If you want to give your coffee table a treat, check out Soundsystem!: Men to to Dancehall: 60 years of Original Reggae Album Cover Art, which looks like a great book to have hanging around the living room.
Tag: reggae
Spotify playlist: Ska Night
This playlist is a bit random, as it’s a mix of tracks between myself, Dave Edwards and a number of you via the Facebook and Twitter pages. The result is a Spotify playlist called Ska Night.
Trojan Records release rare and classic music for Jamaican independence
To mark 50 years since Jamaican independence, Trojan Records is releasing a clutch of albums, including rarities and a tasty vinyl 45.
Shake n Bake – Manchester
Fans of ska (in the Manchester area) might want to check out the upcoming Shake n Bake night at Band on the Wall.
Feature: Six of the best mod compilation albums
What actually is ‘mod’ music? Depending on who you ask, it could be either R&B, soul, ska, beat, jazz or even power pop. So where do you start? By checking out our list of the best mod compilations currently available to buy, that’s where.
Cover Art of Studio One Records
It’s got the name Steve Barrow attached to it (as interviewed by this site in the past), so we can assume that The Cover Art of Studio One Records, a new book on Soul Jazz, is well worth checking out.
Story Of Trojan Records box set
I keep saying I’m not updating the site until the new one goes live, but then I see things that perhaps are worthy of a news story a little sooner than that. Like The Story Of Trojan Records box set.
Folkestone Skabour Festival 2011
Possibly of interest to some is the upcoming Folkestone Skabour Festival 2011.
