Showing posts with label Jamaican Soul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jamaican Soul. Show all posts

Saturday, September 1, 2018

#516 :: Tribute to Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16th, 2018)

Songs originally done by, or covered by, the amazing Aretha Franklin, inna Jamaican stylee. 
Rest Easy Queen of Soul. Diva of divas. 

Marvels - Rock Steady
Lloyd Charmers - Travelling On
BB Seaton - Thin Line Between Love & Hate
Dave Barker - Just My Imagination
The Marvels - THINK
Jow White - Try A Little Tenderness
Ambassa feat. Nichola Richards - One Step Ahead
Prince Buster - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Johnny Osbourne - People Get Ready
Bob & Marcia - To Be Young Gifted and Black
Marcia Griffiths - Sweet Bitter Love
Diana King - Say A Little Prayer
Lee Scratch Perry & Pat Kelly - The Dark end Of The Street
Norma Fraser - Respect 
Soul Dimension - Soulful Strut
Jackie Mendez - Forever True
Derrick Morgan - Don't Play That Song


Thursday, December 21, 2017

#480 :: A Vintage Jamaican Christmas Mix (20 Dec 2017)


Merry Christmas music lovers! And a very happy and prosperous new year to you all. Thank you for all your support and listener-ship this year. We'll keep the music rolling over the holidays. Give feedback, make requests, send promo music to gofeetradio@gmail.com

Half Pint - Christmas Vibes
Owen Gray - Collins Greetings
Premo & Joe - Peace On Earth
Rupie Edwards - Christmas Parade
Alton Ellis - Christmas Coming
Joe Gibbs Family - Winter Wonderland
The Cimarons - Holy Christmas
The Maytals - Happy Christmas (The Christmas Song)
The Wailers - White Christmas
Don Cornel & The Eternals - Christmas Joy
Palemina & Faith D'Aguilar - Santa Ketch Up Eena Mango Tree
Jackie Mittoo - Joy Joy
Gaylads - Christmas
Al & The Vibrators - Merry Christmas
Silvertones - Bling Bling Christmas
The Kingstonians - Merry Merry Christmas
Doreen Shaffer - Wishing You A Merry Christmas

This episode first aired on FreeFM89.0 in New Zealand.


Wednesday, May 3, 2017

#447 :: Superstar

GO FEET! Radio #447
Wednesday 3 May 2017
10pm-11pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0



1. Johnny Osbourne - Truth And Rights
2. Reality Chant feat. Cornell Campbell - Father Says
3. Lord Echo feat. Lisa Tomlins - Low To The Street
4. Pama International - Wake Up
5. Caz Gardiner and The Badasonics - Wheel Of Life
6. Caz Gardiner & The Badasonics - Wheel of Dub' (mixed by Victor Rice)
7. King Kong 4 - Going A Bit Mad In Our Own Way
8. King Kong 4 - Going A Bit Mad In Our Own Dub
9. The Equators - Bed Of Roses
10. The Uplifts - Growth Rings
11. Mykal Rose and Antonee (First Class) - No War
12. Luke Yeoward - Half Way
13. The Drastics - Sly Fox
14. The Drastics - Man-Bait For The Devil-Bride!
15. Hollie Cook - Superstar
16. Hollie Cook - Superdub

Thursday, April 13, 2017

#444 :: Spotlight On Byron Bay Bluesfest & London International Ska Festival 2017 (Easter Weekend)

GO FEET! Radio #444
Wednesday 15 March 2017
10pm-11pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0
LIVE stream: http://tunein.com/radio/Free-FM-890-s176514/

Here's a tribute to *Bluesfest Byron Bay and London International Ska Festival, both festivals are happening this Easter weekend 2017. Wish I was there! 

Bitty McLean - Walk Away From Love
Owen Gray - Give Me Little Sign
Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp
Dave & Ansell Collins - Oh Baby (Django Returns)
The Pioneers - Jackpot
*Booker T. & the MGs - Green Onions
*Nas feat Olu Dara - Bridging the Gap 
*Dumpstaphunk feat Trombone Shorty - Justice 
*St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Call Me
*The Suffers - Make Some Room
*Playing for Change - War-No More Trouble
Pama International - Austerity Skank
Dojo - Bethel
Hugo Lobo - Rumble In the Sand
The Brothers Ignatius - Get The Habit
*Madness - One Step Beyond


Monday, January 16, 2017

Pama International Single Release & Trojan Records Tour

Trojan Records in conjunction with (world-famous) The London International Ska Festival continues its long-standing undertaking of presenting the very best in ska, rock steady and reggae sounds with its first UK tour in 4 decades.

Performing live on the tour will be the all-new Pama International, who during their first 10 years recorded 9 albums, played 3 BBCRadio 1 Maida Vale sessions and won the Rebel Playlist on BBC6. Their collective nature saw them work with members of The Specials (Official), Madness, Steel Pulse, Style Council, Galliano, Kasabian, Billy Bragg, Mad Professor, Michieone Michie, Wrongtom and Jamaican legends Derrick Morgan, Dave & Ansel Collins, Dawn Penn, Dennis Alcapone and Rico Rodriguez (musician). Constant touring saw them gig with Madness, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Prince Buster, Mick Jones (The Clash), THIRD WORLD, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Max Romeo, Janet Kay 'Queen of Lovers Rock' and Caroll Thompson to name a few!

Now, with a brand new line-up and after a 7 year hiatus, Pama International return in fine style with their ‘Love & Austerity’ album which sees release this spring on the Record Kicks label and comprises of no less than 8 singles! The group's reworking of Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' soul classic 'Heatwave' has already picked up airplay from BBC1xtra (David 'Ram Jam' Rodigan: “premier rocksteady”), BBC6 Music’s Craig Charles'Funk & Soul show‘Best of 2016’ (“as ever, their productions and taste is faultless”), and of course on GO FEET! Radio where it made the best of 2016 playlist.

Appearing alongside Pama International on the tour will be the ever excellent DJ Mistah Brown (Tighten Up crew) as well as a number of regional guest DJs.

Details are as follows:
TROJAN RECORDS UK tour
13th January: Bristol - The Full Moon & Attic Bar
14th January: Nottingham - The Maze
27th January: Reading - Purple Turtle - free entry
11the February: Leeds - The Wardrobe
11th March: Blaenau-Ffestiniog - Cellb
17th March: Cardiff - The Globe

THE DEAD 60S UK tour
+Pama International support
06 Glasgow O2 ABC 2
07 Sheffield O2 Academy 2
08 Birimingham O2 Institute 2
09 Brighton Concorde 2
13 London Electric Ballroom part of The London Intl Ska Festival 2017 +The Spitfires & more
14 Liverpool O2 Academy

Get along and see them if you can, it'll be an evening of blistering hot ska, rock steady and reggae sounds as they celebrate the most iconic reggae label in the world!

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

GO Feet! Radio #430 :: Hooligans Of Love (4 Jan 2017)

GO FEET! Radio #430
Wednesday 4 January 2017
10pm-11pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0


Happy New Year everybody! Heres the first episode of 2017. Let us know what you think. Plenty of ska, reggae and off-beats in this mix. Have you entered the Raggamuffin Ticket Giveaway on our Facebook page (posted 28th Dec), times running out so enter now if you haven't already. And PLEASE keep it locked to GO FEET! Radio for more special announcements of upcoming giveaways for a massive NZ reggae festival, hmmmm, wonder what festival that is?

Tommy McCook - Two for One
Natty - No, No, No_Natty
Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra - Imperial Reggae (Star Wars)
Teddy Garcia with Big Youth - Nico's Walk
The Black Seeds - Good People (Get Together)
King Huggy & The Calypso Combo - The Calypsower 
The Phantoms - The Juice
Yellow Umbrella - Hooligans Of Love
Etana - Selassie Is The Chapel
Caz Gardiner - The Ruler
The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra - Bite The Bullet
NST & The Soul Sauce - Heaven is Here
Peter Tosh with The Upsetters - Brand New Second Hand (Version 2)
The Beat feat. Ranking Roger - Avoid the Obvious
Buddy Jay's Jamaican Jazz Band - Space Groove
Melbourne Ska Orchestra - Vespa Ska

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

#423 :: One More Dance

GO FEET! Radio #423
Wednesday 19 October 2016
10pm-11pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

Leo Dub selects this one. Pure niceness up in here. Turn It Up!!

Pablov Black - Dread Head 
Sylvesters - Explosure County 
Sticky - What Do You So 
Mudie All stars - Dub Them Face 
Toots and The Maytals - Louie Louie 
The Sunshot All Stars - What About The Half Version 
Burning Spears - The Sun 
Third World All Stars - Just For You 
Alton Ellis - Its a Shame 
Delroy Wilson - Funky Broadway 
Winston Jarrett - True Born African 
Horacy Andy - How Do You Think I Feel 
Roger Rivas & The Brothers Of Reggae - One More Dance 
The Frightnrs - Hey Brother 
Victor Rice ft Chris Murray - Pieces 
Easy Star All Stars ft Max Romeo - Fixing a Hole

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

#411 :: Trojan Records - Rough Trade Label Of The Month

GO FEET! Radio #411
Wednesday 24 August 2016
10pm-11pm, FreeFM89.0,
http://player.wizz.co.nz/freefm89/,
Hamilton, NZ.

Big ups to DJ Boba Fatt for giving us permission to spin his interview of Laurence Cane-Honeysett (manager of Trojan Records) selecting tunes and dropping some background to each tune. Trojan Records is the label of the month for Rough Trade. Please do yourself a favor and check out Rough Trade as well as Trojan Records while you're online. We believe both sites will have something of interest to you. And keep it locked to GO FEET! Radio as we spotlight more from the vast Trojan Records catalog heading into the 40th year of Trojan Records in 2017.

1. Desmond Dekker - Israelites
2. The Inspirations - Tighten Up
3. John Holt - Ali Baba
4. Bob and Marcia - Young Gifted, and Black
5. Scotty the DJ - Stop That Train
6. Carl Dawkins - Satisfaction
7. Niney The Observer - Blood and Fire
8. Dave and Ansel Collins - Double Barrel 
9. Johnny Clarke - Non Shall Escape The Judgement
10. Gregory Issacs - ?
11. Lee Scratch Perry - Outta Space
12. Anthea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
13. Dennis Brown - Man Next Door