The Congos - Fisherman Live @ 2007

The Congos - Ark of the Covenant
The falsetto vocals on the live one are a bit irritating and the tempo is a bit faster than the original, but seeing them sing this on stage after 31 years after it was conceived is very exciting. If you’ve never listened to [...]

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After the break with Island, Scratch moved to Amsterdam where a short-lived label, Black Art, was set up. In 1982 he fronted some U.S. dates with an American reggae band called the Terrorists. Residents living near one show’s promoter called the police at 6 AM to report a half-naked man with a machete jogging through [...]

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Marcus Garvey
30 years ago on 7/7/77 Reggae trio of Joseph Hill, Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes, Culture released their seminal debut. Of course I wasn’t even around back then but I’m probably sure I’d have gone rasta the second I heard the beginning notes of anthemic “Black Starliner must come.” How can you not heed [...]

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I, Horsemouth
I did grew a little tired of jazzy-go-lucky shows which i always do and go for a little something different this time. Since summer is here and we’d spent the previous weekend watching Rockers and trying to sound Jamaican, i started things off with a little dub-ska-reggae icing from Skatalites & King [...]

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Let me tell you first that I began to laugh instantly after I saw the name of the artist, why? Because “Kanka” is a funny (sometimes shady) way of saying bro in Turkish slang, which literally is the first letters of Blood Brother mashed together. But then seeing the artist is from France, I thought [...]

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I was thinking about posting some oldschool ska, because lately I’ve been listening to my old Toasters and Skatalites CDs again and again. Ska is probably a music I’ll always listen, it’s not pretentious, it’s fun, the dance itself is pretty cool and the music is always pleasing and masterful. While checking for some video [...]

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