(Picture from the Vice Article)
Be sure to pick up the new issue of Vice Magazine (if you can) which I think has run an outstanding in-depth article with Theodoros Bafaloukos, writer and director of that wonderful little film called Rockers, “the film that single-handedly made Jamaica and reggae interesting to couch-cozy white folks, their stoner [...]
There was an interesting piece in the Jamaica Observer about the classic Count Prince Miller cut “Mule Train”. This was a hit back in the day and still gets a spin sporadically in the clubs today.
As the story states: his involvement in the 1972 recording session was somewhat impromptu. “I came down here with, Millie [...]
and in other Hepcat news Gabe and the Pressure Drop Podcast have an interview with Greg Lee.
LISTEN HERE.
Part Deux of the Greg Narvas & Martin Ruane interview we mentioned here has been posted.
It’s nice that Greg mentions The Bluebeat Lounge, The Rocksteady Lounge and Broader Than Broadway. Check it out HERE!
Well first there were the duel posts (HERE & HERE) detailing bits and pieces of history about NYC’s early 80’s punky reggae masters The Terrorists that hit the blog-o-sphere at the same time and now there are these two competing Greg Narvas pieces! What are the odds of that happening?
Recently Kyle Hickenbottem was coaxed out [...]