Roots Rock Rebel
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
10pm-12am, CKUT, 90.3 FM, Montreal!
Welcome to this week’s Roots Rock Rebel podcast!
Our weekly blend of ska, reggae, punk rock, and soul music paid tribute to some heavy hitters in the music business this week. The music world lost two amazing innovators recently. Adam Yauch (aka MCA) of the Beastie Boys, a trail-blazer in punk rock, hip-hop, and funk, as well as Lloyd Brevett, the founding bass player of The Skatalites from Jamaica. We spent the first part of the show paying tribute to these two great musicians, and celebrating their artistic contributions.
Our special guest on the program this week was Eitan Avineri, who is the executive producer and trumpet player for Western Standard Time, a big band tribute to the Skatalites! It was very fitting that the week of Lloyd Brevett’s passing, we spoke with Avineri about the legacy of the Skatalites music, and explored a whole new interpretation of traditional ska. Western Standard Time combines all the best in jazz, swing, and ska, with a distinct LA flavour. The band also features an all-star line-up made up of past and present members of The Aggrolites, Hepcat, and Jump With Joey. Check them out and buy their new full-length album here!
This podcast is also jam packed with new music and rarities from Maddie Ruthless, The Inciters, King Django, and Joe Strummer. As always, we have some big guests coming up on the show in the weeks to come, including The Beatdown, The Fundamentals, Maddie Ruthless, and Victor Rice! So keep tuning in every Wednesday from 10pm-12am EST (not WST!) at www.ckut.ca.
Finally, a big THANK YOU to everyone who voted CKUT as the #1 radio station in the Montreal Mirror’s Best of Montreal poll!! Check out the results here.
Until next week, stay rude, and stay rebel!
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To download or listen to this week’s podcast, visit: http://ckut.ca/c/en/oldgrid/wednesday,22:00
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Playlist – May 9 2012
Beastie Boys (feat. Santigold) – Don’t play no game that I can’t win
Asian Dub Foundation – Return of the Django
Babylon Party Machine – Body upsettin’
Chris Macro – No dubs ’til Brooklyn
The Skatalites – The ska
The Skatalites – Tuff talk
The Maytals – Never grow old
Jackie Opel – Take your time
The Skatalites – Ball of fire
Western Standard Time – Eastern Standard Time
interview with Eitan Avineri of Western Standard Time
Western Standard Time – Guns of Navarone
King Django – Career opportunities
Chris Murray and the Slackers – Janie Jones
The Beatdown – It’s alright
Maddie Ruthless and the Forthrights – Twist the knife (feat. Lickle Dan)
Joe Strummer – Baby the trans
The Inciters – Keep on keepin’ on
Os Mutantes – Bat macumba
Caetana Veloso – Alfomega
Firebug – Meu lugar
The Wailers – Do it nice
The Ethiopians – Everything crash
Ansell Collins – Bigger boss
The Jamaicans – Things you say you love
Tommy McCook and the Supersonics – Rema skank
Junior Murvin – Cool our son
Dennis Brown – Stop the fussing and fighting
Tiger – No wanga gut
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:59:57 — 109.8MB)
