Roots Rock Rebel Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 10pm-12am CKUT, 90.3FM, Montreal! Greetings! 31 years ago, a group of working class kids in the poverty-striken town of Coventry, England, were looking for something to do to break away from the racism, monotony, and boredom of everyday life in the UK. They took ska and reggae...
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Roots Rock Rebel Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 10pm-12am CKUT, 90.3FM, Montreal! Greetings! This week on the program, our special guest was New Orlean’s self-proclaimed queen of rocksteady, Maddie Ruthless! Maddie has a brand new album out called “Hold the phone” with her backing band, The Secret Affair. The album mixes the sweet sounds of...
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Here’s a good review of the recent Specials concerts in Toronto, taken from the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. Enjoy! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/hey-rude-boys-and-girls-lets-party-like-its-1979/article1689196/ Alan Niester From Monday’s Globe and Mail Published on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 1:55PM EDT Last updated on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 5:18PM EDT The Specials At The Sound Academy in Toronto...
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Roots Rock Rebel Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10pm-12am CKUT, 90.3FM, Montreal! Greetings! As I write this, I’m on a westbound train from Montreal to Toronto to go see the Specials play. Can’t wait! So I kick off the podcast in true 2-tone spirit this week, in honour of those pioneers from Coventry. Also on...
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Roots Rock Rebel Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10pm-12am CKUT, 90.3FM, Montreal! Greetings! Welcome back to another batch of Roots Rock Rebel! Your weekly healthy dose of reggae, ska, and rocksteady. Contains complete proteins, fibres, and iron shirts. This week on the program, we heard an interview I recorded a couple months back with Montreal’s...
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World massive! Back in April, 2010, King Django trecked up the highway from his New Jersey home to Montreal to do a couple shows in the province of Quebec, and also to be a live guest on CKUT’s Roots Rock Rebel. Julien Gagnon from the local ska band The Hangers was there to get...
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Roots Rock Rebel Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10pm-12am CKUT, 90.3FM, Montreal! World massive! The sun is shining, the weather is fine, and welcome back to another weekly edition of the Roots Rock Rebel podcast. This week on the show, we bring you an interview with Jeremy Pena, the lead vocalist of The Bandulus from...
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Roots Rock Rebel Wednesday, August 4, 2010 10pm-12am CKUT, 90.3FM, Montreal! World massive! Welcome back to another weekly podcast of Roots Rock Rebel. I took a week off from the program to go on vacation, but I’m very happy to come back well rested, and full up with new music. On the show this...
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The Beatdown “Self-titled” Stomp Records, 2010 –Reviewed by Aaron Lakoff, host of Roots Rock Rebel on CKUT radio in Montreal Right around the time when the Aggrolites began putting out music in the early 2000′s, skinhead reggae (or ‘dirty reggae’ as the Aggrolites would have it) was about as fresh as any genre revival...
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