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Comment by Trevor Window on December 28, 2011 at 9:29am

Classic scene with Jah Shaka from the film Babylon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwfoeFbFwGM&feature=share

Comment by know-im-a-dreamer on December 28, 2011 at 8:31am

I LOVE *m*i*d*n*i*t*e* :)

 

Comment by Nicole C on August 31, 2011 at 9:01pm

LOVE Groundation!  Most under-appreciated band in reggae right now.  Just saw them at Red Rocks for the third time.  Sounded amazing but they should have been given more time.  Cant wait for the new album.

Comment by Neil Ⓥeganhead on December 28, 2010 at 1:38pm

Just a heads up for those of you who love Radio 4, and might have missed today's broadcast of Don Lett's documentary The British Reggae Revolution (as I did),  it's available on the Listen Again site and is next broadcast on Saturday 1st January 2011 @ 15:30.

Blurb from the program:

In the late 1970s there was an explosion of bands that completely connected with disenchanted youth all over Britain. They sang about isolation and rejection from a society that didn't understand them. But it wasn't punk music, it was
reggae. Groups like Aswad, Steel Pulse, Matumbi and Misty in Roots were formed by first generation,
British-born blacks who eloquently voiced the fear and anguish of growing up in
a predominantly white society. Brought up on British pop and their parents'
records, they combined a punk attitude with a Jamaican reggae sound. Their
efforts to become successful mirrored thousands of young black kids across the
UK who were coping with a right-wing backlash to the influx of Caribbean
immigrants. The National Front were stirring up racial hatred and the
government's SUS law resulted in hundreds of black people stopped and searched
on the mere suspicion of committing a crime. It wasn't long before there was
rioting in the streets. The British reggae bands provided the soundtrack to that
struggle.
Back then Don Letts - now a Grammy Award winning film maker - was the resident DJ at the infamous Roxy Club, credited with turning the punks on to
reggae. A first generation, British-born black himself, he had a front row seat
watching this burgeoning scene produce hit making artists. From the politicised
heavy roots of bands like Steel Pulse to the smooth pop hits of Lovers' Rock,
Don examines how Britain produced its very own reggae revolution.

 

Comment by Kaya on November 30, 2010 at 11:22am

Thanks Lois! Thats a good tune!

Comment by Tim Grant on November 29, 2010 at 3:42pm

Hey Lois. Hope the exhibition went well, your site looks great!

Comment by Tim Grant on October 28, 2010 at 11:06pm

Groundation are finally comin to Aus and I'll be checking em out next week!!! YEAH!!!

Thanks for the link to "No Bones No Blood" too... nice one.

Comment by Simon Ⓥ hEMpwillOw on October 26, 2010 at 8:27am

rocksteady, reggae, ska <3 <3

Comment by Tim Grant on October 25, 2010 at 7:26pm

Hey...

Groundation!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_bZDMGbLi8

Comment by Kaya on October 24, 2010 at 8:16am

Love the "No Bones, No Blood" song and video and was fortunate enough to have a few meals at Ras Rody's and Royal Kitchen from the video in Negril :) Awesomeness at its best :) Ras Rody's son makes the best steamed cabbage in the world :)


I wanted to share with everyone about the wicked find I stumbled across yesterday! I was on itunes and found a lot of FREE reggae and dancehall podcasts that are wicked good mixes!! Some really hot and current stuff straight from the beach parties in JA!! As well as some good old roots reggae! Anywhere from 30 mins to 1.5 hours long :)

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