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Rise and shine soul-Amy Winehouse 3 via StevieGBlog April 16th, 2010 at 08:14

I always love the way she was schooled in ska and reggae aswell as soul and...

One for the late night crew! Kicking Back feat Taxman via StevieGBlog March 5th, 2010 at 00:30

UK soul classic you might have had to be in the back bar to understand the sound I dedicate this to Gina, Shane and everyone else also the posse from the Donkey's Ears who are having a reunion in the Pav Friday week details...

One for the late night crew-Linton Kwesi Johnson via StevieGBlog December 3rd, 2009 at 00:17

Tune of the day-I’m still in love with you via StevieGBlog June 23rd, 2009 at 12:28

Marcia GriffithsAlthea and...

Tune of the day! Horace Andy via StevieGBlog June 8th, 2009 at 10:01

One of the great voices of reggae and one of his great tunes, back in Cork on Friday too check...

Tune of the day! Sister Nancy via StevieGBlog June 7th, 2009 at 14:37

Give em the night with Ini Kimoze via StevieGBlog May 28th, 2009 at 18:55

Reggae legend gets cheesy with a monster hip-hop crossover from the mid...

Tune of the day! Barrington Levy via StevieGBlog May 22nd, 2009 at 12:10

Back bar classic dedicated to...

Tune of the day! The Prodigy via StevieGBlog May 13th, 2009 at 11:42

Tune of the day-for the junglists i grew up with, especially Colin D, who gets married later today! Congrats man! I'm playing some tunes before these guys during the summer should be fun this was a great reworking of "Chase the Devil"-Check out the comments of the dude who put it up on youtube...

Tune of the day! The Fugees via StevieGBlog May 6th, 2009 at 14:48

and the DelfonicsBoth on my collections mix free download...

Tune of the day! The Paragons via StevieGBlog May 2nd, 2009 at 11:37

Tune of the day--for my little Lola who i'm minding for the day a lovely reggae classic from a really under-rated...

Tune of the day! Johnny Osbourne via StevieGBlog April 29th, 2009 at 15:23

Never...

Hip-hop reggae! via StevieGBlog March 31st, 2009 at 12:36

Last week we mentioned some of the most sampled soul, funk and jazz acts of all time and discussed their importance with regard to the creation of what we now call hip-hop. It's interesting that while soul, funk and jazz remain the most sampled music genres hip-hop producers have also taken many loops from rock records too, and back in the late 70's and early 80's drum breaks from Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin were regularly sampled in the embryonic stages of the music. Meanwhile reggae and dub, despite being music that also opened the gates for hip-hop in New York and beyond, played a more subtle role in hip-hop from a sampling perspective. Despite this, when utilised together, the two musics can have a devastating impact. I recently...

Bad news and a tiny bit of good news! via StevieGBlog March 24th, 2009 at 12:15

The Bad NewsPlease note THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS show due to take place in The Pavilion on Tuesday 31 March has been postponed… ‘Donald "Tabby" Shaw, Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson and Lloyd " Judge" Ferguson were all denied visas on appeal this week. There is only get one chance to make an appeal before the visa is completely denied and the process has to be started all over again. The system for UK visas has radically changed in the last few months, and since the last tour. Their Irish visas were dependent upon their UK visas and were to be collected in London.’ Refunds available from point of purchase. New dates will be announced once confirmed. THE PAVILION13 Carey's Lane(just off Patrick Street)Cork City.The Good News (here is a classic tune to cheer ya up on a Tuesday...

Radiodread - Reggae version of Radiohead’s OK Computer via Damien Mulley July 28th, 2006 at 08:31

Easy Star have done a reggae version of Radiohead’s Ok Computer. You can listen to some of the tracks on their MySpace. Lucky is really good. You can pre-order Readiodread from Amazon.com for $15.98 ex shipping (not UK) or from Musictoday for $12.99 ex shipping. Ships August 22nd. Track listing: 1. Airbag featuring Horace Andy 2. Paranoid Android featuring Kirsty Rock 3. Subterranean Homesick Alien featuring Junior Jazz 4. Exit Music (For A Film) featuring Sugar Minnot 5. Let Down featuring Toots & The Maytals 6. Karma Police featuring Citizen Cope 7. Fitter Happier featuring Menny More 8. Electioneering featuring Morgan Heritage 9. Climbing Up The Walls featuring Tamar-kali 10. No Surprises featuring The Meditations 11. Lucky featuring Frankie Paul 12. The Tourist featuring...