Positive Vibrations (Music)
With Michael Kuelker
Sat Dec 8th 2012 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
9:05pm | Victor Essiet “CHAMPION BUBBLER” SINGLE (promo mp3) —Michael Kuelker on the mix tonight. See the new www.reggaestlouis.net coming soon... TONIGHT, the first hour (and then some...) is all about AFRICA. Opening song by Nigerian artist Victor Essiet, who is preparing his first US tour in yearsBuy it! |
9:08pm | Victor Essiet “RAT RACE” SINGLE (promo mp3) —reggae from Nigeria; this is not the Bob Marley tuneBuy it! |
9:11pm | Buju Banton “MAMA AFRICA” from Friends for Life (Vp Records 2003) —classic -- originally by Peter ToshBuy it! |
9:14pm | Nneka “Africans” from Concrete Jungle (Epic/Decon 2010)Buy it! |
9:18pm | Nkulee Dube “Umendo” from My Way (Native Rhythm 2011) —daughter of the late South African reggae legend Lucky DubeBuy it! |
9:21pm | Jr Byles “A Place Called Africa” from Curly Locks: The Best of Junior Byles & The Upsetters (Heartbeat)Buy it! |
9:24pm | Sugar Minott “Nah Go To South Africa” from George Phang: Power House Selector's Choice, Vol. 2 (17 north parade 2008) —"The pressure make a wise man mad"Buy it! |
9:27pm | Sandra Cross “Free South Africa” from Comet In the Sky (Ariwa Sounds 1988)Buy it! |
9:31pm | Tom Wood “Mandela” from Mongomon - EP (self released 2012) N L —Get well soon, Nelson Mandela.Buy it! |
9:36pm | Burning Spear “African Teacher” from Hail H.I.M. CD ALBUM (Heartbeat 1980) —backed by members of The Wailers band; unquestionably one of Burning Spear's finest worksBuy it! |
9:39pm | Bongo Herman “African Breakfast” SINGLE (Harry J's 7" 1972) —the riddim to "Breakfast in Bed" with nyahbinghi drummingBuy it! |
9:42pm | The Hombres “AFRICA” from Lee Perry: Voodooism (Pressure Sounds *)Buy it! |
9:45pm | Yasus Afari and Beres Hammond “Mama Africa” from Gift of Vijahn (House of Honour 2000)Buy it! |
9:48pm | Teddy Afro “Musial Hiwote Wo Kasa, Manfese Betubaw Quanqua” from Nahom's Favorite, Vol. 16 (Nahom Records 2011) —Ethiopian reggae, y'all.Buy it! |
9:55pm | Teddy Afro “Yasteseryal” (Nahom) —more Ethio reggae; the title of the song signifies forgiveness.Buy it! |
9:58pm | Yabby You “Give Praises” from In the Red Zone (Shanachie 1978)Buy it! |
10:01pm | The Upsetter “Foundation Dub” from Lee Perry: Voodooism (Pressure Sounds *) —a wicked dub of The Hombres' "Africa," as I end a 75-minute set emphasizing AFRICA in reggae music.Buy it! |
10:04pm | Bob Marley & The Wailers “Lively Up Yourself” from Songs of Freedom (Island 1970) R —Ya gonna lively up yourself cause I said so.Buy it! |
10:07pm | Beres Hammond “What One Dance Can Do” from Can't Stop a Man (Vp Records 2005)Buy it! |
10:11pm | Beres Hammond “I Could Beat Myself” from Can't Stop a Man - The Best of Beres Hammond (VP Music Group, Inc. 2003)Buy it! |
10:15pm | Zion “My History” from Different Denominations (Lion Roots Productions 2012) —performing this evening @ Pop's Blue Moon.Buy it! |
10:19pm | Dub Syndicate “No Lightweight Sound” from Ital Breakfast (On U Sound) —that's I Roy on the microphoneBuy it! |
10:22pm | Glen Brown & King Tubby “Wicked Tumbling Version” from Terminator Dub (Blood & Fire *)Buy it! |
10:25pm | Dub Syndicate “Gun Too Hot” from Ital Breakfast (On U Sound) R Buy it! |
10:28pm | Scientist “King Tubby's Answer” from Dub In the Roots Tradition (Blood and Fire 1996) —produced by Don Mais for the Roots Tradition label; Soul Syndicate on the riddimBuy it! |
10:32pm | Bob Marley “Screwface” from Songs Of Freedom (Island 1970)Buy it! |
10:35pm | Monty Alexander “The Heathen” from Kingston Harlem Express (Motéma) —Jamaican jazz, yes yesBuy it! |
10:38pm | Bob Marley “Lick Samba” from Songs Of Freedom (Island 1970)Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.