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LIQUIDATOR TALKS REGGAE

Check out this interview with Liquidator Music's head honcho Toni Face where we talk social media, funny and Reggae. MORE ›››

100 GREATEST ROCKSTEADY TUNES

DanceCrasher.com has done an exhaustive list of the top 100 Rocksteady gems of all time with label scans and sound clips. MORE ›››

THE SKATALITES STORY

Check out the liner notes from the Heartbeat Records release "Foundation Ska" that help to tell the long history of the originators! MORE ›››

HIS STORY OF US SKA

David Hillyard (Slackers, Hepcat, Donkey Show, Rocksteady 7) gives his perspective on the history of US Ska. MORE ›››

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Queen P & The Shifters November Tour Review

By Lawless On March 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Last November King Duncan from the DC band The Shifters wanted to do something really special for his birthday. So he got the idea to fly Queen P from LA so he could see her perform. Naturally his band would back her up and he would get a chance to sing with one of his [...]

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New Release: The Story of Bluebeat The Best in Ska 1960 CD

By Lawless On June 6, 2011 · 1 Comment

There’s a new collection about to hit stores presenting the best of early Ska from the label that came to best represent it in the UK and around the world – Bluebeat. The release features a chronological collection of A and B sides on the label starting with the first release from [...]

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More Laurel Re-Issue Goodness

By Lawless On April 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

YES! The Laurel Aitken Re-issues will be getting some US distribution as Dusty Groove has them listed as Mid May releases. OH YEAH and there will be re-issues of “Scandal In A Brixton Market” and “The High Priest Of Reggae”. AMAZING NEWS INDEED!

So that means more Laurel Goodness!

FYI: Amazon has “High [...]

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Bad Manners “My Girl Lollipop” Video

By Lawless On February 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

All the Millie Smalls talk last week and I didn’t post the cover by 2 Tone act Bad Manners that was an 80′s hit. Here’s the video below from Buster and crew giving their take on the 1964 hit “My Boy Lollipop”. Classic – Enjoy!

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Monday Video Flashback: Millie Small “Enoch Power”

By Lawless On February 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Seems we’re on a Millie Small kick lately. To further illustrate the point that Millie wasn’t a one hit wonder here is a video with her playing Wembly Stadium in 1970 with a powerfully proactive political song “Enoch Power” coming out against Mr. Powell. This was before the real positive roots reggae took [...]

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