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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Here we are with #61 of our weekly (and sometimes bi-weekly) installments of our radio show. This is loosely based on the muxtape I did after our summer vacation. Starts off with ambient sounds by Pepe Bradock and a spoken horror sketch by Boris Karloff on top of it, a Japanese koto piece by Chieko [...]

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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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Love just Love
Gosh, this has been by far the busiest month in my whole life. Been to London and back while we’re still in the process of re-opening the music lounge I’ve started working for. I’ve told it about 10 times that I was gonna keep up with the radioshows but it seems I won’t [...]

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Sun shines on the Guggenheim museum in NYC
#25. Is the second show we’ve done with Cleansweep. In fact it’s the same session cut in two. If you remember #23 it’s just like that, roots dub, jazz, funk, nu jazz, beat, afrobeat selected by Can Ayverdi and yours truly. BTW I’m trying to redesign the [...]

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Zulya and the Children of the Underground by Dean Jackson
Going on a short weekend vacation at 10AM and it’s already 3AM here and I need some sleep, so here are 2 faves from the last months. First, a smoky roots reggae/dub hit from 70’s Jamaica, remastered this year by Wackies. Bullwackies All-Stars’ Free for All [...]

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