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February 11, 2010, at 10:41 pm

More from Witty – the Music Master

After the feature on Gold Shop records the other day it seemed like a good time to put up this old Dancecrasher podcast mix of Whitfield Henry productions. This is dedicated to the Deadly Dragon crew who are currently in the UK and are guest selectas at Trash & Ready in London this coming Sunday.

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Category: Digital, Downloads, Tighten Up | 2 comments |
January 24, 2010, at 8:58 am

Soul Jazz Inna Dancehall Style

Soul Jazz Records have just released a 2nd instalment of Dancehall tunes, this is a follow up to the original release which was issued in conjunction with the great book of 80′s Dancehall pictures by Beth Lesser in late 2008. This new release is available on double CD or double LP and has 24 tracks. [...]

Category: Digital, Old School Dancehall, Re-issues | One comment |
December 20, 2009, at 4:31 pm

Trash And Ready

The Tighten Up Crew return with a new night in January showcasing 80′s dancehall and digital sounds, so expect loads of Junjo Lawes, Greensleeves 12′s, Jammy’s and Sleng Teng vibes.

Welll be at Catch (one of the best ever old Tighten Up venues) once a month on a Sunday starting on January 17th. Joining us [...]

Category: Digital, Downloads, Tighten Up | 3 comments |
June 1, 2009, at 11:07 am

A fifty dollar bill

Mel Cooke is at it in Gleaner once again. He has another one of those funny little features that has little or nothing to do with the news but is a nice little glance back at Jamaican music back in the day and it’s effects on/or how it was affected by wider culture and society. [...]

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November 28, 2008, at 3:27 pm

General Trees on the buses

There’s a funny story in the Jamaica Gleaner about how General Tree’s big tune Minibus came about.

One man tek my bag an’ gone pon one bus, me en’ up in a different bus. Me haffi start get bringle now an sey wha oonu a do? Even when me go fe my bag, some man [...]

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