Distinctly Jamaican Sounds
Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Previous Spooktaculars Available For Your Streaming Pleasure!

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Hope everyone is doing well... it is October 1st and like usual I am always dragged back to Blogger whenever the leaves start to fall! Aga...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Happy Halloween 2018!

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I couldn't let the day pass without providing something - my passion for Jamaican music and Halloween have no bounds and while this ...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017

It Lives!! The Complete 2017 Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular

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Yes my friends I couldn't let Halloween pass without doing another Spooktacular... and while I have cut out blogging here on Blog...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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I am still up-in-the-air about doing a Spooktacular for 2017... I've got the tunes in a playlist but I don't know if I've got ...
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Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Distinctly Jamaican Sounds Has Gone 21st Century!

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I had a request from a friend about making the Christmas mixes available for streaming and I have gone and done just that!  If you'd l...
Sunday, December 04, 2016

By Request... The Distinctly Jamaican Sounds' 2006 Jamaican Christmas Mix

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Seasons Greetings!  Had some requests for re-ups of the Jamaican Christmas Mixes and I am always happy to oblige!  Here's is the 2006...
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Monday, October 31, 2016

The Complete 2016 Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular!

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It has been a long and spooky month and as the big day arrives it is time to provide you with one last treat before October ends and the d...
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The 52nd And Final Weekly Mix In All Of Its Uninterrupted Glory!

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Here it is folks!  The 52nd and final weekly mix for your uninterrupted listening pleasure!  It has been fun putting these together and I ...
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Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2016 - Track Twenty One - Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten

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First and foremost, Happy Halloween!  The month of October as usual has been extremely busy but like always a lot of fun also!  I have tho...

Day 366 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - The Melodians - Last Train To Ecstasy

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We are at the end or a very long journey and though I wanted to commemorate Halloween with the last track I also wanted to put the wraps o...
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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Day 365 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - Leo Graham - Voodooism

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Holy shit!  I can't believe I'm just one track away from having completed this yearlong Jamaican Music Challenge, when I first sta...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Day 364 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - Lloyd & Devon - Wolf Out Deh

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Lloyd & Devon, Lloyd Robinson & Devon Russell, who had previously recorded as part of the vocal group The Tartans in the late 60...
Friday, October 28, 2016

Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2016 - Track Twenty - Satan Side Version

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Sam Votsis AKA Sammy Gong is one of the founders and a frequent contributor to the illustrious DC Soundclash.  Aside from digging for...

Day 363 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - Murphy Romeo - Ghost Affair

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Quoting from the 2009 Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular... "This one is by an artist named Murphy Romeo and the song is called "G...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2016 - Track Nineteen - Death Waiver

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Without further ado... go to it Bobby!  "10 Ft Ganja Plant started out as an offshoot of Boston Massachusetts’ John Brown’s Bod...

Day 362 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - Lloyd Charmers - Bone Yard Skank

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While today's track has really little to do with "Bone Yards" aside from the ghostly introduction and its title, "Bone ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2016 - Track Eighteen - Zombieland

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Bobby Bobson was part of the DC Soundclash crew for many years and was quite adept in knowing how to make the dance bubble and pop....
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Day 361 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - Charles Hannah & The Graduates - Dark Shadows

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This one has always been one of my favorite Halloween appropriate reggae tunes... a little number by Charles Hanna & The Graduates whi...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Thanks For 11 Great Years!

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Yes, all good things must come to an end and after much consideration and reflection I have decided the time has come to end the Distin...
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Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2016 - Track Seventeen - Dark Of The Moon

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I have said and written much about the great Jackie Mittoo over the years and have in fact included a bunch of his songs in Spooktaculars ...

Day 360 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - Carl Bryan - Waking The Dead

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We're only five tracks away from wrapping up this yearlong challenge and it's another one featured in a past Spooktacular... this ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2016 - Track Sixteen - Afraid

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The late singer Leroy Ridgway AKA Living Truth got his start singing in the church choir at an early age.  When he turned 16, Ridgway ente...

Day 359 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - King Horror - Loch Ness Monster

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What can I say about King Horror that I haven't already said over the last eleven years?  A Calypsonian who went by the name Baldhead ...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Day 358 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - Roy Richards - Death Rides A Horse

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"Death Rides A Horse" by Roy Richards may be my number one early reggae instrumental.  Originally recorded at Beverley's and...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

The 51st Week Mix In All Of Its Uninterrupted Glory!

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A full week's worth of spooky ska is what you'll get when you download and enjoy the 51st Week Mix... here's what you're g...
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