Slipping into rocksteady for today's track... Cynthia Richards gives us "Forever" and it is a sweet tune!  Richards began he...

If you don't check out Distinctly Jamaican Sounds over on Facebook, this is what you missed!  After a good month of so of harassing th...

A nice week of mento and early ska... perfect warming music for whiling away this nasty winter!  The Complete 13th Week Mix! 1.  Lord...

Another day and another Treasure Isle ska scorcher!  Perfect music to melt away your mid-winter blues!  This one is by the great Don Drumm...

Let's do some more ska!  Today's track is one of the sweetest ska tunes ever recorded, upbeat, bouncy full of life and guaranteed ...

Pure ska for the 89th Day of the Jamaican Music Challenge... this one is called "Rough and Tough" by Stranger Cole and it was re...

Pianist Theophilus Beckford, born 1935, was one of the pioneers of Jamaican music who helped bridge the gap between rhythm and blues and s...

Lord Flea, born Norman Byfield Thomas somewhere between 1931 and 1934 depending on who you ask, was the first "rock star" of Jam...

We're on to the 86th day in the 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge and again we're sticking with another mento tune... today...

We're really going to go back this week with some mento!  We're starting if off with a tune by Lord Lebby called "Mama No Wan...

The 12th Week Mix in its entirety... what you're gonna hear! 1.  Burning Spear - Man In The Hills 2.  Max Romeo - Martin Luther...

Sticking with one more roots tune to round out the week... this one is by saxophonist Cedric "Im" Brooks and it is called "...

Ras Michael, born Michael George Henry, a lifetime follower of Rastafari and best known for his traditional Nyabinghi drumming and chantin...

For the 82nd day in the Challenge, I'm gonna do something different.  No I'm not messing with the formula or changing how I do the...

Born Ervin Spencer in 1952, the man who would later become known as Don Carlos, started his singing career in 1973 with Black Uhuru.  Carl...

We have yet to reach the fever pitch of "Snowmaggedon" induced craziness here in Maryland.  There have been no shortages of milk...

Vivian Jackson, better known as Yabby You, is up next with "Love Of Jah" taken from the splendid 1997 Blood & Fire release c...

We're up to the 79th track in the 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge... and since today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the Unite...

Winston Rodney originally used the name Burning Spear for his vocal duo with bass singer Rupert Willington who recorded their first single...

The 11th Week Mix in its entirety... what you're gonna hear! 1.  Barrington Spence - Jah For All 2.  Big Youth - Train To Rh...

Day 77 and it's time for a little Delroy Wilson.  At the ripe age of 13 and under the auspices of Coxsone Dodd, Delroy Wilson (Oct. 1...

We're gonna step back a good 9 years from yesterday's tune and give you a sweet tune by Judy Mowatt and the Gaylettes called ...

Plain and simple, I love this song!  I remember hearing this years ago on a Sunday evening reggae radio show and immediately went to my RA...

One more 70's DJ tune... this one is called "The First Cut Is The Deepest" by I-Roy.  Roy Samuel Reid derived his name, and ...

I've gotten a couple requests to re-up the Strictly Rub-A-Dub Mixes and I'm happy to oblige... it's hard to believe that I put t...