05.21.12 - Brigadier Jerry LIVE in the studio

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Brigadier Jerry is one of the most popular cultural DJ’s to regularly improvise over Jamaican sound systems. He started out at the legendary U-Roy's King SturGav Hi-Fi system in the early '70s, and soon moved on to the Jah Love Muzik system. A brilliant lyrical improviser, Briggy -- as he is affectionately known -- elevated the standards for speed and fluidity in DJ chatting technique, laying the groundwork for much of what followed. Highly respected in Jamaica as a conscious DJ, Briggy was a soundsystem teacher, teaching Rasta culture to the multitudes. Bootleg recordings of these dancehall sessions started to leak out internationally amongst the deeper cultural enthusiasts, spreading Briggy’s name abroad. In the years to come, other DJ’s were to follow his example, but Brigadier Jerry remains as the teacher who set the standard. We were very excited to have him on the show, play some of his hits like Jamaica, Jamaica as well as chat with him about what he is up to now musically, spiritually and anything else he would like to share. We also previewed a newly pressed limited edition vinyl release from Israel Vibration called Bad Intention that previously only ever existed as a dubplate for Jah Love Muzik sound system (and you can get it while you can at DeadlyDragonSound.com).

05.14.12 - Beatles covers & Subatomic Sound

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Mother's Day was this past weekend, so for this show Queen Majesty did an hour of Beatles reggae covers in honor of her own mother who both listens in every week and loves the Fab Four. She has been digging up the best covers for you for some time, and has found some for this show like Bob Marley's And I Love Her from Studio One. During the second hour we played lots of Lee "Scratch" Perry in support of his upcoming NYC show and were joined in the studio by Emch of Subatomic Sound System who is playing alongside Perry on the tour. Besides some music and talk of the tour, he also brought a man who has worked with Perry on various projects for almost 20 years, Paul Zasky, band leader and bass player of Dubblestandart out of Vienna.

05.07.12 - Lloyd Brevett Skatalites Tribute

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Another great piece of musical foundation passed on to the other side. LLoyd Brevett, the double bassist who helped carry ska music from Jamaica to the world as a founding member of the influential band The Skatalites passed on this past Thursday at the age of 80 years old. This show is dedicated to the Skatalites. We have chosen to play some our favorite sogs from them as well as SOund Dimension and Soul Brothers tunes and other ska legends like Prince Buster that worked with them.

04.30.12 Carlton "Tetrack" Hines LIVE in the studio

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Tetrack was originally Carlton Hines, Dave Harvey and Paul Mangaroo. They formed in the early 1970s, catching the ear of producer and instrumentalist Augustus Pablo, for whom they cut the strong singles I'm Not Satisfied (1975) and Let's Get Started (1977). The latter became the title-piece of their first album for Pablo in 1980, followed by a second for Gussie Clarke before the outfit called it a day towards the end of the digital decade.
We were so glad to have Carlton Hines on the show to hear and talk about his latest album Unfinished Business. The revived line up initially featured Hines, Harvey and new recruit Norris Reid of the Viceroys - but Harvey left prior to the start of the project. The regrouping came to the attention of another master producer (and colleague of Pablo's) Clive Chin who helped arrange download distribution from VP.
It's a wicked album, definitely grab it online and big up Michael from VP for bringing Carlton to the show! He is a man with lots of stories of the history of the music, I wish we had more time to talk to him but hopefully he will be back on the show again. Check the archive for the interview and the preview.