NOW HEAR DIS!
Will feature something that you need to hear. Most likely it won’t just be a song (but could be if it really needs to be heard!) but an interview, or radio show, podcast – something of a special interest.

VERSION GALORE
Reggae’s very core is built on the version. From the earliest days of taking soul and R&B hits or anything really that they heard being piped in from the states or that was brought back on vinyl on the many trips people like Coxson made to the states to find the latest U.S. hits for their respective sound systems, were ripe for a cover.

Artists were covering anything and everything as the recently independent country and quickly enlarging new music industry were hungry for home grown music and what did they have but songs they heard – until that is they had enough talent built up to create their own songs. Covers and recording new versions of old tunes or using old rhythms on new cuts has always been a staple of the recording industry – not strictly a Jamaican phenomenon.

MONDAY VIDEO FLASHBACK
A weekly video flashback to get your week started just right.