Tag: reggae
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DJ Derek
Love this short documentary about Bristol reggae & RnB legend DJ Derek – before Rodigan there was Derek Morris DJing classic ska, reggae and soul tunes. Also into real ale and buses? Yay! Although in a ‘Bus Soundclash’ John would win for bus knowledge – since he’s been ‘on the buses’ since the 70’s or…
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Reggae Rehab / Elvis Gangja Fever
Hot on the heels of Junior Blender’s Adele and Cee-Lo reggae versions, here’s Amy Winehouse having a reggae rehab from Reggaesta. Also from Reggaesta is the very incongrous Elvis In Reggae…not so sure about these, but the version of Fever made me LOL and reminded me of the excellent Easy All-Stars version of Money: Although…
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Reggae in the Deep / Fuck You (and your Ska too)
https://vimeo.com/39624498 I know a few people who will go crazy for this reggaie remix of Rolling in the Deep and the ska one below…Adele goes old skool reggae/ska flava! Wish she’d done this version at the Grammys (heard a clip of that, what the Americans made of her crazy Essex-girl babbling, I don’t know –…
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RC 209: Norwegian Blue
Although I recorded this last week I was so busy only just got round to posting it now, the 2nd of the 3 back to back (ish) shows…and this is a companion piece to RC 167: Not Here Right Now, with a downtempo look at that terrible events in Norway and the death of Amy…
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RIP Smiley Culture
Sad to hear about the death during a police raid of Smiley Culture – ironically best known for his 1984 reggae/proto ragga hit ‘Police Officer’ with Saxon Soundsystem about the ‘sus’ stop and search laws – shame that unlike the funny end of the song this police intervention had a far sadder ending. 🙁 And…
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I dun a bad ting: Rastamouse riddim remix
https://vimeo.com/19769180 Probably be gone by morning given the fervour that Rastamouse Company pulls these things, but here’s my video cutup of Rastamouse vs Wayne Smith’s classic ‘Under mi Sleng Teng’ which is of course about cheese. Yes cheese. *dares anyone to say otherwise* It’s done with a lot of love for Rastamouse and Wayne Smith…