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i've got a copy of this album "Churchical Chants of the Nyabingi", here is a sampling. if you are looking for more tradition stuff this might be want you want.

looks like amazon has it too

Absolutely this. Also, local band Youngtree supported them at a recent gig and they're obviously heavily influenced by Groundation, right down the lead singing looking like Harrison. You might enjoy what they're offering up.

Thats an excellent find! Ive uploaded it to a website called Bitchute. You can watch it there and I believe also download it to keep. The video will appear on the link below when its fully processed...

https://www.bitchute.com/video/sid79j2cMw8P/

Fortunate Youth Is amazing, my reggae band opened for them at the Slide Bar in Fullerton (shit place, dont go)

EDIT: If i could just plug this in right here...http://www.reverbnation.com/spacecadet406/song/14996787-dubheads?utm_campaign=opengraph&utm_content=song&utm_medium=link&utm_source=facebook

skyfm roots reggae radio! Here you can listen to some random reggae tunes and if you suddenly hear one you like you can check out what artist it is and maybe look up other of their songs!

Another tip is, go to spotify, grooveshark or what ever and just search by genre and search for reggae and "listen around" some things will stick and some things wont!

On the top of my head, I recommend Bob, Stephen, Ziggy and Damian Marley, Black uhuru, Tonto irie and Toots and the Maytals!

If you like the reggae sounds in Jungle/DnB, check out Chopstick. Jah Cure, Jah Mason, Sizzla, Beenie Man, Albarosie... lots of good vibes coming from this label.

I picked up this boxset a while back (when it was cheaper) and it will get you most of the way there. Can't recommend it enough

Please read: The Beginning of Hip-Hop: Modern Culture and Musical forms: Jamaicans created Hip-Hop for Americans

It's a mouthful, here's Link lol

The actual band Wailing Souls did a collab with Bud *& Eric from Sublime called Psychedelic Souls https://www.amazon.com/Psychedelic-Souls-Wailing/dp/B00000AEX4.

The Dubzone, just in case anyone has missed it. I've been listening to this podcast for ten years or more. Great dub from around the world and a podcast archive going way back.

I'm really hooked on Kultiration, folk inspired reggae. They have a really cool way of changing the style of the song completly towards the end. This is my favorite song by far Kultiration - Lejoninna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Yyj3JE-ZE

Their best album in my opinion is "Döden Föder". Most of the songs are on youtube. This is "Glömd e jorden" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmqQ3t4cEV4

Posted before and posted again, this probably my favourite reggae work day mix...

Eric The Tutor

Check this mix out for pure catchy tunes...

Eric The Tutor

... he goes trough riddim and picks the best tunes from each. Incredible mix. I listen to it far too much.

RIP Toots.

I did a tribute to the legend on my local radio station in Salt Lake City this weekend if you want to check it out.

https://hearthis.at/bsidesbcowles/bsides-toots-hibbert-tribute/

If you haven't seen 'Holding on to Jah' yet, there is a clip of one of his speeches in it that is absolutely jaw-dropping incredible. The guy was the epitome of an orator, and its pretty amazing to hear how inspiring his speeches were. There is obviously a reason he is so beloved to this day and you can read all you want about him, but there is no substitute for hearing a recording of him. The rest of the doc is great too so check it out.

Bro, getting Trojan box sets illegally is hard enough. Getting them legit is something else. I got some back in the day via random torrents.

There are a few on Spotify.

This is RAS reggae that I was talking about. Album artwork Used to be my desktop wallpaper

https://www.amazon.com/Trojan-Box-Set-RAS-Reggae/dp/B0001FVEZE

Peace In A Time Of War is available both on iTunes and Amazon

Choose which one you prefer...Amazon is $2 cheaper

Gil Sharone put out a DVD called Wicked Beats that covered a ton of reggae beats on the drums. This is the amazon link, but I’m sure you can find it elsewhere, as well.

for Mutabaruka, i like the albums Check It!, Dub Poets Dub, and the self-titled Mutabaruka

as an interesting trip into the intersection of reggae music and rastafarian religious ceremony, <u>Churchical Chants of the Nyabingi</u> is a fun listen.

I haven't read it, but reading about it makes me want to. Steffens is probably the definitive author on Marley. I d love to see his narrative in one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Especially if it broadens the perspective from the usual hagiography, and puts the person in context and perspective.

I'd definitely recommend &quot;a brief history of seven killings&quot; by Marlon James for a brutal account of the Jamaican context of the era. It's fiction.

And while we're on the topic of books, Helen Lee's &quot;the first Rasta&quot; is a must-read if you're interested in how Rasta comes into play

Thanks for initiating a conversation on here, OP!

Buy the vinyl and put it in a vinyl frame?

I listen to the Funky Kingston/In the Dark album at work all the time. The cover of Take Me Home, Country Roads that changes "West Virginia" to "West Jamaica" is awesome. Pressure Drop is one of my favorite songs, period.

Amazon link- http://www.amazon.com/Funky-Kingston-Dark-Toots-Maytals/dp/B00008NRKB

I would probably recommend some kind of collection so you can figure out what parts of the genre you find most interesting. This is a good start.

When you find the style or kind of artist you like you can go on from there and dig deeper. Happy listening!