Released: 1977 It’s a head spinning piece of counterintuition, but one of the accusations made of Bob Marley as he … More
Tag: Reggae
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #39 Bob and Marcia – Young, Gifted and Black
Released: 1970 They say when you’re looking for inspiration that you should always steal with pride. By the end of … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #66 Junior Murvin – Police and Thieves
Released : 1976 Born in Port Antonio in Jamaica and one of seven children, Junior Murvin was selling watches in … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #70 Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution
Released : 1978 Much has been made of the early close relationship between punk and reggae – both outsider musics … More
The 100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s
Picture: Lowestoft, 1975 Get the playlist here. To read about the song, click on the link in the song title. … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #93 Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Released: 1975 There is a famous photograph of clothes shop owner, video producer and punk cultural lighting rod Don Letts … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #99 Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
Released : 1977 Britain’s love of reggae – a sound first imported by Jamaican immigrants in the fifties and sixties … More
Lively Up Yourselves !
Guest writer Martin Hywood works in Pharmaceutical IT and was first diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy more than twenty years ago. … More
50 Best Songs of 2020 #47 Toots & The Maytals – Got To Be Tough
A fitting way to remember one of the best.
Don Letts Interview : “You can’t silence the artist”
The generation that brought us punk rock always had a lot to say, but despite most of them being pension … More