On work PC so I can’t see anything posted beforehand as YouTube is blocked and I don’t know if this qualifies as heavy, heavy roots reggae but have a bang on this one as someone once said.
If you like it then look up anything by The Upsetters or Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
@kayak23 that “Eek A Mouse – Ganja Smuggling” track is amazing! I like reggae but know nothing about it, thank you, I know what I’m listening to on the drive home tonight!
Has anyone mentioned Horace Andy yet? IIRC he was brought back out of obscurity by recording with massive attack who funded a greatest hits album for him
Lee “scratch ” Perry – one of the key pioneers of reggae and a warning of how too much Ganja can mean you lose touch with reality. He produced much of the early reggae and helped forge it into a recognisable form along with people like Max Romeo and the Uppsetter
Most weeks there’s a King Shiloh / Bredda Neil reggae n roots show in Redlight Radio streamed from Facebook. It’s usually a Weds evening here in Oz so no idea what time it’s on in UK but you can restream old shows an ting.
I found this the other day and I like it. There. I said it. It’s kind of a “sing some cliched reggae vocals” kinda track but the more I listen, the more I like it’s cheese-pop-reggae sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJsudoY8vGk
Oh and if anyone is in Western Australia, the local reggae show, Jamdown Vershun, which has been going for 40 years, has a party on in Freo from 5pm til late. Big @ass sound system, djs and bands. Oh and it’s nudging 40c here too…
Nothing to add to the playlist (although I’m really enjoying it) however, I had a big double take at the last one, and I’m only now disappointed it’s not a dub roots version of the seminal Wedding Present album, based on the cover alone