Nice little interview with Dave Barker in M Magazine.

I was born and bred in Kingston, Jamaica and as a young boy aged nine or so I used to listen to a soul music radio station called WINC. They had a lot of live shows with people like The Impressions, The Temptations, The Drifters, James Brown, Clyde McPhatter and Jerry Butler. Of course they used to play a lot of English stuff too – Tom Jones, Lulu, Cliff Richard, Dusty Springfield – she was fantastic – and Matt Monroe just to name a few. I would listen to all these songs and be swept away, it was like being bathed in wonderful creative music all around.

Beth Lesser is going to publish her book “Rub-A-Dub Style: The Roots of Modern Dancehall” for free on her homepage in two weeks. Watch out!

Am 28. Mai erscheint das neue Album der intergalaktischen Granadians bei Liquidator Records. Vorab gibt es schon ein paar Hörproben.

Donald Dunn von Booker T. and The M.G.s ist tot. Via.

“Today I lost my best friend, the world has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live,” Cropper, his lifelong friend, wrote. “Duck Dunn died in his sleep Sunday morning May 13 in Tokyo Japan after finishing 2 shows at the Blue Note Night Club.” (UCR)

Via Streetdandys

Solikonzert für Smily
mit der katalanischen Redskin Oi! Bandand OpcioK95
am 25.05.12 im Tommy-Weissbecker-Haus, Berlin-Kreuzberg

Nice article in last friday’s Jamaica Observer.

SAXOPHONIST Lester Sterling, the lone surviving original member of the Skatalites and Doreen Schaeffer, long-time vocalist with the pioneer band, have added their voices to the list of persons paying tribute to bass player Lloyd Brevett. Brevett, the band’s original bass player, died last Thursday in Kingston at age 80.

Via PF.