Yes folks, in less than a week, the biggest and greatest sporting event in the world, The World Cup, will be taking place in South Africa, the first ever World Cup on the African continent. The whole world, yes even here in the States, is feeling the World Cup Fever! How exciting! With that...
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Freakin Hot in the Studio today... and some technical difficulties with Internet and on-air broadcasting.. hope the Podcast sounds ok.. we'll see won't we.. I got my mitts on the Reggae interpretation of Kind Of Blue as well.. PS- if you're in Western Canada this week go see the Idlers on Tour.
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DOWNLOAD In this episode we’re transmitting sounds and vibration from  the Combination 13 house in Vancouver, Canada. Listen as we hang out and talk with members of two cool bands Fuzzcat and The Elixxxers. We talk about the music scene in Vancouver, their music, and variations on ska and reggae music. Steve Kitch set...
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Roots Rock Rebel Wednesday, June 2, 2010 10pm-12am CKUT, 90.3FM, Montreal! Hey radio wave riders, Big show on Roots Rock Rebel this week! We’re getting revved up for some exciting shows in Montreal, including the Caroloregians and the Moon Invaders at the House of Reggae on June 8! Speaking of shows, Rude City Riot...
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So I heard this on Ian’s House of Reggae and thought I would pass along some information I found to be  quite the cool connection. In 1974, Guitarist Tony Chin was tooling around on his guitar with the intro riff of Al Green’s “Love and Happiness” when he came up with a lick that...
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Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars Rise and Shine Cumbancha Seeing the Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars perform at BluesFest 2007 in Byron Bay was indeed a musical highlight for me. They’re a band full of energy and have an honesty about them that is second to none. Perhaps their experiences with war-torn Sierra Leone, living in...
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Welcome to Today's Podcast..mostly newer-ish stuff. got a request? send it on over! Ska-T
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Sexy Stones – 2010 In 2008, the world was shocked (okay, maybe not the world, but Skapara fans worldwide) to learn that Tatsuyuki Hiyamuta, one of the original members of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, left the band, due to health reasons. Hiyamuta had been a mainstay with TSPO since the late 80s…shouting random English...
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We’ve already known that the Belgian skinhead reggae band, The Caroloregians are coming to America in less than a week. What we DIDN’T know was weather or not their ska counterpart, The Moon Invaders (Caroloregians is a side project for some members of the Moon Invaders) would join them. There were rumors and rumblings...
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So I was crawling through the bins at one of my favorite local record shops in Montreal yesterday, and one of the workers there suggested this album to me. It’s a reggae interpretation of the entire legendary Miles Davis album “Kind of Blue”, put out on vinyl recently by Secret Stash records. Check out...
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So in typical fashion, I have something for you from Chicago. This time it is JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound. They are a great soul/garage rock type of band. Anyways they did a great cover of the Wilco song “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” I am not a big Wilco fan,...
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That’s right! The long-awaited debut full-length album from The Beatdown, a Montreal reggae formation featuring most of the members of One Night Band, will be out June 15th! The album will be out on Stomp Records, and the cover art has also just been released. The band has a huge cross-Canada tour booked for...
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The wait is almost over for the release of The Bullets debut album “Sweet Misery” and we got an exclusive sneak preview and interview. In this Musical Occupation Podcast we talk to Roger Rivas(The Aggrolites). He talks to us about their unique blend of Chicano soul and early reggae, band members, influences, look, and...
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GO FEET! Radio present … Rebel Souljahz  &  Jahstafai LIVE Episode 84, 19 May 2010 More music from New Zealand for the massives in this episode. First up though is an interview with Mikey from Rebel Souljahz, a smooth soulful/RnB/reggae band from Hawaii. They have just toured NZ, the last stop being in Hamilton with...
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