Listen back to the Drop Da Biscuit session with Locksley Gichie (Cimarons). Locksley muses about the early days of The Cimarons, tours to Nigeria during the Biafran war, linking with Fela at the Afro-Spot, backing Pat Kelly, Toots, Slim Smith among others, inspiring Bob's ‘Concrete Jungle’, the Morning Sun story, pros and cons of signing to major labels and the iconic Old Grey Whistle Test performance with Nicky Thomas and Dennis Alcapone. What a trip!

 

Tracklist:

The Soul Agents – Get Ready It's Rock Steady

Delroy Wilson – Dancing Mood

The Cimarons – Ship Ahoy

The Cimarons – Talking Blues

The Cimarons – Harder Than a Rock

Johnny Osbourne – Eternal Peace

 

#DropDaBiscuit, #TheCimarons, #Reggae, #Rocksteady, #Jamaica, #TrojanRecords, #TrojanBackingBand, #Pama, #OldGreyWhistleTest, #BobMarley, #TheWailers, #Podcast

 

RIEP Maurice Ellis

 

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Listen again to the Drop Da Biscuit session with The Great Wassie One. Wassie reflects on his south-east London roots and his musical journey playing blues parties, clubs and festivals spinning reggae roots, rockers, rare dubplates, soul, rare groove and cheesy jukebox cuts. After connecting with Brixton Splash and kicking it on radio, Wassie developed into the one-man club dancehall DJ we know today going from strength to strength. Shout out to Wendy @ Rockers Uptown Hats for the photo and the hat.

 

Tracklist:

Wailing Souls – Harbour Shark

Junior Byles – Fade Away

Wailing Souls – Jah Jah Give Us Life

Tetrack – I’m Not Satisfied

Rod Taylor/Mikey Dread – His Imperial Majesty/African Anthem

Sang Hugh/The Lionaires – Rasta No Born Yah

 

#WassieOne, #MrRockers, #Scorcher, #Prosecutors, #BrothersOfNature, #BrixtonSplash, #DubplateShowdown, #GenesisRadio, #VentureFM, #DropDaBiscuit, #Reggae, #Rocksteady, #Ska, #Music, #Podcast,

 

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Drop Da Biscuit revisits with Dubplate Pearl as she joins the reggae, soul and jazz dots and takes us on her journey from fan back in the day to renowned DJ and selector. Some early crate digging led to Pearl being invited to DJ on the Bushmaster set with her shoebox of records. Pearl recounts tales of sound system town hall dances, late night blues, crate digging, DJ clashes and founding Camberwell Connection.

 

Tracklist:

Cameo – The Sound Table

Grover Washington Jnr – Do Dat

Pleasure – Joyous

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Johnny Was

Dennis Brown – Make it Easy on Yourself

Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile

 

#DubplatePearl, #Carnival, #TownHallSessions, #SoundSystem, #Shebeen, #CamberwellConnection, #BalamiiRadio, #WomenInReggae, #BoilerRoom, #VinylFactory, #BassCultureResearch, #DropDaBiscuit, #Reggae, #Dub, #Soul, #Jazz, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast,

 

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In this edition of Drop Da Biscuit I check in with the multi-talented Mojiba Ashanti, daughter of the legendary drummer, percussionist, and vocalist Count Ossie. Mojiba discusses, among other things, the inspiration behind her poetry collections, her various acting exploits, design creations, performing with the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari and her record releases.

 

Tracklist:

Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari – Wicked Babylon

Mojiba Ase – Black Rasta Woman

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Selassie is the Chapel

Richie Spice – Black Woman

Mojiba Ase – Let it Out

Mojiba Ase – Love Divine

 

#MojibaAshanti, #CountOssiePickney, #CountOssie, #Poet, #Artist, #Actor, #Designer, #Amowade, #AketeFundeLove, #MysticRevalationOfRastafari, #WrittenInnerviews, #G.R.I.P., #GruuveRepublic, #DropDaBiscuit, #Podcast, #Ska, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast,

 

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Meet poet, songwriter, playwright and recording artist, Buzrak Alpha Mabrak. His journey includes writing plays for the New York underground, spearheading several community poetry projects for kids, travelling to an international music industry trade fair (Midem) from Jamaica with just $10US in his pocket and penning a song for the 2012 London Olympics.

 

Tracklist:

Buzrak Alpha Mabrak – Eradicate Hate

Bob Marley & The Wailers – One Love/People Get Ready

Buzrak Alpha Mabrak – Love Online

Buzrak Alpha Mabrak – Crying Out

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Africa Unite

Buzrak Alpha Mabrak – Spread Love

 

#BuzrakAlphaMabrak, #Poet, #Songwriter, #Playwright, #BabylonJudgement, #WadadaInternational, #CommunityLife, #Sky’sTheLimit, #HandsAcrossTheOcean, #GruuveRepublic, #G.R.I.P, #MusicIsOurMother, #DropDaBiscuit, #Podcast, #Reggae, #Roots, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast,

 

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Ripton Lindsay has developed a dance style that fuses traditional Jamaican Kumina dance with contemporary Hip Hop, reggae and jazz. In this new edition of Drop Da Biscuit I break bread with Ripton and we discuss Kumina, Maroon culture, performing at festivals, the Beyond Skin Northern Ireland community project and researching a fascinating ancestral family history. See also https://www.riptonlindsay.com/

 

Tracklist:

Etana – I Rise

Mica Paris – Should’ve Known better

Mim Suleiman – Oya Oya Oya

Miriam Makeba – Piece of the Ground

Ollie & Jerry – Showdown

Rick Braun/Phil Perry – So Much Trouble

 

#RiptonLindsay, #SoulsLiberation, #NkiraDanceGroup, #TunesAndATalk, #Maroon, #Kumina, #KhasDrum, #KbanduDrum, #CattahTick, #Myall, #NineNight, #GovernorAlexanderLindsay6thEarlOfBalcarres, #DropDaBiscuit, #Music, #Podcast,

 

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To celebrate the return of the Deptford Dub Club (featuring Neville King) we dip back into the Drop Da Biscuit archive and check in with DJ, promoter and street artist, Soft Wax. Among other things, Steve discusses Rock Against Racism, the strange bond between punk and reggae and the birth, development and growth of the Deptford Dub Club.

 

Tracklist:

Justin Hinds – Save A Bread

Don Drummond & The Skatalites – Heavenless

Yabby You – Beware Dub

Paul Blackman – Earth Wind and Fire

Alton Ellis & The Flames – Cry Tough

 

#SoftWax, #DeptfordDubClub, #LiveHorns, #RockAgainstRacism, #PunkyReggaeParty, #Nation’sVibrationSoundSystem, #StreetArt, #WindrushStreetArt, #Reggae, #Ska, #Rocksteady, #DropDaBiscuit, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast,

 

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Listen back to the Drop Da Biscuit interview with Audrey Scott. It’s easy to see why Audrey’s smooth silky tones makes such a big impression and inspires so many across the generations. We should also big up Audrey and the Reggae Fraternity UK crew for supporting and promoting reggae music.

 

Tracklist:

Audrey Scott – Alive

Audrey Scott – Perhaps

Audrey Scott – Disappointments

Audrey Scott – Unexpected Places

Audrey Scott – Step by Step

Audrey Scott – Goodbye My Love

 

#AudreyScott, #TheSadonians, #GoodbyeMyLove, #JimmyStratdan, #StarkyBanton, #RiddimSquad, #JahLarry, #StepByStep, #ClarendonSounds, #ReggaeVibesBand, #SirLloyd, #ReggaeFraternityUK, #RFUK, #Reggae, #LoversRock, #DropDaBiscuit, #Podcast,

 

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Meet Sultan Ali, son of Prince Buster. In this new edition of Drop Da Biscuit finds out how the bravery, innovation and vision of the legendary Prince Buster revolutionised the Jamaican music industry.

 

Tracklist:

Prince Buster – Danny, Dane and Lorraine

Prince Buster – They Got to Come

Prince Buster – Everybody Ska

Prince Buster – Shaking Up Orange Street

Sultan Ali – Beautiful Angel

Prince Buster – Wash Wash

Prince Buster – Al Capone

The Folks Brothers/Prince Buster – Oh Carolina

 

#PrinceBuster, #SultanAli, #DannyBuster, #GlassBucketClub, #VoiceOfThePeople, #OrangeStreet, #BeatStreet, #Drumbago, #JahJerry, #BlueBeat, #OhCarolina, #CountOssie, #DropDaBiscuit, #Podcast, #Ska, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast,

 

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In a new edition of Drop Da Biscuit we head over to Italy and check in with DJ, promoter, journalist and author Fabrizio Laganà. A chance encounter with the classic Exodus album led to a lifelong commitment to the promotion of reggae. His journey includes a bombed out radio station, a looted record store and sound clash dance crashers. Enjoy.

 

Tracklist:

Pat Kelly – How Long (extended Barnabs mix)

Gregory Isaacs/Trinity – A Riot/Staff of Life

Cultural Roots – Only Jah Knows

Ijahman Levi – Jah Heavy Load

Veterans (aka Alton Ellis/Naggo Morris) – Peace Within

Justin Hinds – Rain Drops

 

#FabrizioLaganà, #MrRootsandCulture, #RadioCitta'Futura, # GoodStuffPromotion, #FacebookTributes, #JustinHinds, #NattyTakeOver, #HearticalFM, #ReggaeGlobalRadio, #ItalVibesShow, #DropDaBiscuit, #Podcast, #Reggae, #MusicPodcast, #Music, #Podcast,

 

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