Slipping into something dubby for today... King Tubby is up with the tune "Homeward Dub" from the excellent 2004 CD compilation ...

Sticking with the DJ vibes for just another day... this time we've got a tune called "Donkey Blind" by the late great Prince...

Hopping right into our fourth week of the Jamaican Music Challenge... we kick this week off with a DJ tune by the man Joseph Spalding AKA ...

What you're gonna hear in this third installment...   1.   U-Roy & Hopeton Lewis - Tom Drunk 2.  Melodians - Come On Little G...

The 21st track in the 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge is by the legendary Jacob Miller.  Recorded and originally released in 1976 on Mill...

Staying with the roots for today's tune... this one is called "Ghetto Life" and it's by the Twinkle Brothers from their ...

Up next is a smooth reggae cover of "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" by Al Brown.  The tune was originally recorded ...

Riding the same riddim we've got a tune today that would make the NRA proud... it's called "Gimmie Mi Gun" by DJ Doctor ...

I can't believe I waited 17 days before throwing in a Gregory Isaacs track... I have the feeling there will be a few more to come in t...

The vocal trio The Melodians (Tony Brevett, Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton) got together in Greenwich Town area of Kingston around 1963....

Starting off week three with a scorcher from Hopeton Lewis and U Roy called "Tom Drunk," produced by Duke Reid and released on h...

What you're gonna hear in this second installment... 1.  The Black Brothers - Give Me Loving 2.  Lloyd Charmers - Confidential ...

What the hell, let's finish off the second week with one more Studio One tune!  This one by Michigan & Smiley called "Co...

Sticking with Studio One and with 1968 as well... a huge rocksteady tune by Marcia Griffiths and an absolutely blistering performance ...

Stepping over to Brentford Road for the next track... a Coxsone Dodd, Studio One rocksteady production from 1968 featuring the Web...

Up next is a tune from David Scott AKA Scotty called "Skank In Bed" and it's basically the DJ version of Lorna Bennett...

Onto the tenth track in the 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge and it's a good one... Vernel Dixon AKA Charlie Ace, one of early reggae...

Keeping with the late 60s vibe we're pulling out an organ-heavy slice of early reggae!  Lloyd Charmers and the Hippy Boys from 1969 wi...

I have always found that rocksteady works beautifully with Sunday mornings... it has a lot to do with the slower pace and for the most pa...

What you're gonna hear in this first installment... 1.  Ken Parker - Sad Mood 2.  Chosen Few - Chain Gang 3.  General Echo ...

An upbeat tune for a Saturday!  "Ballroom Floor" is one of Bunny Wailers best tunes and it comes from one of his best albums, R...

Yes, folks it's Friday and nothing could be more appropriate than this ode to one of the sweetest days of the week!  A Joe Gibbs/Erro...

Hugh Mundell was one of a multitude of voices in reggae music that was silenced way too early.  Under the wing of Augustus Pablo, Mundell...

Plain and simple... I love this tune!  On "Fire Bun" Tony Tuff delivers some badass fire and brimstone lyrics over a rousing ho...

The fact that General Echo is mostly remembered for his bawdy and vulgar "slackness" lyrics is a damn shame... the guy put ou...