Reggae Lunch

The Cool Ruler is Gone

2010-10-26T10:40:00.000-05:00

Cover of Gregory Isaacs
From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/music/26isaacs.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Gregory Isaacs, Reggae Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 60

By ROB KENNER

Published: October 25, 2010

Gregory Isaacs, reggae’s “Cool Ruler,” whose aching vocals and poignant lyrics about love and loss and ghetto life endeared him to fans of Caribbean music, died on Monday at his home in London. He was 60.

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Gregory Isaacs in 1982.

The cause was lung cancer, said his wife, June Isaacs, who lives in Kingston, Jamaica.
Cat Coore, the guitarist and cellist for the seminal reggae band Third World, has called Mr. Isaacs “the Frank Sinatra of Jamaica” for his elegant vocal phrasing. But as the singer’s friend and former manager Don Hewitt observed, “It goes further than that, because Sinatra was not a songwriter.”
Mr. Isaacs’s nuanced compositions eschewed sentimental cliché and boastful machismo in favor of a sensitive, even vulnerable point of view. But on songs like “Slave Master” and “Hand Cuff,” he revealed a more militant side.
“Gregory used to sit and go through his lyrics with a dictionary,” his wife, a secondary-school teacher, said in a telephone interview. “He was very clean with his lyrical content and his grammar.”
Born on July 15, 1950, in the rough Kingston neighborhood Denham Town, Mr. Isaacs picked up the nickname Jah Tooth after a policeman broke one of his teeth. Inspired by the American soul singer Sam Cooke, he got his start on a local radio talent show, “The Vere Johns Opportunity Hour.” He was briefly a member of the vocal trio the Concordes before making his name with the solo single “All I Have Is Love” in 1973. Although he established his own Jamaican label and record shop, African Museum, with his fellow reggae singer Errol Dunkley, Mr. Isaacs was later signed to the British labels Virgin and Island.
While true mainstream success eluded him, few recording artists in any genre could rival his prolific output. He recorded hundreds of albums’ worth of original material, starting in the ’70s and concluding in 2008 with his final CD, “Brand New Me.”
Mr. Hewitt said of Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones that when he was introduced to Mr. Isaacs, “he carried on like he’d met Jesus.”
Mr. Isaacs was best known for his 1982 release “Night Nurse,” on which he was backed by the renowned band Roots Radics, which he organized in the 1970s. His 1988 album “Red Rose for Gregory” proved that he was equally at home singing over the hard-edged digital rhythms of reggae’s dancehall era.
He was also renowned for his fashion sense; he performed in the 1978 film “Rockers” wearing a powder-blue tuxedo and black fedora. “He was always dapper,” Mrs. Isaacs said. “Very proud, very tidy, very laconic, a man of few words.”
But he could be an aggressive businessman, she added. “He always stood up for what he deserved in whichever way he could,” she said. “When it came to what was due to him, he had to get that. No ifs, no buts, no maybes.”
When he and his wife were arrested for illegal possession of a firearm in 1983, she said, “he took the rap so I could go free” and served time in Kingston’s General Penitentiary. He was also arrested repeatedly for possession of cocaine and struggled with addiction for many years.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his mother, Enid Murray; a brother, Sylvester; 12 children; and a grandson.
In a 2001 interview, Mr. Isaacs reflected on his legacy. “Look at me as a man who performed works musically,” he said. “Who uplift people who need upliftment, mentally, physically, economically — all forms. Who told the people to live with love ’cause only love can conquer war, and to understand themselves so that they can understand others.”

Martin Luther King Memorial Project

2010-04-13T12:49:00.001-05:00

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The month of April marks the 42nd anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are commemorating the life and work of Dr. King by creating a memorial in our nation's capital. The Washington, DC, Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial will honor his life and contributions to the world through non violent social change. I'm reaching out to ask if you and your readers would help spread the word by posting about this wonderful project on The Reggae Lunch.

I've put together this blogger-friendly micro-site to help get the message out - there are videos, photos, banners, and even a web toolbar that, when used, donates money to the creation of the memorial:

http://mlkmemorialnews.org

After years of fund raising, the memorial is now $14 million away from its $120 million goal. This will be more than a monument to a great humanitarian, the National Memorial will be a place for visitors from around the world to share the spirit of love, freedom, and peace. If you are able to post or tweet about this please let me know so I can share it with the team. If you have any questions please pop me an email. And if you are able to help, thank you so much.

Lowell

--
Lowell Dempsey,
BuildTheDream.org
Twitter @mlkmemorial
Facebook.com/MLKNationalMemorial

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity"
--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

1987-00-00 Nothing Particular

2009-08-14T15:25:00.003-05:00

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Not sure when in 1987 this was done, and it is hard to forget a newscast like the one that introduces the show, but I did manage to save the mp3 file. Some Mad Professor and Ariwa artists, as well as previewing the Judy Mowatt concert that took place in November of that year. Bobby Hackney dropped in to talk about the Judy Mowatt show as well as talking about the Burlington reggae scene. Those were great days and you can feel the vibe.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870000nothingparticular.mp3

1985-06-19 First Light

2009-08-14T15:03:00.004-05:00

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First Light (Cleveland, Ohio) was a really good band in these days, and they were a lot of fun to go and see as well as to listen to in recordings. They did a gig the night before and they dropped into the station for a conversation. They did a great job and even I wasn't too bad as an interviewer.

Nice WRUV identification song at the beginning stolen from who knows who in the 1960's. I need to separate out a sound clip of that.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl850619firstlight.mp3

Haile Selassie Video for Reggae Lunch Lovers

2009-03-15T21:40:00.001-05:00

I love this one. Check it out.

Lambsbread's Origins in "Death"

2009-03-15T21:22:00.002-05:00

Great story in the New York Times about Bobby & Dannis Hackney, leading members of the Vermont reggae band Lambsbread that listeners of the Reggae Lunch are very familiar with.

This very interesting story talks about their musical roots in Detroit and speculates on an interesting future.

There is a link to a song there that is an excellent cut from their 1974 band, Death.

From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/arts/music/15rubi.html?ref=music

March 15, 2009
This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk

By MIKE RUBIN
Winooski, Vt.

ON an evening in late February at a club here called the Monkey House, there was a family reunion of sorts. As the band Rough Francis roared through a set of anthemic punk rock, Bobby Hackney leaned against the bar and beamed. Three of his sons — Bobby Jr., Julian and Urian — are in Rough Francis, but his smile wasn’t just about parental pride. It was about authorship too. Most of the songs Rough Francis played were written by Bobby Sr. and his brothers David and Dannis during their days in the mid-1970s as a Detroit power trio called Death.

The group’s music has been almost completely unheard since the band stopped performing more than three decades ago. But after all the years of silence, Death’s moment has finally arrived. It comes, however, nearly a decade too late for its founder and leader, David Hackney, who died of lung cancer in 2000. “David was convinced more than any of us that we were doing something totally revolutionary,” said Bobby Sr., 52.

Forgotten except by the most fervent punk rock record collectors — the band’s self-released 1976 single recently traded hands for the equivalent of $800 — Death would likely have remained lost in obscurity if not for the discovery last year of a 1974 demo tape in Bobby Sr.’s attic. Released last month by Drag City Records as “... For the Whole World to See,” Death’s newly unearthed recordings reveal a remarkable missing link between the high-energy hard rock of Detroit bands like the Stooges and MC5 from the late 1960s and early ’70s and the high-velocity assault of punk from its breakthrough years of 1976 and ’77. Death’s songs “Politicians in My Eyes,” “Keep On Knocking” and “Freakin Out” are scorching blasts of feral ur-punk, making the brothers unwitting artistic kin to their punk-pioneer contemporaries the Ramones, in New York; Rocket From the Tombs, in Cleveland; and the Saints, in Brisbane, Australia. They also preceded Bad Brains, the most celebrated African-American punk band, by almost five years.

Jack White of the White Stripes, who was raised in Detroit, said in an e-mail message: “The first time the stereo played ‘Politicians in My Eyes,’ I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. When I was told the history of the band and what year they recorded this music, it just didn’t make sense. Ahead of punk, and ahead of their time.”

The teenage Hackney brothers started playing R&B in their parents’ garage in the early ’70s but switched to hard rock in 1973, after seeing an Alice Cooper show. Dannis played drums, Bobby played bass and sang, and David wrote the songs and contributed propulsive guitar work, derived from studying Pete Townshend’s power-chord wrist technique. Their musicianship tightened when their mother allowed them to replace their bedroom furniture with mikes and amps as long as they practiced for three hours every afternoon. “From 3 to 6,” said Dannis, 54, “we just blew up the neighborhood.”

Death began playing at cabarets and garage parties on Detroit’s predominantly African-American east side, but were met with reactions ranging from confusion to derision. “We were ridiculed because at the time everybody in our community was listening to the Philadelphia sound, Earth, Wind & Fire, the Isley Brothers,” Bobby said. “People thought we were doing some weird stuff. We were pretty aggressive about playing rock ’n’ roll because there were so many voices around us trying to get us to abandon it.”

When the band was ready to record, David chose a studio by pinning the Yellow Pages listings to the wall and throwing a dart; it landed on Groovesville Productions, a company owned by Don Davis, a successful producer for Stax Records. Groovesville signed the band, and in 1974 it began work at United Sound Recording Studios in Detroit, where it shared space with Funkadelic, the Dramatics and Gladys Knight. At the time David was 21, Dannis was 19 and Bobby, still a student at Southeastern High School, was 17.

“They were just so impressive, and the sound was just so big for three guys,” said Brian Spears, who was director of publishing at Groovesville and oversaw their sessions. “I knew those kids were great, but trying to break a black group into rock ’n’ roll was just tough during that time.”

The apparent nihilism of the name Death was also out of step with the times. “Nobody could get past the name,” Mr. Spears said. “It seemed to be a real detriment. When you said the name of the group to anybody, it was like, ‘Man, why you calling the group Death?’ ”

The Hackneys said Mr. Davis brought a tape of Death to a meeting in New York with the record executive Clive Davis. Afterward Don Davis told the brothers that Clive Davis had liked the recordings but not the band’s name; there could be no deal unless they changed it. “That’s when my brother David got a little angry,” Dannis said. “He told Don Davis to tell Clive Davis, ‘Hell no!’ ”

Part of the reason David refused was because he was writing a rock opera about death that portrayed it in a positive light, Bobby Sr. said. “He strongly believed that we could get a contract with another record label,” he added. “We were young and cocky, but David was the cockiest of us all.”

That defiance has become central to Death’s underground legend: what could be more punk rock than telling the suits to take a hike in the name of artistic integrity, even if punk didn’t quite exist yet? But separating fact from lore is tricky after three decades. The Hackneys remember Clive Davis’s label affiliation as Columbia Records, but Don Davis — who initially didn’t recall working with a band called Death — said in a phone interview that Clive Davis was with Arista Records, although he couldn’t remember the specifics of the meeting and if the group’s name was an issue. A spokeswoman for Clive Davis said he had no recollection of the group or of any meeting concerning it.

Death and Groovesville parted ways in 1976. Don Davis produced two No. 1 hits that year, one of which was Johnnie Taylor’s “Disco Lady.” The Hackneys, meanwhile, pressed 500 copies of “Politicians in My Eyes,” backed with “Keep On Knocking,” on their own Tryangle label but found it nearly impossible to get radio play in Detroit. Disco had begun to dominate the marketplace — thanks in part to “Disco Lady” — and control of radio playlists was shifting from local disc jockeys to corporate consultants. Bobby said 1976 “was really a tough year for us,” citing “the disco ebb tide” with particular chagrin. “We just figured nobody wanted to hear rock ’n’ roll anymore.”

As their disenchantment grew, the brothers were invited by a distant relative to visit Vermont. “So we came up here to clear our heads for a couple of weeks,” Bobby said with a laugh. “That was like 30-something years ago.”

“We’re still clearing our heads,” Dannis said.

Settling in Burlington, the brothers released two albums of gospel rock as the 4th Movement in the early 1980s. David became increasingly homesick and moved back to Detroit in 1982, continuing to make music until his death. In 1983 Bobby and Dannis formed a reggae band, Lambsbread, which became a familiar presence during Vermont’s late-1980s jam-band boom; eight albums later Lambsbread is still active on the New England college circuit. The two brothers bought a house together east of Burlington in Jericho, built their own recording studio there and raised families. Bobby Sr. and Dannis each have five children.

Bobby’s children were crucial to Death’s resurrection. The Hackneys had never shared the details of their Death experience with their kids. “We had moved on in our lives and thought that chapter was over because we went through so much rejection with that music,” Bobby said. “We just didn’t want to relive it, and I especially didn’t want to relive it again with my children.”

But last year Julian heard the Tryangle single at a party in San Francisco and recognized his father’s voice. Soon after, Bobby Jr. did a Google search that revealed the Holy Grail status of the band’s only release. This news astounded Bobby Sr., who dug the master tapes out of storage last May for the first time in three decades and sat down with Dannis for a listen. The music “literally took our breath away,” Bobby Sr. said.

“We looked at each other, and we said: ‘This is truly some of the best rock ’n’ roll we ever heard. Wow, David was right.’ David knew it, and always believed it, much more than we did.”

Bobby Sr.’s sons were equally impressed. Bobby Jr., a veteran of several Burlington hardcore bands, formed Rough Francis with two brothers and two friends to play Death’s music as a tribute to his family. (The band’s moniker comes from his Uncle David’s nickname.)

“We were just trying to find ways to inform people” about Death’s music, Bobby Jr. said. “When I first heard it, I thought: ‘This can’t be real. People have to know about this. This is crazy!’ I felt like I had found Jimmy Hoffa or something.”

The young Hackneys weren’t the only Death enthusiasts. In August 2007 a record collector named Robert Cole Manis, having heard “Keep On Knocking” on a 2001 bootleg compilation of obscure punk singles, found a copy of the Tryangle single on eBay and acquired it for $400 and $400 worth of rare records.

“It was true love when I first heard it,” Mr. Manis said. “I think the record is just phenomenal. It’s timeless. It’s an amazing document.”

While surfing the Internet last summer, Mr. Manis saw a posting from a friend of Bobby Jr.’s on a punk message board announcing the rediscovery of the Death tapes. Mr. Manis excitedly tracked down the Hackneys in Vermont and helped put them in touch with the Chicago indie label Drag City, which he had worked with on a previous reissue project.

The music is an “undeniable combination of classic and punk rock elements,” said Rian Murphy, a spokesman for Drag City. “You can put the needle down on that record in any given place and just be completely transported.”

The Hackneys and Drag City are discussing reissuing the 4th Movement records too, and Bobby Sr. and Dannis are considering playing some live shows as Death, with the Lambsbread guitarist Bobbie Duncan taking over on guitar.

Death’s newfound acclaim has surprised the Hackneys but, Bobby Sr. said, David had predicted that Death would find fame one day. “David came to me right before he died, and he had some master tapes of ours,” he said. “I jokingly said to him, ‘David, I have enough of our stuff, man, I’m running out of room.’ And he said, ‘Bob, you’ve got to keep all this stuff, the world’s going to come looking for it one day, and when the world comes looking for it, I’ll know that you’ll have it.

“You can only imagine the emotions that I go through in my quiet moments when I reflect on that.”

1987-08-19 Vermont Reggae Fest Review 1987

2008-11-01T08:18:00.004-05:00

A month after the 1987 Vermont Reggae Fest I took an opportunity to review the music. The original sound board tapes were pretty overmodulated, but this features some VHS hi-fi tapes that I had found that belongd to Rob Cooper. Thanks to him for loaning them to me.

Music included: Cleon Douglas, Dub Syndicate, One People, Jah Cutta & Determination, Afrikan Roots, Lambsbread, but the Meditations were rained out.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890819vrfreview.mp3

1989-08-16 Channel Two Dub Band

2008-11-01T08:06:00.002-05:00

Greg Matses of Channel Two

This show featured the set by the Channel Two Dub Band at the recent Vermont Reggae Fest. I do the news and then the show starts.

We hear some dub sides from some recent 7" records from Jamaica, then some Macka B before swinging into the entire Channel Two Dub Band set. Big respect to the Channel Two posse.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890816channeltwodub.mp3

1989-08-09 The Effect

2008-11-01T07:57:00.002-05:00

The program contained the set by the Effect at the latest Vermont Reggae Fest. Other reggae sings are splattered around it.

Other artists featured included: the Mad Professor, Macka B, and also some snippets from the opening of the festival, which is actually me reading a traditional Rasta prayer.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890809theeffect.mp3

1989-08-02 Reggae Fest Review

2008-11-01T07:51:00.002-05:00

Over 20,000 people jammed North beach in Burlington on the previous Saturday, and I took the opportunity to share sound board tapes from all of the bands who were there.

The Effect, Channel Two Dub Band, Opaline Steel Band, Sundog, One People, Bop (Harvey), Lambsbread, Killer Bees, Paton Banton, Mighty Diamonds. Great to remember those excellent times!

Make sure to get both parts, click to listen, right click to download:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890802reggaefestreview1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890802reggaefestreview2.mp3

1989-07-26 Preview of Vermont Reggae Fest #4

2008-10-31T13:43:00.004-05:00

Lots of announcements and preparatory information for the fourth VRF. Music from each band, review of the schedule, parking and other elements.

Music included a preview of all at the VRF that year: The Effect, Channel Two Dub Band, Opaline Steel Band, Sundog, One People, Bop (Harvey), Lambsbread, Killer Bees, Paton Banton, Mighty Diamonds and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890726vrf%234.mp3

1989-07-21 Bubblin Pot

2008-10-12T11:04:00.004-05:00

I sat in on Kevin's show on Friday night, "Bubblin Pot," and I had a great time. I brought a big stack of new records I brought back from Jamaica, and now was a good time to play them. Lots of fun and appreciation as we do reggae in a seven inch record style. Think how much we lost when they killed King Tubby. Hello Plattsburgh! Greetings to Doctor Wenty down at Bamboolawn in Jamaica! Pardon for some occasional slackness.

Music included: Junior Reid, Lady Gee, Junior Spice, Papa San & Lady Gee, Tiptam Crew, Culture Rap, Thriller U, Super Cat, Screwdriver, Barrington Levy & Half Pint, Jimmy Riley, Papa San, Hopeton James, Super Rye, Gregory Isaacs, Paul McCraid, Sanchez, Coco Tea, Jammy's Posse, Tiptam Crew, Pliers, Johnny P, Half Pint, Admiral Bailey, Pinchers, Wicker Man, Hopeton Lindo, Peter Metro and a lot more.

Right click to download, click to hear right away (get both parts):
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890721bubblin_pot1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890721bubblin_pot2.mp3

1989-07-19 Masters of the Universe

2008-10-12T10:46:00.003-05:00

Hour of the Wolf News gets it all going, interesting to hear discussions about the Soviet Union. Reggae sounds good with some voice clips dropped in, and there are some examples here. Of course, wouldn't yopu know that Lee "Scratch" Perry would do that sort of thing. Lots of new records in and a lot more than that. Lots mof fun being had in the studio today. Thanks to Bobby and Sean for making it nice.

Artists include: Lee Perry, Mighty Diamonds, Pato Banton, Mad Professor, Macka B, Dub Syndicate, Toussaint Webb, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Yellowman, and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890719_master_of_the_universe.mp3

1989-07-12 Vermont Reggae Fest Preview

2008-10-12T10:29:00.003-05:00

Getting excited about the 1989 Vermont Reggae Festival, I took a day to preview the artists and features that were coming.

A good conversation with Bobby Hackney of Lambsbread about how people get booked and the process through which it happens. Pato Banton (UK) starts us off, with his My Opinion part 2, Mighty Diamonds (JA), Killer Bees (TX), Lambsbread (VT), Bop (Harvey) (DC), One People (MA), Sundog (VT), Opaline Steel Band (VT), Channel Two Dub Band (VT), and the Effect (VT). We hear from all these groups in this show.

Right click to download, click to listen right away (get both parts):
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890712reggaefestpreview1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890712reggaefestpreview2.mp3

1989-07-05 From Yard

2008-08-03T09:43:00.002-05:00

I have just returned from Jamaica and the western USA. I brought some records back, played them and had a lot of fun. Lots of phone calls welcome me back after a five week absence. Includes a look at Tracy Chapman's influence in Jamaica. Hello to Dr. Wenty.

Music included: Johnnie P, Howie Smart, Junie Ranks, Lady G & Papa San, Sunshine Day, Foxy Brown, Sanchez, Paul McCrade, Coco Tea, Lady G, Culture Rap, King Tubby Lament, Pliers, Junior Reid, Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley & the Wailers and a lot more.

Get the files at (get both files)
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890705fromyard1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890705fromyard2.mp3

1989-05-24 Jamaica

2008-08-03T09:30:00.002-05:00

I read the news this week as Steve Dolley is away. Thankful for this little small island, the "stone that the builder refused" that has produced so much awesome music. More touting of the Vermont Reggae Fest entertainment to come.

Artists include: Brigadier Jerry, Killer Bees, Dr. Pablo & the Dub Syndicate, Sound Iration, Yellowman, Steel Pulse, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Ansell Collins and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890524jamaica.mp3

1989-05-17 Sallie Digital

2008-08-03T09:04:00.002-05:00

Hour of the Wolf News leads us off. Some announcements about potential artists at the 1989 Vermont Reggae Festival. We heard some of them. Some requests from Sallie Chafer on the line. I got to play a lot of re-released music from the 1970's.

Artists included: Dub Syndicate, Bunny Wailer, Killer Bees, Identity, Lambsbread, Pato Banton, Abyssinians, Chalawah, Nora Dean, Dandy Livingston, Toots & the Maytals, Lord Creator, I-Roy, and a lot more.

Down the files at (get both files)
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890517salliedigital1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890517salliedigital2.mp3

1989-03-01 Time Will Tell

2008-07-15T15:00:00.002-05:00

We get the hear a small bit of Kathy Biscardi doing the first half of the Reggae Lunch, plus the Hour of the Wolf News. It was awesome that Roger Steffens left us with a special gift, a rehearsal tape of Bob Marley & the Wailers from 1978. Very sweet. It starts about 60 minutes in.

Music included: Peter Tosh, Lee Scratch Perry, Toots & the Maytals, Rhythm Rulers, Justin Hinds & the Dominos, Prince Buster, Dub Syndicate, Macka B, Sandra Cross, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Andrew Tosh, 1978 rehearsal tape of Bob Marley & the Wailers playing Time Will Tell, and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890301time_will_tell.mp3

1989-02-22 Roger Again

2008-07-15T14:40:00.002-05:00

The Hour of the Wolf News is on the rampage again. Lots of Reggae events, and Roger Steffens (above) is in town with his Bob Marley Tribute lecture and video series, plus Reggae Dance Party at Border.

Music includes: African Head Charge, Jus Cee, Rhythm Rulers, Dennis Walks, Bob Marley & the Wailers, played some of the Roger Steffens interview from 1988, Live Wya, Sister Audrey, Aisha, Ziggy Marley, Peter Tosh, Andrew Tosh and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890222rogeragain.mp3

1989-02-15 Covers

2008-07-14T14:22:00.003-05:00

This LP is not on this show, but was funny.

A look into non-Reggae songs that have been redone in the island genre. Lots of fun here, as some of them are serious covers, some are humorous, some are instrumentals and the like.

Music included Reggae covers of songs like: Show & Tell, Sexual Healing, Some Guys Have All the Luck, My World is Empty Without You, Blackbird, What's New Pussycat, Louie-Louie, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Obla-Di Obla-Da, World is Black & White, Games People Play, I'll Be There, What's Goin On, Whiter Shade of Pale, Hip Hugger, Billie Jean, Ticket to Ride, Peter Gunn Theme, Pink Panther Theme, These Eyes, and gthn our closing number from Bob Marley & the Wailers.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890215covers.mp3

1989-02-01 Well Laid On

2008-07-14T14:01:00.003-05:00

The title comes from the news story that Delaware had finally eliminated "whipping" as a criminal punishment. The law had specified that the lashes had to be "well laid on." Well, this was an inspiration for some musical snaps of the whip. The fist part of the show had some of the best tightly wound roots I know of in the 1960-70's style.

Music included: featuring three new releses by Trojan Records, two from the "Producers" series featuring Harry Mudie and Leslie Kong and the third being a three record set called "Tighten up," Clancy Eccles, Derrick Morgan, Dandy, David Issacs, Upsetters, Untouchables, Lloyd & Claudette, Kingstonians, King Stitt, followed by Sandra Cross, Count Ossie, Lambsbread, Bob Mafrley & the Wailers and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890201well_laid_on.mp3

1989-01-18 Clown Talking

2008-07-10T13:51:00.003-05:00

Another complete "Hour of the Wolf News," a nice station ID by Jeff Cooper, and then the music. The title has to do with the excellent song by Ini Kamoze and the obvious reference to the election, where one clown gets replaced by another. Tell me about it, it is sad to look back from summer 2008 and see the same stuff then.

Music included: Blue Riddim Band, Dub Syndicate, Bim Sherman, Culture, Singers & Players, Bonjo Iyahbinghi Noah, Prince Fari, Ini Kamoze, Bob Marley & the Wailers, African Head Charge, Elektro-Reggae, Junior Murvin, Kofi, Carlene Davis, Marcia Griffiths, Krystal, Studio One Band, the Maytals and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl890118clowntalking.mp3

1988-11-02 Comet in the Sky

2008-07-09T10:35:00.002-05:00

It was great to get a complete set of the "Hour of the Wolf News" for this week. Steve Dolley always did a great job on this. Gotta have those morning farm prices. A nice mix of songs featuring some great female artists. The new release by Sandra Cross gives this show its title.

Music included: Gwen Guthrie, Junie Ranks, Sister Charmain, Sister P, Maxi Priest, Sandra Cross, Sugar Minott & JC Lodge, Ghetto Dub, Lambsbread live at Vermont Reggae Fest 1988, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Dub Syndicate, and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881102cometinthesky.mp3

1988-09-07 Slice of Life

2008-07-08T15:12:00.003-05:00

Beyonce and a roots outfit

Just a few slices of the passing parade of Reggae music scene dealt out on this September afternoon. Good to have Steve Dolley back with the "Hour of the Wolf News." Lots of fun as the school year cranks up once again.

Music included: Mad Professor, Macka B, the Robotiks, Yellowman, Studio One Band, Roland Alphonso, Prince Buster, Ruben Alexander, Roots Dub Band, Dub Store Special, Jackie Mittoo, Studio One All-Stars, Sons of Arqa, Bob Marley & the Wailers, and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880907sliceoflife.mp3

1988-08-24 While the World Waits

2008-07-08T14:50:00.002-05:00

Waiting for freedom, justice and for Nelson Mandela to be released. Of course. The message we need is all around us if we will learn how to listen.

Music included: Bob Marley & the Wailers, Mighty Diamonds, Meditations, Aswad, Wailing Souls, Gladiators, Sugar Minott, Don Carlos, Ini Kamoze live at Vermont Reggae Fest 1988, Peter Broggs, Baby Face, Studio One Band, Mad Professor, Sister Carlene Davis, and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880824theworldwaits.mp3

1988-07-20 Volunteer

2008-07-07T09:13:00.002-05:00

The 1988 Vermont Reggae Fest is coming up and it is time to recruit some volunteers. Time to also get people a lot of information so they can enjoy the festival. I used the hard sell that I often do not use. Bobby Hackney dropped by to discuss the festival. The hard sell paid off as a got a whole big page of volunteers.

Music included: Dub Syndicate, Half Pint, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Gussie Prento & the Reprobates, Joe Higgs, Rebel Souls, I dubbed some of Jesse Jackson's speech at the Democratic convention over the dub version of "I know" by Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Burning Spear, and a lot more.

Get the file at:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880720volunteer.mp3

1988-06-15 Farewell to Vision

2008-07-07T07:38:00.002-05:00

It is hot in the Champlain Valley, Kathy Biscardi & I do the news. A mixture of serious and fun music, I especially like the Macka B cut about world leaders facing divine judgment. The "Farewell to Vision" title is all about the last installment of Sister Susan's Astronautica, the astrological forecast that I had been broadcasting each week for three years. She was sorely missed. How can I forget her many clever lines, including "Tune Tuna in again then, use a radio if you have to," and "a smooth sea never made a skillful mariner." She stopped as she moved off to a new job in a new city.

Music included: Aisha, Mad Professor, Carlene Davis, Paul Blake & the Bloodfire Posse, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Macka B, Jah Roy Cunningham, High Society, Prince Jammy, African Rubber Dub, Steel Pulse, Ijahman Levi, Bonjo Iyahbinghi Noah, Milton Henry, Wailing Souls, and a lot more.

Get the file at:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880615farewelltovision.mp3

1988-06-08 Feeding Station

2008-07-06T10:01:00.003-05:00

"Your main electronic feeding station" is the metaphor for this week's show, as we swoop in from the left hand side of the radio dial. Sun shining and people smiling this day in the Champlain Valley.

Music included: Frankie Paul in dub, Milton Henry, Bonjo Iyahbinghi Noah, Paragons, Prince Buster, Bluesbusters, Freddy & Jennifer, Alpha Blondy, Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Lambsbread, Burning Spear, Lee Perry & the Dub Syndicate, Augustus Pablo, and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880608feedingstation.mp3

1988-06-01 From the Summit

2008-07-06T09:48:00.002-05:00

Some politicians meeting at a summit. Too bad they were not listening to the Reggae Lunch for guidance as to what they should do. Pay no attention to the short Robert Tilton TV preacher segment between sides A & B on the cassette. It was on the tape when I put the show over it.

Music included: Mikey White, Lee Scratch Perry & Dub Syndicate, Lambsbread, High Society, Tony Victa, Macka Dub, Mad Professor, Rebel Souls, Third World, Ziggy Marley, Afrikan Roots, Alpha Blondy, Bob Marley & the Wailers and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880601fromthesummit.mp3

1988-05-18 Ease Up the Pressure

2008-07-05T06:20:00.000-05:00

Two versions of the Reggae Lunch on the same day? Is it a timewarp (just a jump to the left)? Is it a transcription mistake? Who knows, but the shows both sound good so here we go. This is the show that actually has me saying the date, so the problem must be with the show called "Old" for this date. Quite an interesting College of Musical Knowledge promo (hermaphrodite gangster Satan) leads off. Bobby Hackney dropped in again to discuss Vermont Reggae Festival 1988.

Music included: Sandra Cross, Judy Mowatt, Carlene Davis, from Vermont Reggae Fest 1987 performance by One People and from Jah Cutta & Determination, Lambsbread with Jah Roy live in Burlington, then a bit of the JBC's top ten songs recordd off lof Jamaican radio, new Lambsbread single recorded in Jamaica along with Clement "Minky" Moore (my buddy), an interesting version of Waiting in Vain, and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880518easeupthepressure.mp3

1988-05-18 Old

2008-07-05T05:57:00.000-05:00

A week of featuring some pre-reggae "oldies" to warm your rasta heart. We started with some 7" dub sides, and then finished with some live music from the Vermont Reggae Fest AND some requests.

Music includes: Bob Marley & the Wailers (rare dubs), Black Uhuru, Rita Marley, I-Threes, Special AKA, Jackie Mittoo, Prince Buster, Dennis Alcapone, Tamlins, Bim Sherman, Heptones, John Holt, Niney the Observer, Frankie Paul, Cleon Douglas at Vermont Reggae Fest, African Rubber Dub, Singers & Players, and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880518old.mp3

1988-05-04 Knowing

2008-07-04T14:47:00.000-05:00

This broadcast has, well into it, a hard core appeal by me to get people to get involved with the Vermont Reggae Festival Committee. Pardon me, but we needed it.

Music included: Bob Marley & the Wailers, Sandra Cross, Live music from Vermont Reggae Festival 1987, Sundog, Pounding System, and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880504knowing.mp3

1988-04-20 Sit-in Hunger Strike

2008-07-04T08:47:00.000-05:00

It was fun listening to the WRUV promo I did using the "Hard Left" song. Minority students at UVM have started a hunger strike and have occupied the office of the UVM president. We hear a short discussion of these events with a representative of the students, Brad Lichtenstein.

Music included: Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Macka B, Gussie Prento & the Reprobates, Sister Audrey, Carlene Davis, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Mighty Diamonds, Special AKA, Ken Boothe, live from Vermont Reggae Festival 1987 and White Lion, and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880420sitinhungerstrike.mp3

1988-04-13 Broad Hips

2008-07-04T08:31:00.000-05:00

Some fun music today. "Fabled in song and story, givin' Jah all the glory." Lots of new reggae records today. Promo for Sundog concert, news about Vermont Reggae Fest 1988 and a benefit with Jah Roy and Paulie Roots the selecter.

Music included: Lt. Stitchie, Eek-a-Mouse, Mikey White, Ijahman Levi, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Bob Marley & the Wailers, and a lot more because I did not read all of the playlist as I got carried away.

To get the file go to

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880413broad_hips.mp3

1988-04-06 Conscious Radio

2008-07-03T14:10:00.000-05:00

Getting a song like "Conscious Radio" was bound to trigger something on the Reggae Lunch. Well, it is always conscious (or tries to be) but this was a good place to start by celebrating what the show already had become. Marking the anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King and the continuation of the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela in South Africa made the show even a bit more conscious.

Music included: Carlene Davis, Dean Fraser, Wackie's Riddim Force, Gussie Prento & the Reprobates, Rebel Soul, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Mikey Dread, Toots & the Maytals, Ijahman Levi, Sandra Cross, Ziggy Marley, Shelly Thunder, Don Angelo, Lady Junie, Lambsbread, and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880406consciousradio.mp3

1988-03-30 Rockin' the Planet (Down to the Granite)

2008-07-03T13:53:00.000-05:00

The above disk was not played on this show, but I thought it was way cool given the title of this show

Bobby of Lambsbread dropped in for a chat about their new release and their tour. Ah, the days of Border and the Western Front! Lots of fun records from a wide variety of reggae genres. Watch out for UU Maddoo!

Music included: Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate, Sons of Arqa, Lambsbread, Special AKA, Alpha Blondy, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Chalice, Delroy Wilson, UU Maddoo, Captain Barkey, Rebel Soul, Trevor Sparks, Dean Fraser and a lot more.

Get this file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880330rockintheplanet.mp3

1988-03-09 Proper Education

2008-07-03T06:20:00.000-05:00

The difference between education and propaganda can be a fine one and often reflects whether we like the content. What we agre with is education and what we do not agree with is propaganda. But the children in schools cannot necessarily make that distinction. Reggae has a lot to say about what we learn and how. I ot a chance to play a rare single from Lee Perry, "Chris Blackwell is a Vampire."

Music includes: Mikey Dread, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Sandra Cross, Carlene Davis, Pato Banton, Ziggy Marley as a child, Sinbad, Judy Mowatt live in Burlington and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880309proper_education.mp3

1988-03-02 Mood and Memory

2008-07-03T06:07:00.000-05:00

Some really nice live music here from two legendary concerts in Burlington. The surrounding music is pretty posh as well.

Music includes: Mad Professor, Half Pint, Price Fari and the Arabs, Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Big Youth, Dub Syndicate, Mighty Diamonds live in Burlington, Judy Mowatt live in Burlington, and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880302moodandmemory.mp3

1988-02-24 Leeway

2008-07-02T18:02:00.000-05:00

Begins with some interesting hype from Jamaican radio. I can tell that I was really into the music this week.

Music includes: Mighty Charge, Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, Carlene Davis, Alpha Blondy, Judy Mowatt live in Burlington, Peter Tosh, Chalawah, Bob Marley & the Wailers, and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880224leeway.mp3

1988-02-10 One For All

2008-07-02T10:56:00.000-05:00

A fun afternoon set of songs for a cool February Wednesday.

Music includes: Bob Marley & the Wailers, Kofi and the Mad Professor, Gregory Isaacs, June Lodge, Half Pint, Carlene Davis, Judy Mowatt, Macka B, Big Youth, Massive Horns, live from the November 1987 concert by Judy Mowatt, and a lot more.

Get the file at

http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880210oneforall.mp3

1988-02-03 1970s in the 1980s

2008-07-02T08:00:00.003-05:00

Thanks to Dave Long for presenting the news at noon. It is cold outside but we are keeping warm with the music. Not much talking on this one, almost all music. A look back at 1970s reggae on various themes plus some newer cuts.

I was so into it that I forgot to read my entire playlist. But, we did hear: Suns of Arqa, Gladiators, Half Pint, Big Youth, Gregory Isaacs, June Lodge, Carlene Davis, Bob Marley & the Wailers and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880203-70sinthe80s.mp3

1988-01-27 Continue

2008-07-02T07:47:00.003-05:00

Another year and another Reggae Lunch episode. A little special on the Mad Professor and then some new music to share. A lot of lovely female vocals here. A protest segment about apartheid in South Africa was also presented.

Music includes: Mad Professor, Macka B, June Lodge, Carlene Davis, Wackie's Rhythm Force, Gregory Isaacs, Half Pint and a lot more.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880127continue.mp3

1987-10-00 Tuna Does Trenchtown

2008-07-01T18:43:00.003-05:00

It was a great honor and privilege to sit in on Jay Strausser's radio program Trenchtown Rock, which had been a foundation of the local reggae scene in every sense of the word. I had a lot of fun. Great support from the audience, surprise visitors and a lot more.

This is an awesome selection but I did not really read the playlist during the cassette tape.

Get the file at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl871000tunatrenchtown.mp3

1987-10-00 Nothing Particular

2008-07-01T18:30:00.004-05:00

This show sounds like the fall, before early November, but it is hard to be sure. It was from before the Judy Mowatt show that was so tremendous in November. Lambsbread is playing at UVM in Rock Against Racism. Bobby Hackney stopped by to talk about the Vermont Reggae Festival.

Music includes: Mad Professor, Robotiks, Robotik Dub Orchestra, Macka B, Aisha, Maytones, Jah Shaka, Judy Mowatt, and more.

The file is at
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870000nothingparticular.mp3

1980s-04-27 Frosty G Special

2008-07-01T18:16:00.004-05:00

I found this tape and I am not really sure where it came from. One thing is for sure, the great Frosty G (aka Gordie Miller) is in the house with his own righteous and rootsy reggae selections.

Music includes: Aswad, 21st Century Dub, Dub Syndicate, King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Scientist, Prince Fari, Jacob Miller, Culture and a lot more.

The file is at:
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl000000frostyg.mp3

New Vermont Reggae Fest Videos

2008-06-24T12:07:00.002-05:00

Now available for your enjoyment.

If you go to http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/?M=D

You can select any number of files labeled "vrf" such as

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vrf99mdreadbreakdown..> 24-Jun-2008 11:55 23.4M
vrf99littlekirklovel..> 24-Jun-2008 11:54 14.0M
vrf99fearonsystem.m4v 24-Jun-2008 11:54 34.6M
vrf99beaniemanwhoami..> 24-Jun-2008 11:53 38.6M
vrf98jclodgejahguide..> 24-Jun-2008 11:53 26.5M
vrf98anthoinybdamage..> 24-Jun-2008 11:52 22.0M
vrf92sugarminottjahl..> 24-Jun-2008 11:52 27.5M
vrf92lambsbreadfireu..> 24-Jun-2008 11:51 48.3M
vrf00ossiedesystem.m4v 24-Jun-2008 11:50 32.8M
vrf00fmcgregredempt1..> 24-Jun-2008 11:49 42.6M
vrf00fmcgregormedley..> 24-Jun-2008 11:49 33.9M
vrf00chrisintipraise..> 24-Jun-2008 11:48 19.2M

Enjoy in a non-commercial way!

Video Reggae Lectures Now Available

2008-02-14T11:39:00.004-05:00

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

twotonemovement.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:30 46.8M
reggaeuk.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:29 49.8M
reggaerhetandimages.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:28 95.7M
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reggaestructure_2.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:14 50.1M
reggaestructure_1.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:13 55.5M
dancehall_4.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:12 49.5M
dancehall_3.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:11 45.6M
dancehall_2.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:10 35.1M
dancehall_1.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:09 49.6M
tosh.RM 14-Feb-2008 10:08 99M
marley.rm 14-Feb-2008 10:06 105M
reggaeorigins_4.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:32 42.1M
reggaeorigins_3.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:31 46.7M
reggaeorigins_2.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:30 50.2M
reggaeorigins_1.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:29 48.7M
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reggaebackground_4.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:27 27.8M
reggaebackground_3.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:26 54.7M
reggaebackground_2.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:25 58.7M
womenofreggae_2.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:23 95.1M
womenofreggae_1.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:21 98.7M
wordsoundpower_2.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:17 95.9M
wordsoundpower_1.RM 13-Feb-2008 20:15 97.5M
rasta_part3.RM 13-Feb-2008 16:27 98.8M
rasta_part2.RM 13-Feb-2008 16:25 97.6M
rasta_part1.RM 13-Feb-2008 16:22 93.7M

1987-05-13 For Quasar

2007-12-01T08:49:00.000-05:00

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

2007-12-01T08:37:00.000-05:00

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

2007-12-01T08:30:00.000-05:00

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

2007-12-01T08:03:00.000-05:00

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

2007-12-01T07:57:00.000-05:00

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

2007-09-08T15:19:00.000-05:00

<== 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

2007-09-08T15:10:00.000-05:00

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

2007-09-08T14:55:00.000-05:00

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

2007-09-08T14:45:00.000-05:00

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

2007-08-21T10:58:00.000-05:00

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

2007-06-21T15:11:00.000-05:00

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.

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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

2007-06-21T14:01:00.000-05:00

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.

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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

2007-06-12T14:42:00.000-05:00

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.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881214.mp3

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

1988-12-07 Buster, Bob & DJs

2007-06-12T13:13:00.000-05:00

<== 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.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881207busterbobdj.mp3

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1988-11-23 The Unbroadcast

2007-06-12T10:35:00.000-05:00

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.

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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

2007-06-11T10:28:00.000-05:00

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.

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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

2007-06-11T09:28:00.000-05:00

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.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881116setmandelafree.mp3

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/

1988-10-26 Halloween Dub

2007-06-11T09:08:00.000-05:00

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.

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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

2007-04-08T07:38:00.000-05:00

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.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881019jarelief.mp3

1988-10-12 Ganja Harvest Festival 1988

2007-04-08T07:11:00.000-05:00

After the first frost, people would call me and tell me that "it's time." What they meant was that it was time for my annual program, the Ganja Harvest Festival. Each year I try and play a jolly selection of music about the Rastafari "wisdom weed" and the role it plays in Rastafarian religious beliefs and also in Jamaican culture. If you think it is about "we get stoned and that's cool" then you are missing the point, the important force that Ganja has been in the lyrical content of Reggae through these many years. Artists included: Capital Letters, Ken Rachlis, Lambsbread, Pounding System, Jacob Miller, Yellowman, Pato Banton, Black Uhuru, Black Slate, Culture, Michigan & Smiley, Frankie Paul, John Holt, Bob Marley & the Wailers, and a lot more.

None of the information or ideas contained in the Reggae Lunch are those of the University of Vermont, WRUV-FM radio and their members or officers.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881012ganjaharvestfest4a.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881012ganjaharvestfest4b.mp3

1988-09-28 Sly, Robbie & Bop (Harvey)

2007-04-08T06:55:00.000-05:00

This show takes a look at that most-powerful Reggae music duo, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. Then there is a set from the Vermont Reggae Festival from the all-fun band Bob (Harvey). The program begins with one of Steve Dolley's famous "Hour of the Wolf News" episodes, that still are very entertaining today. Thanks, Steve. Artists also include: Dean Fraser, Maxi Priest, Freddie McGregor, and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880928slyrobbiebop.mp3

1988-04-11 Inside Out Lunch

2007-04-08T06:34:00.000-05:00

Inside out means that part two comes first and then part one comes second. I flipped the tapes the wrong way when I encoded the cassette of the program. But, it still sounds nice and has some great tunes. Artists include: Pounding System, Capital Letters, Jus Cee, Lee Perry, Dub Syndicate, and a lot more, but since I didn't really read a comprehensive play list we will have to remain slightly uninformed. Listening to this really makes it clear to me that the Vermont Reggae Fest was such an important part of the music scene then. It is in the past, but it will always be something that those who worked on it can be proud of.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880411.mp3

1988-02-17 Roger Steffens Visit

2007-04-08T06:21:00.000-05:00

Roger Steffens is perhaps the leading world authority on Bob Marley and the Wailers and is also very knowledgeable about all things Reggae. He dropped in for the last half hour of the show and we talked about reggae and he shared some incredible songs with us. Some not having been played on any radio station or released previously, from Peter Tosh, Ziggy Marley and Bob Marley. The first part of the show features the usual lush survey of reggae music.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880217rogersteffens.mp3

1988-01-11 What a Wonderful Day

2007-02-23T10:00:00.000-05:00

And it was. Bobby Hackney of Lambsbread dropped in for a chat. We talked about an upcoming show at Ira Allen Chapel, featuring D’Moja, Lambsbread and Channel Two Dub Band. We chatted a bit about the Burlington reggae scene and then went back to the music.

Music included: Steely & Cleavie, Daddy Lilly, Macka B, Junior Murvin, Peter Tosh, Culture, Bob Marley & the Wailers, African Head Charge (“What a wonderful day”), Sister Audrey, Prince Far-I, Bim Sherman, Dub Syndicate with Doctor Pablo, Sonja & Claudette, Mad Professor and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl880111what_a_wonderful_day.mp3

1987-11-11 Judy Mowatt

2007-02-22T16:16:00.000-05:00

One of the most inspirational voices in reggae music belongs to Judy Mowatt. A member of the I-Threes that back Bob Marley, she has had a wonderful solo career. This radio program is a tribute to that career.

Here is some background commentary from http://www.bostontheological.org/cool/judy-mowatt.htm

Although the music business has seen hundreds of gifted female artists, there has been, but a handful who compose their own music. JUDY MOWATT, who for years was a key member of BOB MARLEY'S 'I-THREES', is one of those rare women who control their artistic destiny. As a result, she has achieved an impressive chain of accomplishments. She became the first female singer nominated for a GRAMMY in the category of reggae music when her 'WORKING WONDERS' LP was nominated in 1985. She was the first female reggae artist to appear on LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, when she made her debut that same year. Her 'BLACK WOMAN' LP is considered by many critics to be the greatest reggae LP done by a female artiste. It was the first reggae LP recorded by a woman acting as her own producer. Her commitment to meaningful lyrics made her a renowned advocate of important issues concerning women, spiritual inspiration and African liberation. 'LOVE- IS OVERDUE' included on the SHANACHIE LP made her the first female reggae singer to score a major American pop hit. Magnificent voice, fertile composing talent and stunning beauty, JUDY MOWATT has all the ingredients necessary to take her trend - setting music even further into the international arena.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl871111judy.mp3

1987-10-28 Riding High in Scorpio

2007-02-22T16:13:00.000-05:00

It was my birthday in 1987, a day when I am 37 years old. I did not seem to talk about it much, but just preferred to play the music. The title indicates that I am pretty happy with things at this time. I am a Scorpio, and here I am riding high in Scorpio. There are lots of my favorites here, though, and I guess I am having a little party for myself. Industrial Strength Dance #5 took place that night.

Music included: Arqa, Gladiators, Slim Smith, Joy Landis, Dennis Brown, Bob Marley & the Wailers, live from Reggae Sunsplash, Gregory Isaacs, Jacob Miller & Inner Circle, the Itals, Steel Pulse, Tony Victor, Massive Horns and much more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl871028ridin_high_in_scorpio.mp3

1988-10-05 Rebel Souls

2007-02-17T14:48:00.000-05:00

A nice fall day, and a chance to review the Rebel Souls performance from the previous Vermont Reggae Festival. Wow, I had forgotten how good they sounded! A little label problem here as the segment marked 2 is actually 1 and 1 is actually 2. I know we can figure it out.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881005rebelsoul2.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl881005rebelsoul1.mp3

1987-09-00 Bachelor Skank

2007-02-17T14:19:00.000-05:00

Living that bachelor life and apparently loving it. A good song to start out with Aisha and “Hard luck bachelor.” Pounding System is playing downtown and so we heard some live music from them.

Music included: Judy Mowatt, Sandra Cross, Pounding System, live at the 1987 Vermont Reggae Festival, Capital Letters, Singers & Players, Chalice, Bim Sherman, Itals, Culture, Gussie Prento, Doctor Pablo & Dub Syndicate, Bob Marley & the Wailing and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870900bachelor_skank.mp3

1987-10-09 Third Ganja Harvest Festival

2007-02-16T14:36:00.000-05:00

The frost came and the harvest began. Nice live intro by Yellowman, thanks to Jay Strauser for that. It started and became a real fall tradition as we salute nature’s bounty through music.

Music included: Rita Marley, Carlton Livingstone, John Holt, Capital Letters, Jacob Miller, Lambsbread, Rapper Robert & Jim Brown. Mighty Diamonds, Wellton Irie, Yellowman, Yellowman live at WRUV, Black Slate, Frankie Paul, Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Sugar Minott, First Light and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl871009ganjaharvestfest3a.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl871009ganjaharvestfest3b.mp3

1987-08-25 Ninety Minute Lunch

2007-02-16T11:34:00.000-05:00

Most people get an hour for lunch if they are lucky. My reggae lunch is at least ninety minutes long, so you gotta love that! Lots of people out in the sun and listening to the radio, and I loved the way they called in and let me know. My best for Chris, who did overcome malaria, by the way.

Music included: Third World, Gussie Prento & Fashion Posse, Wackies Rhythm Force, Bim Sherman, Sophia George, Singers & Players, Tiger, General Trees, Philip Levi, Mad Professor, Channel Two Dub Band, Mutabaruka, Jacob Miller, Bob Marley & the Wailers and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870825a90minlunch1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870825a90minlunch2.mp3

1987-07-29 Natty Cooler

2007-02-12T23:08:00.000-05:00

We start out with a little Pounding System featuring Jah Roy Cunningham from the 1987 Reggae Fest. Nice memories, and he dedicates it to me (among others). How sweet can it be? Another nice Prince Far-I set and a dub set to conclude the program.

Music included: Pounding System with Jah Roy Cunningham, Sandra Cross & the Wild Bunch, Mighty Diamonds, Jacob Miller & Inner Circle, Prince Far-I, Jeff Cooper, Wackie’s Rhythm Force, Jah Shaka, Creation Rebel, Mad Professor, Channel Two Dub Band, Prince Jammy, Rubble Dub and Bob Marley & the Wailers.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870729reggaelunch1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870729reggaelunch2.mp3

1987-07-22 Jah's Birthday

2007-02-12T22:54:00.000-05:00

23 July is the birthday of Haile Selassie. Well, this is 22 July, but we are going to go for it anyway. It was a great day to review the bands and artists from the just concluded 1987 Vermont Reggae Festival that had taken place at Oakledge Park and had been attended by about 8000 people. All the bands are here except High Society. The rain started to come down during the Lambsbread set and because of the electrical situation the music had to stop. The problem was that the Meditations had not played yet. So, they played at Hunt’s that night and it was free. It worked out well.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870722jahbdaya.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870722jahbdayb.mp3

1987-06-24 That's How It Is

2007-02-12T20:22:00.000-05:00

Cleon Douglas (also known as Jus Cee) had given me a cassette tape of songs he had written and recorded recently, and they were awesome. I especially loved the song the show is titled after, “That’s how it is when you’re in love…” Incredible talent there, but I fully respect his desire to live a quiet life of introspection while avoiding what he called the dangers of the “spotlight.” Good for him, but a loss to those who did not get a chance to hear his music. Nice show follows with some interesting musical nuggets. There is a great promo for a Vermont Reggae Fest benefit done by Bobby hackney in a Barry Gee style.

Music included: Cleon Douglas (as Jus Cee), Mighty Diamonds, Sandra Cross and he Wild Bunch, Aisha & the Robotiks, Jerry Robinson, Bim Sherman, Wackie’s Rthythm Force, Half Pint, Judy Mowatt, Minky Moore & Lambsbread, Bob Marley & the Wailers and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870624thatshowitis1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870624thatshowitis2.mp3

1987-06-03 Throw Me Corn

2007-02-12T20:17:00.000-05:00

Larry Marshall had recorded a song called “Throw me corn” as a reggae classic, and I played it again this week along with some new releases and a number of re-releases of classic Reggae. “Corn” refers to money, so it has a special meaning. Also mourning the murder of Prince Far-I in Jamaica and using his own voice to let out that mournful cry. Sister Susan is on with her astrological forecast at the end, a regular feature in those days.

Music included: Prince Far-I, Studio One Dub Band, Augustus Pablo, Robotiks, Mad Professor, Sandra Cross, Larry Marshall, Macka B, Papa Levi, Ranking Tony, Lee Van Cliff, Ranking Toyan, Gregory Isaacs, Bim Sherman, Lambsbread, Bob Marley & the Wailers and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870603_1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870603_2.mp3

1987-05-27 Vermont Posse

2007-02-11T08:32:00.000-05:00

The Exposure album (Burlington bands) arrived in stores this day and I was all excited. I was also working to try and get people involved in organizing the Vermont Reggae Festival and coming to meetings. But, of course, I was also enjoying the music.

Music included: Sophia George, Sandra Cross, Studio One Dub Band, Chalice, Pato Banton, Wackie’s Rhythm Force, Jah Shaka, Willie Williams, Bim Sherman, Creation Rebel, Meditations, and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870527vtposse1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870527vtposse2.mp3

1987-05-13 Jammying

2007-02-11T08:28:00.000-05:00

A beautiful day outside and the music reflected it. I played some unfamiliar bands this day. A lot of interest in Burlington by various Reggae bands from around America, and the radio show tended to really focus them in on me. Some fun ticket giveaways as well. So many requests I could not play them all.

Music included: Bob Marley & the Wailers, Sophia George, Shelly Thunder, Tiger, Ken Rachlis, White Lion, Quasar, Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Chalice, Chalawa and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870513jammying1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870513jammying2.mp3

1987-05-06 To Each and Every One

2007-02-11T08:25:00.000-05:00

This show is a special dedication to everyone who is listening, everyone who is not listening, everyone who struggles, everyone who doesn’t have to struggle, to everyone I know and to all of those I do not know and perhaps never will. This one’s for you. All of you.

Music included: Arqa, Prince Far-I, Creation Rebel, Chalice, Singers and Players, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Jacob Miller & Inner Circle, Sandra Cross, Rita Marley, Mad Professor, Black Slate, Dub Syndicate, Augustus Pablo and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870506toeachandeveryone1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870506toeachandeveryone2.mp3

1987-04-01 No Joke

2007-02-11T08:21:00.000-05:00

Yes, it is April Fools Day, but this music is no joke. I save that for the second half of the show. Nice interview with Jeff Nichelson of the Committee for Vermont Reggae Festival about the upcoming show and challenges in organizing it. It was really exciting to play a section of the recent show by Reggae poet Mutabaruka, which was excellent.

Music included: Bob Marley & the Wailers, African Head Charge, Lee Perry, Half Pint, Chicken Chest, Gussie Prento & Reprobates, U-Roy, Mutabaruka live and more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870401nojoke1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870401nojoke2.mp3

1987-01-27 March to Zion

2007-02-11T08:14:00.000-05:00

Prince Far-I said it – March to Zion. Lots of interesting cuts here, and I especially liked the Ranking Ann song about the police. Lots of Mad Professor touches this week. Although only on the air for less than three years now, the program really does seem to have a following.

Music included: Jah Shaka, Ranking Ann, Rubble Dub, Steel Pulse, Macka B, Prince Far-I, African Head Charge, Eek-a-Mouse, Bim Sherman, Bob Marley, Gussie Prento, Mad Profssor, Don Carlos, Culture, Techniques, Mikey Dread, High Society, Singers and Players, Special AKA and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870127marchtozion1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870127marchtozion2.mp3

1987-01-21 The Struggle Continues

2007-02-10T12:12:00.000-05:00

A new semester and the campus is buzzing again. Lots of energy from listeners and people at lunch listening during their break from work, news about Vermont Reggae Festival 1987, and lots of fun music.

Music included: Ken Rachlis, Bob Marley & the Wailers, the Charmers, Culture, High Society with John Schwab, Wackie’s Rhythm Force, Burning Spear, Lambsbread, Gregory Isaacs, Ras Tom & Jah Roy, Massive Horns, Black Uhuru, Bim Sherman, Macka B, Paul Blake & Bloodfire Posse, Gussie Prento, Jah Shaka and much more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870121strugglecontinues1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl870121strugglecontinues2.mp3

1986-12-17 Final Exam

2007-02-10T12:05:00.000-05:00

It was final examination time at the University of Vermont and people felt the pressure of educational measurement growing. A lot of education-themed songs, along with songs about pressure and difficult situations. Lots of requests this week.

Music included: Channel Two Dub Band, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Maytones, Mikey Dread, Yellowman, Steel Pulse, Singers & Players, Selecter, Toots & the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Lambsbread live, Prince Jammy, Roots Radics, Half Pint, John Holt, Tyrone Taylor, Michigan & Smiley, Bim Sherman and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861217finalexam1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861217finalexam2.mp3

1986-12-10 Headline News

2007-02-09T10:26:00.000-05:00

The news isn't always in the headlines. Often you find it in the music. Especially Reggae music. This is a low key day full of variety and requests. Some of the songs may seem a bit cheesy, but people were requesting them. Music included: Robotiks, Dub Syndicate, Chalice, Prince Jammy, John Holt, Ken Rachlis, Laid Back, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Junior Tucker, Junior C. Reaction, Prince Buster, Specials, Toots and the Maytals, Sophia George and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861210headlinenews1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861210headlinenews2.mp3

1986-11-26 Peace and Love

2007-02-08T20:37:00.000-05:00

Just another reggae radio show with that utopian stuff, like peace and love. Some things never change. In any case, just because it is a cold day does not mean that we cannot have warm music. This is quite an interesting collection of Reggae music from the period.

Music included: Sophia George, Shelly Thunder, Ranking Ann, Pompidou, Junie Ranks, Derrick Irie & Face Girl, Lovindeer, Peter Metro, Papa Tolo, Beres Hammond, Half Pint, Dennis Brown, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Culture, Jah Cutta and Determination, Ashid of Afrikan Dreamland, Mighty Diamonds, Mad Professor, Channel Two Dub Band, Prince Jammy and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861126peacenlove1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861126peacenlove2.mp3

Please buy Reggae music from the people who make it. You know it is the right thing to do.

1986-11-06 Legal We Legal

2007-02-07T15:41:00.000-05:00

The show title comes from a single by King Kong with the same title, but this show has a lot more than that. We have a good strong segment from the Burning Spear show at Memorial Auditorium that had taken place in the previous week. I am not saying where the tape came from. Music included: Burning Spear, Mikey Dread, Frankie Paul, Mighty Diamonds, Eek-a-Mouse, Sophia George, Prince Far-I, King Kong, General Trees, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Special AKA, Lambsbread, Aswad, Augustus Pablo, Chalawa and more. There is a strange section in the middle where we obviously got some other stuff, so sorry for that, but it is over quickly.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861106legalwelegal1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861106legalwelegal2.mp3

1986-10-22 Burning Bright

2007-02-07T13:56:00.000-05:00

This is just the first half of the show from that week. The other half may appear at some time and I will add it, but for now this is it. A big fundraiser for Vermont Reggae Fest coming up, and it features Burning Spear as the main act. It was an awesome show. Some tasteful Spear pieces here for your enjoyment. Some really nice redo versions of some songs on the Marcus Garvey album. Always an inspiration and a joy.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861022burningbright1.mp3

1986-10-15 Radio for Chris

2007-02-07T11:59:00.000-05:00

Chris Purkiss had been a very important and conscious force on campus while he was here. His work on African famine relief and his spreading of Rasta philosophy were quite memorable. He left Burlington and went to work in the Peace Corps in Cameroon, then extended for another tour. But, he remained a fan of the program. He sent some taped greetings as well as some African reggae (did he really introduce us to Alpha Blondy? Apparently). I also played some stuff that I knew Chris would have enjoyed. I made a copy of the show and sent it to him so he could listen on the beach. We missed him.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861015radioforchris1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861015radioforchris2.mp3

1986-10-08 I and I Survive

2007-02-07T10:39:00.000-05:00

A politically charged day, with South African divestment and other issues coming to a head. Just a moment listening to the news tells you what kind of time it was. Reagan. How could anyone have liked that guy? Music included some really rare Bob Marley & the Wailers ("Like a wounded lion in the jungle"), Bunny Rugs, Burning Spear, African Head Charge, Half Pint, Culture, Shelly Thunder, Sophia George, Massive Horns, King Tubby, Melodians, Jah Cutta & Determination and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861008inisurvive1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861008inisurvive2.mp3

1986-10-01 Mix Up

2007-02-06T16:12:00.000-05:00

Reggae music has a lot of different genres and styles, and this week I tried to explore a lot of them, and I especially used the help of my devoted listeners who called in with a bunch of requests. I always love that. Music included: Michigan & Smiley, Rita Marley, Macka B, Gladiators, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Dubby Brodie, African Head Charge, Aswad, Prince Far I, Culture, Prince Jammy, Black Uhuru, Viceroys and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861001mixupa.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl861001mixupb.mp3

1986-09-24 Ganja Harvest Festival

2007-02-05T16:38:00.000-05:00

This is the second such festival broadcast. I would wait until we had a first frost and the agriculturalists in the hills would call me and tell me, "It is time." Then, I would start planning the show and execute it on the next Wednesday. 90 minutes of music about ganja, marijuana, collie, weed, cannabis, or whatever you want to call it. Lots of fun and lots of response from the audience. This broadcast clearly did not represent WRUV-FM radio or the University of Vermont. It represents my desire to exercise my free speech rights in a protest over a law that I disagree with.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860924ganjaharvestfest2a.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860924ganjaharvestfest2b.mp3

1986-09-10 Dub in Difficulty

2007-02-05T11:05:00.000-05:00

I don't know about you, but often when I am in difficulty I turn to reggae dub music as a soothing and focusing tool. It gets me in a groove but gives me lots of room to think and plan. Thus is was on this week's edition of the Reggae Lunch. I am not sure what the difficulty was, but I was dealing with it with dub and things looked better by the end and we could do more than just dub. Music included: Sly & Robbie, Massive Horns, African Head Charge, High Society, Aswad, Chalice, Shirley McClain, Jah Malla, Dubbie Brody, Bassie, Studio One band, Freddie McGregor, Reprobates and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860910dubindifficulty1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860910dubindifficulty2.mp3

1986-09-03 I Am Back

2007-01-30T16:40:00.000-05:00

Gone for a while but now I seem to have returned. Not sure where I was, but the vibes seem good on my return. Lots of live music and events going down in the town. The Channel Two Dub Band dropped in for a visit.

Music from: Half Pint, Mighty Diamonds, Channel Two Dub Band, Burning Spear Dub, Tyrone Taylor, Cynthia Schloss, Shelly Thunder, Gregory Isaacs, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Culture, Toots Hibbert, Tony Victor and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860903iamback1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860903iamback2.mp3

1986-08-06 Ending Wait

2007-01-30T09:35:00.000-05:00

A sad day. Feelings and loss. A child has gone. Sorry about the 5.5 minutes of news at the beginning. Advance through it, as it is worth the effort. There is also some strange stuff at the end of side A of the cassette. Nice visit from Snidely of Lambsbread. Bobby and Tammy lost a child and we were all feeling it. Some new local music featuring Ras Tom and Jah Roy Cunningham. Then the rest of the program includes: Jackie Mittoo, Lambsbread, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Cleon Douglas as Jus Cee, Lee Perry & the Upsetters, Ras Tekla & Black Roots, Tony Victor, Third World, Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, Gregory Isaacs, Half Pint, and a lot more.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860806endingwait1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860806endingwait2.mp3

1986-07-30 Left Out

2007-01-29T16:43:00.000-05:00

Hour of the Wolf News gets us going and then into the Reggae Lunch. Just another fun reggae radio broadcast. Music included: Mad Professor, Ken Boothe, Black Sheep, Blue Riddim Band, Jimmy Cliff, Junior Tamlins, Cables, Junior Tucker, George Allison, Chalice, Rubble Dub, Burning Dub, Fashion Posse, Dub Syndicate, Massive Horns, Sly & Robbie, Macka B, Augustus Pablo, Dave Smetlz, Bob Marley & the Wailers and more.

Do not be alarmed at the brief bit of non-reggae between the A and B sides of the cassette.

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http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860730leftout1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/rl860730leftout2.mp3