Sticking with the ska for another day but keeping with the summer feel we've got a hot tune called "Ice Water" by Jack Sparr...

Slipping back a few years musically but sticking with the travel theme... this one is "Ska-Ra-Van" by the Skatalites and in my h...

In preparation for the preordained exodus to rest and relaxation coming up for me just three days from now, I'm inna traveling kinda m...

Lester Sterling AKA Mr. Versatile got his start like so many great Jamaican musicians at Alpha Boys School where he became adept at both t...

Here's a sweet tune for your Sunday... Alton Ellis inna combination with Phyllis Dillon give us a sweet early reggae tune called ...

Here it is my friends, the 34th Week Mix in all its uninterrupted glory!  What you're gonna hear... 1.  Roland Alphonso - Song For ...

In celebration of the first Saturday of summer we're gonna step back to rocksteady to round out the week with this one by The Kingston...

I have been remiss in not giving Dennis Alcapone the limelight in these 7 months since I started this "adventure" but I am remed...

You know what is amazing about Jamaican music?  Regardless of how much you immerse your ears in the various sub-genres, artists, labels, p...

Bobby Ellis received training on the trumpet and flugelhorn at Alpha Boys School and upon his leaving became the horn arranger for Studio ...

There's something about the fact that today's tune, "Take It Easy" by the late Hopeton Lewis, is now being used in a Cor...

I'm offering a public service here... I'm saving everyone the trouble of having to look at the calendar and figuring out what toda...

It's Father's Day and as expected I wanted to dedicate today's tune, the 231st in the 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge, to all...

Yes, I'm back again with another complete week mix and this time it's going to be delivered on time because I'm writing this ...

The Tidals were a vocal trio made up of Winston Cleveland, Eupert Reid and Aston Pryce who started out in the 60s.  They made their first ...

I have seen it mentioned before that the life story of Winston Brown AKA Ranking Dread would be perfect material for a gangster movie and ...

Quoting from a Spooktacular post way back in 2013, " Barry Dunn AKA Militant Barry originally got his start in the music business wi...

Albert Griffiths founded The Gladiators as a vocal group in 1966 with childhood friends David Webber and Errol Grandison.  Supposedly the ...

Up next is a nice tune by Tabby & The Heptones called "Red Hot" and it comes from a 7" on the Moses label produced by t...

Today's tune is a landmark!  No, I'm not talking about the fact that it's the 225th day in a row I've been doing this chal...

I can't believe it has taken me eight months to get to the Meditations!  The trio of Danny Clarke, Ansel Cridland and Winston Watson g...

Week 32!  Here for your listening pleasure!  Here is what you're gonna hear... 1.  Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - Moving Ou...

Up next for the 223rd day in our little yearlong marathon is a smooth discomix for your Saturday enjoyment!  This one is from 1984 and it...

Switching gears now by moving into the 80s and I'm keeping it short because I can't find any background information on Neville Bro...

The late Harry Zephaniah Johnson AKA Harry J was a producer and recording studio owner who got his start by creating his own Harry J label...