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June 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 113
Arthur “Duke” Reid, Treasure Dub (Vol. 1 Dub Series) (2018) Arthur “Duke” Reid was one of dub-reggae’s pioneers – running sound systems, record labels, DJing, talent spotting, promoting…and, having helped to create rocksteady, ska and early reggae music through the 1950s and 1960s he was one of the pioneers of dub music in the early/mid […]Archive
May 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 120
Augustus Pablo, El Rocker’s (2000) I remember being introduced to the music of Augustus Pablo – early 2000s. Like many things with music (and you don’t often know it when it’s happening) it came at exactly the right time. I was a fan of some reggae and dub music but didn’t know a lot and […]Archive
May 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 122
Roots Radics, Dubbing At Channel 1 (2017) Lockdown has reconnected me with reggae, with dub, with lovers rock, ska, rocksteady – and holy shit maybe even dancehall. Jamaican music and the versions of it that appear throughout the world (especially the UK scene/s) has been a crucial part of the soundtrack to lockdown in my […]Archive
April 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Zara McFarlane: East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP
Zara McFarlane East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP Brownswood Recordings UK soul-jazz singer Zara McFarlane here offers a teaser for a new album and takes on one of dub’s great deep cuts in her own style with a killer band. The1977 Augustus Pablo classic East of The River Nile was recorded with […]Archive
April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Boy George: This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1
Boy George This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1 BGP Records If Lou Reed and Keith Richards were the two at the top of the list of rock stars most likely to not survive the 1970s then in the late 1990s and across the 00s it was the two Georges: Georgios Panayiotou (aka George Michael) […]Archive
October 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 191: Barnaby Weir
Welcome to episode 191 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
January 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 196 Ska
I think it was the killer basslines that hooked me in and the attitude as much as anything. When I first moved to Wellington in 1980 I guess I was still writing folk songs. Louise and I had found work at the Art Centre and I felt under pressure to write. That first Specials album […]Archive
October 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Fat Freddy’s Drop: The Cure for Insomnia
It started in 2001. There was an album called Live at the Matterhorn – it only had four tracks but it wasn’t an EP – the shortest cut was 12 minutes long. Supposedly this album caught Fat Freddy’s Drop in improvisational form. Every minute of every song sounded the same to me. And I had […]Archive
July 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee + Various Artists: Bunny Lee’s Kingston Flying Cymbals (1974-1979)
Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee + Various Artists: Bunny Lee’s Kingston Flying Cymbals (1974-1979) Jamaican Recordings Bunny Lee’s Flying Cymbals sound was a dancehall sensation in the mid-70s – the big open hi-hat coming from the Caribbean Soca groove and then filtered back through Philadelphia disco and dance music, resulting in lovely, echoed feel-good dubs. This reissue […]Archive
March 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman