me Power" This Is Reggae Music
Dennis Alcapone "Power Version" Forever Version (Heartbeat)
Linton Kwesi Johnson "Seasons Of The Heart" More Time (LKJ)
Dave Grant "Soul Shakedown Party" Bubbalon By Bass