Positive Vibrations (Music)
With Michael Kuelker
Sat Aug 21st 2010 9.00pm–11.00pm
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
9:01pm | Michael Rose “A Little Bit More” from Warrior (M Records 2006) —Michael Kuelker on the mix tonight.Buy it! |
9:04pm | Sugar Minott “Cell Block One” from Powerhouse Selectors Choice Vol. 4 (17 north parade) —check my new essay "Sugar Minott: An Appreciation + Memories of the Artist in St. Louis" at the KDHX.org blogBuy it! |
9:07pm | Peter Metro “Better She Gwaan” from Powerhouse Selectors Choice Vol 4 (17 north parade) —a little rudeBuy it! |
9:10pm | Cutty Ranks & Marcia Griffiths “Half Idiot” from Reggae Anthology: Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb (VP)Buy it! |
9:13pm | Bob Marley “Lively Up Your Dub” from In Dub Vol. 1 (Island 2010)Buy it! |
9:16pm | Wingless Angels “Shady Tree” from Wingless Angels II (Mindless Records 2010) N —The album (just released this month) has the last vocal recordings of the late Justin Hinds, the pride of Steertown Jamaica. Group includes Keith Richards of the Stones.Buy it! |
9:26pm | Keith Richards & Toots “Pressure Drop” from Run Rudolph Run [CD single] (Mindless) —One of the best-ever takes of this song.Buy it! |
9:29pm | Justin Hinds & The Dominoes “Fight for Your Rights” SINGLE (Trojan trojanrecords.com 1966) —originally a Duchess label 7" in 1966Buy it! |
9:33pm | Sugar Minott “Time Longer Than Rope” (GREENSLEEVES 2010) R —luxuriantly extended dubby mixBuy it! |
9:40pm | Uncle Jonny “What Happened to the Music” from mp3 promo (Uncle Jonny 2010) —Toronto-based artist recorded this summer by producer Bobby Digital in JABuy it! |
9:43pm | Dennis Brown “Liberation semi acapella mix” from Light My Fire (Heartbeat 1994) —love the nyah drums on thisBuy it! |
9:49pm | Nerious Joseph & Gappy Ranks “Soul Rebel” SINGLE (Peckings 7" 2009)Buy it! |
9:52pm | Etana “Jah Chariot” from The Strong One (VP 2008)Buy it! |
9:55pm | Culture “Holy Mount Zion” from Too Long in Slavery (Virgin Frontline)Buy it! |
10:01am | Bongo Byfield “Marcus Garvey” SINGLE (Coxsone 7" 1965) —We begin a set of Marcus Garvey tunes; his birthday, Aug 17, was celebrated by Rastas worldwide. A major Rasta conference was just held this week at Univ of West Indies-Mona in Kingston, JA.Buy it! |
10:04pm | Burning Spear “Marcus Garvey” from Marcus Garvey / Garvey's Ghost (Mango 1990)Buy it! |
10:08pm | Queen Ifrica “Essence of My Life” from Marcus Garvey Words Come to Pass (Black Arrow) —on the Marcus Garvey riddimBuy it! |
10:11pm | Digital Mystiks “I Wait” from Box of Dub (Soul Jazz www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/ 2007)Buy it! |
10:17pm | Jah Cure “Don't Let Them Cry” SINGLE (Sankofa 7")Buy it! |
10:22pm | Vybz Kartel “Clarks” from Tad's Hitlist (Tad's) N Buy it! |
10:26pm | Alpha Blondy “Bahia” from Jah Victory (Jober Entertainment)Buy it! |
10:29pm | Pato Banton “Legalize” from Never Give In (SURFDOG 1987) —great performance by Pato Banton and band last Tuesday evening at 2720Buy it! |
10:33pm | Buju Banton “Time & Place” SINGLE (John John 7" 2009) —on Marley's Coming in from the Cold riddim; prod. by Jammy's sonBuy it! |
10:37pm | Buju Banton & Wayne Wonder “Hey Lorna” from Penthouse Flashback (Penthouse) —new reissue of 1990s recordingsBuy it! |
10:40pm | The Skatalites “New York Minute” from On the Right Track (Alm 2007) —composed by Kevin Batchelor, originally from University City, a member of The Skatalites since 2001; prior to this he recorded and performed for nine years with Steel Pulse.Buy it! |
10:44pm | Bob Marley & The Wailers “One Love” from Another Dance: Rarities from Studio One (Heartbeat 1965) R —Roland Alphonso of The Skatalites on the soloBuy it! |
10:47pm | Judy Mowatt “Put It On” from Black Woman (Shanachie 1979) —great cover of old Wailers tuneBuy it! |
10:50pm | Bob Marley “Waiting in Vain Dub” from In Dub Vol. 1 (Island 2010) —dubwise and otherwise, we love Bob MarleyBuy it! |
10:53pm | Bob Marley & The Wailers “Iron Lion Zion” from Songs of Freedom (Island 1970) —"Iron like a lion in Zion"Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.