Video Reggae Lectures Now Available

From my class SPCH214 - Rhetoric of Reggae Music, here are a few video lectures I made a few years ago. You will need RealPlayer installed to watch them, but they seem to pop right up and stream pretty well.

Go to http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/?M=D

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1987-05-13 For Quasar

Animals can be important friends. This show was dedicated to just one such animal, a yellow Labrador retriever named Quasar. Special dedication to my friends Sallie Birket Chafer and Charlie Chafer, Quasar's life partners. Reggae music is about life and vitality, and Quasar loved it. He's gone on to Zion now, where I bet the msuic is awesome. That Slim Smith versio of "Show and tell" is real mover, at least to me.

Music included: Slim Smith, White Lion, Ken Rachlis, Quasar, Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Chalice, Chalawa and a lot more.

Make sure to get both parts. Right click to download, click to listen right away, always best on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870513forquasar1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870513forquasar2.mp3

1986-00-17 Remembering Jamaica

I am back from Jamaica on a wonderful holiday, and I have a lot of cool music to share and talk about. Shows like this make it possible for me to remember one of the great vacations I had down in yard. This is an old show, as I am still arriving by rocket ship at this point. Some crude recordings, some records, and a look at the new Lambsbread album. Some of the recordings I made there of normal Jamaicans and their relationship to their music were pretty moving. It is an amazing place.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, always better in your iTunes library:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860017rememberingjamaica.mp3

1984-06-07 Yellowman Interview

Yellowman drops into WRUV-FM for an interview with Jay Strausser. He put on a great show in Burlington. Jay also spun some Yellowman records. He also did some live chanting on the air.

Right click to download, click to listen, always better when on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl840607yellowmaninterview.mp3

1987-00-00 The Show is Coming - 2nd Vermont Reggae Festival

Talking about the coming Vermont Reggae Festival. This show took place right after the Committee announced that the 2nd Vermont Reggae Festival would take place at Oakledge Park. Fun times those were. Nice chat with Jeff Nichelson and Bobby Hackney.

There is a pause in the middle as the cassette goes from side 1 to side 2. Have patience.

Music included:
Dub Syndicate, Doctor Pablo, Cleon Douglas, Yellowman, Singers & Players, Massive Horns, Peter Metro, Wackie's Rhythm Force, African Head Charge, Half Pint, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Channel Two Dub Band, Lambsbread, Culture and a lot more.

Click to listen, right click to download, always best in iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl000000showiscoming.mp3

1989 Version Style

Some cool version sides I played on the air after my return from a trip to Jamaica. Makes for some cool listening while working or just hanging out. Both parts are well worth it.

Part One
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/reggae-version_style_1989_1.mp3

Part Two
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/reggae-version_style_1989_2.mp3

1989-05-03 Steve Dolley's Birthday

<== This is the cover of one of Steve Dolley's works on nuclear proliferation. Quite a diverse guy, actually.

A special show for my good friend Steve Dolley who did the "Hour of the Wolf News" right before the show for a good long time. We hear another good edition of Steve's news, a Vermont Reggae Festival promo, and then 90 minutes of roots music.

Artists consisted of: Roots Radics, Sister P, Dub Syndicate, Lee Perry, Singers and Players, New Age Steppers, Channel Two Dub Band live, High Society, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Burning Spear and a lot more.

Right click to download, click to listen now, always best in iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890503dolleybirthday.mp3

1989-03-22 Lee Perry

It starts with Steve Dolley and the "Hour of the Wolf News" and many of the headlines sound like they could have come from today.

The show is a special feature on the music of Lee "Scratch" Perry, new and old. This was a lot of fun. He is called "Scratch" because, as the story comes to me from Roger Steffens, when asked Perry says, "Well, everything starts from scratch, and who am I?"

Right click to download, click to listen, always best with iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890322leeperry.mp3

1989-03-15 Four Course Lunch

Kathy Biscardi's part of the Reggae Lunch gets us going, and Steve Dolley's "Hour of the Wolf News" comes next. Very interesting stuff. Great promo for information on the musical event "The Experiment" that I staged at UVM.

Four parts make up this reggae meal. Artists included: Lee Perry, Macka B, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Rhythm Rulers, Peter Tosh, Studio One Band, Sister Audrey, Sandra Cross and a lot more.

Right click to download, click to listen, always better in iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890315fourcourselunch.mp3

1989-02-08 Ziggy Marley

The show begins with some hot tuns from Kathy Biscardi in the first half of the Reggae Lunch that day. Then comes Steve Dolley's awesome "Hour of the Wolf" news. That news broadcast remains relevant many, many years later. There is also a classic Vermont Reggae Festival promotion.

The main section of the show itself involves previoewing thew appearance of Ziggy Marley and the Melodymakers in Burlington. We take a nice tour their the music, but also throw in some interview segments I did with Ziggy over the phone some years earlier.

Get both parts. Right click to download, click to listen right away and always better in iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890208ziggy1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890208ziggy1.mp3

Reggae Conference in Jamaica

From http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=157777

GLOBAL REGGAE CONFERENCE UWI, MONA, 2008
Location: Jamaica
Call for Papers Deadline: 2007-10-12
Date Submitted: 2007-08-15
Announcement ID: 157777
"Global Reggae: Jamaican Popular Music A Yard and Abroad" February 18 - 24, 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Institute of Caribbean Studies and the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of the West Indies, Mona announce an international conference on “Global Reggae: Jamaican Popular Music A Yard and Abroad.” The conference, to be held February 18-24, 2008, at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica and other venues on the island, is the third in a series focussing on Caribbean culture. The first, held in 1996, honoured the distinguished legacy of Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford, Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies. The second, held in 2002, celebrated the work of the Barbadian griot/historian, Professor Kamau Brathwaite. This third conference, to be held in association with the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica (RIAJam), the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, the Bob Marley Foundation, and the Jamaica Tourist Board, pays tribute to the generations of musicians who have created reggae – Jamaica’s distinctive contribution to world culture. These icons include: Count Matchuki, Don Drummond, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Count Ossie, Mrs. Sonia Pottinger and Prince Buster.

The conference and associated reggae concerts will consolidate and disseminate knowledge on the global impact of Jamaican popular culture. The third Conference on Caribbean culture will amplify the soundings from the 1995 symposium, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, and co-sponsored by the Reggae Studies Unit and the Bob Marley Foundation, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Jamaica's premier cultural ambassador, the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley.

The Global Reggae 2008 conference will provide an opportunity for musicians, scholars, cultural practitioners and entrepreneurs from Jamaica and around the world to share their perspectives on the ways in which reggae has been appropriated and adapted in a variety of cultural contexts. This international conference will also examine the local impact of the reggae music industry in Jamaica and assess ways in which the Jamaican economy can benefit through the development and encouragement of internationally competitive local music enterprises. The proposed conference sub-themes include:

The Roots of Jamaican Popular Music:

Revival
Mento
Nyabinghi
Jazz
Jump Blues
Afro-Cuban
The Rise of Jamaican Popular Music:
Proto-ska
Ska
Rocksteady
Reggae
Dub
Dub Poetry
Dancehall
Reggae’s Influence on Global Popular Music:
Hip-hop
Reggaeton
Reggae Samba
Jawaiian
Drum & Bass
Techno
Trip-Hop
Jungle
Rapso
Soca
The Technological Transformations of Reggae:
Sound Systems
Juke Box
Radio & TV
Recording Studios
Digital Technology Processes
The Dub Plate
The Internet
The Wailers – Early:
The Wailing Wailers – Classic Trio
Bunny Wailer
Peter Tosh
Bob Marley
The Bob Marley phenomenon
The I-Three
Chris Blackwell
Reggae’s Social and Political Contestations:
Rastafari and Reggae
Aesthetics
Gender politics
Political Activism
Reggae Scholarship:
Ideologies
Language
Popular Press and Media
Dancehall in Print
Reggae Arts:
The Dance
Reggae films/graphics/music videos
Reggae, fashion and merchandise
Performance/clash traditions
Reggae Music as Business:
Role and importance of collective rights management societies and trade associations
Reggae music business in the digital, Internet and mobile communication world
Back to basics – product development challenges (lyrics, work ethics, quality standards and contractual relationships)
Investing in Reggae/Jamaican music – A case for private and public funding
Jamaican music: Catalyst for Jamaica’s creative industries
NB: The areas outlined above are not exhaustive or mutually exclusive. These are only selected to provide a guide / focus for panels, abstracts and papers to be submitted. The final publication of papers will be based on what is submitted and not necessarily restricted to the format of the call for papers. The conference seeks a wide interdisciplinary discussion on the issues of the theme and its sub-themes. It is anticipated that aspects of the conference proceedings will be broadcast as well as published in book form and/ or on CD.

CONFERENCE CONCERTS:
The conference will host a daily reggae showcases to entertain participants in fine Jamaican style while at the same time exposing some of the best of reggae’s young music talent. The conference invites applications for music performances during the showcases; forms may be downloaded at: www.uwi.mona.edu.jm/conferences/2008/globalreggae. The conference will culminate with the staging of the inaugural Reggae Academy Awards by the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica (RIAJam) on February 24.

POSTER EXHIBITION:
Poster proposals must be sent as an email attachment (Word format) by October 12, 2007 to conference secretariat at: globalreggae2008@uwimona.edu.jm. All submissions should not have been published prior to the conference. Notification of acceptance will be made by November 15, 2007.

If accepted, the primary or a listed co-researcher must register for and attend the conference. Exhibitors will be expected to bring copies of their abstract and 2 copies of the accepted poster(s).

We invite submission of research paper abstracts and poster proposals by October 12, 2007. Submissions should include:

1) an abstract or proposal of not more than 300 words;
2) one copy of a cover page with name, affiliation, contact information and short bio (75-words or less).

Send submissions to:

Kam-Au Amen
Conference Co-ordinator
Reggae Studies Unit
Institute of Caribbean Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Education
University of the West Indies, Mona
Kingston 7, Jamaica, Caribbean

Deadline for abstracts and proposals is: October 12, 2007
Deadline for final papers is: December 28, 2007

For further information contact the Global Reggae Secretariat at:
Email: globalreggae2008@uwimona.edu.jm
Tel: 1 (876) 977-1951
Fax: 1 (876) 977-3430


Donna P. Hope, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Reggae Studies
Reggae Studies Unit
Institute of Caribbean Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Education
University of the West Indies, Mona,
Kingston 7, Jamaica
Tel. 876- 977-1951; 876-512-3228
Fax: 876-977-3430

Email:- dqueen13@hotmail.com; donna.hope@uwimona.edu.jm; dhope@gmu.edu

Email: donna.hope@uwimona.edu.jm

1989-01-04 Fifth Anniversary Reggae Lunch

Five years and the Reggae Lunch was still chuggin on down the line. It was great to have Kathy Biscardi, Pam Peck and Chuck Morton, who shared hosting responsibilities, along to celebrate. We had a great discussion among the three of us about what the Reggae Lunch means to me. Music included: Rita Marley, Tyrone Taylor, Carlene Davis, Lillian Ellen, Sanchez, Peter Tosh, Mikey Dread, Macka B, Paulette Tajah, Singers & Players, Wackie's Rhythm All Stars, and a lot more.

Right click to download, click to listen right away:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890104anniversary5a.mp3

The whole music ibrary is at:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-12-21 Christmas Present

We get a taste of Kathy Biscardi's portion of the Reggae Lunch, another great version of Steve Dolley's Hour of the Wolf News and then on into my part of the Reggae Lunch. I have a special Christmas present, a 1980 Bob Marley & the Wailers live in Santa Barbara (60 minutes), and that is pretty sweet. Then we get into Prince Buster, from the Big Five 1972 LP, where he features some of his more bawdy songs. This shows that the Reggae phenomenon of having explicit lyrics goes way back in Jamaican culture.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, get both parts:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881221christmaspresent1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881221christmaspresent2.mp3

The whole music ibrary is at:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-12-14 Happy Family

Here is a radio program that I originally did not give a title to, so I just invented one. We even got a little part of the Kathy Biscardi version of the Reggae Lunch (she did the first part during these years). The Hour of the Wolf News follows, and then Reggae music.

Music included: King Tubby x 3, Singers & Players, Third World, Ini Kamoze, Half Pint dubside, Dennis Brown, Mikey Dread, Sanchez, Sugar Minott, Marcia Griffiths, Carlene Davis and a lot more.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, best on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881214.mp3

Entire library is at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-12-07 Buster, Bob & DJs

<== Prince Buster, 1964

Not much mention of Pearl Harbor day. We hear a lot from Prince Buster, the master of the 1960's "blue beat" that was an important precursor to Reggae, then some from Bob Marley, Junior Delgado, Carlene Davis, Honey & Spice, Flourgon, Dignity Stylish, Linton Kwesi Johnson and a lot more. Some interesting Marley remixes there, some from Chris Blackwell and Tuff Gong.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, best on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881207busterbobdj.mp3

Entire library is at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-11-23 The Unbroadcast

The station had been off the air, but I decided to carry on as if it was on the air, and then after a few minutes it powered up and people started calling. Nice. This broadcast also featured the Ini Kamoze set from Vermont Reggae Fest 1988. Music included: Lambsbread, Sister P, Dub Syndicate, Sandra Cross, and a lot more.

The news at the top of the show is meant to be a joke, because I was not on the air, but it was fun.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, get both parts, best on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881123unbroadcast1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881123unbroadcast2.mp3

Entire library is at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-11-09 Election Dub

The election of 1988 was nasty and depressing. What with Willie Horton ads playing the race card and Bush flag waving and Dukakis tank driving, it was bad. The war continues, just the commander in chief changes. Some dubs for that. Winston Grennan's band from the 1988 Vermont Reggae Fest was featured.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, get both parts, best on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881109electiondub1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881109electiondub2.mp3

Entire library is at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-11-16 Set Mandela Free

Rumors were out and about that Nelson Mandela might be freed from prison in South Africa. On the Reggae Lunch we are tired of waiting, and we wanted Nelson Mandela released immediately. We had to wait until February 11 1990, but we never gave up. Music that day included: Special AKA, Macka B, Wackie's Rhythm Force, Sandra Cross, Prince Fari special salute, Techniques, Prince Buster, N'dube and Mamakossa and the 1-2 Band from Vermont Reggae Fest 1988, Bob Marley, and a lot more. Another great version of The Hour of the Wolf News.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, best on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881116setmandelafree.mp3

Entire library is at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-10-26 Halloween Dub

Some Halloween style dub to get us going, then some more regular features, such as the 1988 Vermont Reggae Fest and a part of the Lambsbread set. Besides Lambsbread, the music included: Tabla Rasa, Lee Perry, Gussie Prento, Black Uhuru, Ijahman, Burning Spear, Bob Marley and more. Interesting version of The Hour of the Wolf News from Steve Dolley.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, get both parts, best on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881026halloweendub1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881026halloweendub2.mp3

Entire library is at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-10-19 Jamaica Relief

A discussion about the hurricane devastation of Jamaica, and a visit from Pincher to talk about the situation. Relief efforts are underway and concerts are being held. There was also live music from Vermont Reggae Festival from Yemasgane. Artists included: Singers & Players, JC Lodge & Sugar Minott, Sister P, Junie Ranks, and a lot more. This is only the first hour of the program.

Right click to download, click to listen right away, best on iTunes:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881019jarelief.mp3