In the latest edition of Drop Da Biscuit I check in with talented upcoming artist Yungg Muta, grandson of the great Mutabaruka. Yungg Muta is skilled in his two great passions, music and football; he finally settled on music and after some early event promotions he is now developing a career as an artist in his own right. Look out for some exciting Yungg Muta collabs with reggae legends coming soon. Respect to Yungg Muta for doing the interview whilst driving his car (yes really) and for working with the really bad tech problems we had on the day.

 

Tracklist:

Yungg Muta – Thank You Jah

Nas/Damian 'Jr.’ Gong' Marley – Patience

Luton Fyah – Beat Dem

Yungg Muta – Miss Intangible

Peter Tosh – Stepping Razor

Yungg Muta – Love Talk

 

#YunggMuta, #Mutabaruka, #RasTakura, #Reggae, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast, #DropDaBiscuit

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk

Meet Myrna Hague, Jamaica’s 1st Lady of Jazz. After successfully auditioning for a singing job at a London Supper Club, Myrna’s soon graduated to be a regular on the European theatre circuit. A trip to Jamaica to guest on Charles Hyatt’s show, led to a meeting with Sonny Bradshaw, a link up with Coxsone Dodd at Studio One and recording of the classic ‘Melody Life’ album. The rest as they say is history. Myrna’s contribution to Jamaican music, art and culture is truly colossal. It’s a monster pod, but well worth it. Just tune in!

 

Tracklist:

Myrna Hague – Our Day Will Come

Myrna Hague – Only Love Can Set You Free

Leontyne Price – Were You There

Nina Simone – I Love You Porgy

Miles Davis – Concierto de Aranjuez

Sonny Bradshaw – Singer Man

 

#MyrnaHague, #StudioOne, #SonnyBradshaw, #SimplyMyrna, #OchoRiosJazzFestival, #Jazz, #LoversRock, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast, #DropDaBiscuit,

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk

“Ken McCalla is one of our greatest living artists” – Menelik Shabazz

 

Listen back to the Drop Da Biscuit session with multi-disciplinary visual artist Ken McCalla. After leaving Art School, Ken attended the now defunct Black Arts Gallery founded by Shakka Dedi, that empowered him to use art to explore the black British experience and participate in the conversation regarding the role of African diaspora in the UK. Ken talks about the development of Yahw Arts, Sankofa, working on film and theatre sets, occasional house party DJing and the Wandsworth Open House sessions that features Fatima Dupres Griffith’ poetry and Drew Sinclair’s drums.

 

Check out the late Menelik Shabazz’ excellent film on Ken and his work ‘The Hand of Ken’ at http://www.yahwarts.co.uk/

 

Tracklist:

The Wailers – Put it On

Stevie Wonder – Superstition

Brown Sugar – Black Pride

Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody

Anuum Iyapo – Man of the Living

Roy Ayers/Fela Kuti – Africa Centre of the World

 

#KenMcalla, #YahwArts, #Sankofa, #OBAALA, #BlackArtsGallery, #AfrocentricArt, #Arts, #Paintings, #Sculptures, #Sketch, # MenelikShabazz, #TheHandofKen, #DropDaBiscuit, #Podcast,

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk

Drop Da Biscuit is in session with the Musical Prophet, Ras Midas, one of Jamaica’s great foundation roots reggae artists. Midas has released 11 studio albums, has a cult following in the Caribbean, Europe, West Africa and South America, worked alongside numerous legends and has also recorded and released songs in Swahili and French for good measure.

 

Tracklist:

Ras Midas – Kude-A-Bamba

Ras Midas – Can’t Stop Rastaman Now

Ras Midas – Let The People Go

Ras Midas – Rastaman in Exile

Ras Midas – Loving Vibration

Ras Midas – World Block Party

 

#RasMidas, #MusicalProphet, #Pocomania, #Kumina, #HarryJ, #SylvanMorris, #IslandRecords, #RastamanInExile, #JMLRecords, #DropDaBiscuit, #Reggae, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast,

 

Check out the full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk/pods

“Melissa’s vocals are sensitive, soulful and emotional and the musical arrangements totally sublime”. – Maverick Magazine. Just one of the many tributes to the music of Melissa James. Check in with Melissa in this new edition of Drop da Biscuit, where Melissa talks about her tentative start as a singer songwriter, how she developed as an artist and the innovative social justice initiatives that she champions. Whichever way you slice it, it’s been a pretty colourful journey.

 

Tracklist:

Sade – By Your Side

Eric Bibb – Rough Waters

Nina Simone – Four Women

Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted and Black

Melissa James – Live Again

Shakira – Waka Waka

 

#MelissaJames, # DickLaurie&theElasticBand, #TonyKofi, #DayDawns, #GigInAGallery, #SmallSteps, #TomRobinson, #StrippedBack, #Sing4Sane, #StrongerOnSundays, #Jazz, Soul, #Blues, #Folk, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast, #DropDaBiscuit,

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk

Meet Keith Harris OBE. Keith’s music career began by booking/managing bands as a Student Ents convenor. He blagged his way into EMI and went on to hold positions at Motown as a plugger, Artist Liaison and GM. Keith has rubbed soldiers with the likes of Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes and would eventually become part of Stevie Wonder’s management team at the height of his fame. Keith has also enjoyed stints as MMF Chair, Director of Performer Affairs (PPL) and has written an undergrad music business course module.

 

Tracklist:

Lonny Donegan – Putting on the Style

The Beatles – You really Got a Hold on me

Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing

Stevie Wonder – I wish

Jamie Woon – Night Air

 

#KeithHarris, #MusicManager, #Motown, #EMIRecords, #StevieWonder, #JuniorGiscombe, #MarvinGaye, #SmokeyRobinson, #MMF, #UniversityOfWestminster, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast, #DropDaBiscuit

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk

In this new edition of Drop Da Biscuit I check in with one of the first ladies of UK reggae, Sylvia Tella. Sylvia, who had pop hits with Boney M, the Blow Monkeys and Pop Will Eat Itself, sung with her father on the university circuit, won a talent competition and was blacklisted following an altercation on Opportunity Knocks, has enjoyed a truly stellar career working with several reggae legends including Lloyd Charmers and Ernest Ranglin and has run her own record label for more than 40 years. Check it out!

 

Tracklist:

Sylvia Tella – Happy Home

Sylvia Tella – What’s Going On

Sylvia Tella – Tick Tock (reggae)

Sylvia Tella – One Step

Sylvia Tella – Wake Up (2002)

Sylvia Tella – Wake Up (Joe G production, 2021)

Sylvia Tella – Spell

 

#SylviaTella, #BoneyM, #BlackBeautifulCircus, #LloydCharmers, #LascellesJames, #BossSRecords, #JetStar, #BodyMusic, #StingrayRecords, #JoeGProductions, #TrinityConnections, #ErnestRanglin, #Reggae, #LoverRock, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast, #DropDaBiscuit,

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk

Doing Nothing is not an Option. We revisit the interview with author, activist, educator and researcher Dr Margaret Andrews shortly after the 2020 George Floyd protests. Margaret reflects on moving from Carriacou to 1960s London as a young girl, combatting the psychological and verbal abuse Caribbean newcomers were subjected to, archiving the black-British experience and her anti-racism activism and support for the work of Jessica & Eric Huntley and Bogle-L'Ouverture publishers and bookshop.

 

Tracklist:

Lord Kitchener – The Road Made to Walk

Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop

Otis Redding – Change Gonna Come

Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How it Feels to be Free

Stevie Wonder – Superstition

Alexis Ffrench – Waterfalls

 

#DropDaBiscuit, #MargaretAndrews, #JessicaHuntley, #EricHuntley, #Bogle-L'OuverturePublications, #HuntleyArchives, #WalterRodney, #FHALMA, #WalterRodney, #Podcast,

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk/pods

Meet one of the UK’s most captivating reggae singer songwriters, the amazing Donna Marie. Find out how Donna got her start in music with Sydney ‘Luddy’ Crooks (Pioneers) and collaborated with the legendary Delroy Wilson and other greats, how her lovely renditions of the ‘Prisoner Cell Block H’ theme tune and Celine Dion’s ‘Think Twice’ came about, the latter leading to the development of a fanatical fan base in Brazil and Donna being dubbed South America’s Queen of Reggae. Enjoy!

 

Tracklist:

Donna Marie – These Arms of Mine

Donna Marie – Sweet Harmony

Donna Marie – For The Love of You

Donna Marie – What I Know Best

Donna Marie – Endlessly

Donna Marie – Bless His Holy Name

 

#DonnaMarie, #SouthAmericaQueenOfReggae, #SidneyCrooks, #Pioneers, #DelroyWilson, #LondiscRecords, #CelineDion, #JetStar, #StingrayRecords, #CousinsRecords, #ReggaeHeritageAward, #HiddenHeritageAward, #Reggae, #LoverRock, #gospel, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast, #DropDaBiscuit

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk/pods

In this new edition of Drop Da Biscuit I link up with someone who was integral to the growth and development of reggae in the UK, Dandy Livingstone, the man behind “Rudy a Message”, “Suzanne Beware of the Devil”, “Reggae in Your Jeggae” and “Red Red Wine”. Dandy lays out his musical journey that includes the rise and fall of Lee Gopthal and Trojan records (UK’s Motown) and how his classic tunes, covered by the likes of UB40 and The Specials, came to be.

 

Tracklist:

The Drifters – Under The Boardwalk

Louis Jordan – Salt Pork West Virginia

Johnny Nash – Hold Me Tight

Tony Tribe – Red Red Wine

Thelonious Monk – Blue Monk

Ivory Joe Hunter – Since I Met You Baby

 

#Planetone, #CarnivalRecords, #Skabeat, #TrojanRecords, #DowntownRecords, #RicoRodriguez, #Par3Music, #UB40, #TheSpecials, #Ska, #Rocksteady, #Reggae, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast, #DropDaBiscuit,

 

Full interview with tracks at https://yeahpod.co.uk/pods