12.20.12 - Jamaica Rock Holiday Style

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Happy Holidays on behalf of myself and the East Village Radio crew. Not quite sure how to describe this one... it has some reggae Christmas songs and some love songs and also some that were inspired by  the people that thought the world was going to end the next day. If you'd like to check out last year's holiday show you can do so right here. There are many more Xmas songs on it, and this year I didn't feel like playing quite as many. Anyway, hope you enjoy and listen to in good health!

12.13.12 - Moody Studio One

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I was inspired by the celebration of the man Mr. K (the Deadly Dragon Studio One maven) this night to do an all Studio One set. So it starts moody and gets a little, say, happier towards the end and also has some Studio One Christmas songs in there as well. I hope you enjoy, check the archive.

12.06.12 - Brubeck, B Sides & Byze One

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I have always had an affinity for certain types of jazz music, especially the older songs and especially the song Take Five. It was so cool when I found reggae versions of this song, and songs that took Take Five and made it into a riddim. So as a tribute to the passing of the composer Dave Brubeck I dedicated the first part of the show to some of my favorite takes on Take Five. A couple years ago Scratch Famous did an hour tribute to the same riddim on the Deadly Dragon Sounds show you can check out here. I was also in the mood to just check out some of my B Sides aka versions before our good friend Byze One joined us with a set of some of his favorites he brought to the East Coast with him while in town for the Street Industry Awards. Check the archives and rest in peace, Mr. Brubeck.

11.29.12 - Horace Andy Inspiration

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Since Horace Andy was performing in Brooklyn and the Bronx this week alongside Brigadier Jerry (for the first time in about 10 years), I decided to take some of my favorite Horace Andy tunes and base the show around it. There are some favorites that I have left out if I have played them recently, but I think you will get the picture.

I was lucky enough to go and see him perform at the Brooklyn show and he still sounds the same. Incredible. Next time I hope to have him on the show!

11.15.12 - Sound Digital Sound

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I've always loved the Steely & Cleevie version of Rockfort Rock on the album above, as well as the sound boy killing tracks. The hardest one being "We A Di Don" by the dancehall godfather Johnny Osbourne. For this show I decided to start off with this very track and base the show around some of my favorite sound, digital and dancehall tunes. Check the playlist and archive above.

11.08.12 - For The Love Of Covers

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There has been a lot going on here in NYC lately. I hope everyone is doing okay from the storm that crushed the East Coast, parts of the Caribbean and also put the East Village Radio studio in the dark for almost a week. Big ups to all of the people around here helping each other out, and of course you can donate to the Red Cross or Occupy Sandy.  I needed some fun songs to play for myself and of course for you the listeners. I am a huge fan of cover songs so I decided to go for an all-covers show, hoping they would make you as happy as they make me. One reason why I love reggae covers of songs that I like is because I feel it connects me with that reggae artist - "hey I like that song too!". I'm sure you are aware that there are some very bad covers out there, but I think I chose some of the best. Enjoy!

10.25.12 - Vampires, Duppies & Haunted Riddims

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I have always been a fan of Halloween, there's is something exciting to me about the anonymity and mischief in the air (not into the free candy because I don't have a sweet tooth). For this week's show I decided to pull together some songs about vampires, ghosts and other darkness. I missed last week due to a CMJ preemption (if you tuned in, thanks) and that was also the late great Peter Tosh's birthday. So I included some songs on this tip from him too. Of course, there are the lighter more straightforward vampire tunes like Barnabus Collins by Lone Ranger and then there are the deeper vampire tunes such as the ones by Tosh. Vampires can basically be a metaphor for any evil force sucking the good out of you. For the second hour I decided to play some dark dancehall tunes for you since I have not done a later dancehall set in a while, inspired by one of my favorite riddims, the Haunted riddim. Enjoy... if you dare. Muah ha ha ha...