AN INTERVIEW WITH JACK RUBY

AN INTERVIEW WITH JACK RUBY
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WWW, January 2009 - Usually, when recorded music gets popular, the vocalists on the recordings get all the attention. This is sad, especially within Reggae Music. For what's a vocalist without music?

In the 1970's, most Reggae Music was played into the multi-track recorders by the house bands of the various recording studio's on Jamaica. A number of producers utilized these studio's as they arranged musicians, recording engineers and/or vocalists.

The producers, therefore, are at least as important as the vocalists who usually get all the attention. There would not be, let's say, these magnificent 1970's tunes by Johnny Clarke and the Revolutionaries if it were not for producer Bunny Lee.

Neither would there be such a great tune by Burning Spear as "Slavery Days", produced by Jack Ruby: the man with the same name as the one who is said to have shot Lee Harvey Oswald who in his turn was said to have killed JFK in the 1960's.

In this 4 minute video, we get to know Jack Ruby in sight and sound. A rare piece of historical footage, that is simply to good to ignore.

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ZION TRAIN LIVE IN FRANCE (2007)

ZION TRAIN LIVE IN FRANCE (2007)
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WWW, December 2008 - A horn section, a vocalist and an engineer behind the mixing board: UK Dub collective Zion Train shows you don't need to have a band on-stage for a concert, especially not when it's all about DUB.

Zion Train has released a number of albums that incorporated Reggae Music with techno/trance, appealing to the New Age and Dance crowds of the 1990's.

None of that in this concert, though. Stricktly Roots Reggae in this century, UK style.

As they visit Tulle in France, Zion Train comes as a live horn section with pre-recorded music, everything mixed down in Dub vibe by the engineer as the vocalist chants it up from the top to the very last drop. Lot's of echo's, lots of sirens, and lot's of real horns.

Best enjoyed when your computer is connected to a subwoofer!

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SUMMERJAM REGGAE FESTIVAL 2008 (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)

SUMMERJAM REGGAE FESTIVAL 2008
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WWW, December 2008 - The list of artists featured in this great documentary about one of Europe's biggest Reggae festivals is too big too mention. Just be aware, they they're all there!

Luciano, Queen Ifrica, Stephen Marley. Just three out of many artists who performed at Reggae Summerjam. This German festival is one of the biggest, of not the biggest Reggae festivals in Europe. People having a good time, artists are interviewed (German subtitles), and of course, lots of music.

An hour and 14 minutes of pure niceness, which will surely give you a good impression of the European Reggae scene.

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THE HARDER THEY COME (DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW)

THE HARDER THEY COME
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WWW, December 2008 - Starring Jimmy Cliff as Rhygin, The Harder They Come tells the story of Jamaica's Robin Hood (or Al Capone) as he comes to Kingston and grows out to be the talk of the town.

This movie was shot in the 1970's, not quite the time where Rhygin troubled the police on Jamaica. But that doesn't matter, especially not since this movie does more than "just" telling Rhygin's story.

The Harder They Come gives a pretty good insight in Jamaica during the mid 1970's, even though the economical situation hasn't changed much throughout the decades.

Young Jimmy Cliff enters Kingston as his mother died, and get confronted with the high cost of living and huge unemployment. Music, often seen as the other way out of the ghetto, turns out to be inaccessible for talented people due to corruption.

After a long, long attempt to basically get a life, Jimmy Cliff becomes one of Jamaica's legends. Rhygin, seen by one as Robin Hood and by the other as Al Capone, was a pain in the neck for Jamaica's police until they shot him to death.

This great movie tells Rhygin's story, while giving a picture of Jamaica during the 1970's. Essential!

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BIGGATON - BUN TUMBLE BUG

BIGGATON - BUN TUMBLE BUG
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WWW, December 2008 - Chanting the words at incredible speed, Jamaican based Biggaton definitely keeps the fire burning in this attack on the root of all evil!

He performed with Capleton in the UK, was present at the Jamaican festival Rebel Salute and toured through the USA throughout 2005. Just three facts of Biggaton's professional carrier.

In this video, he chants down the root of all evil at incredible speed. Keep the fire blazing!

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HISTORY OF REGGAE - 3

HISTORY OF REGGAE - 3
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WWW, December 2008 - The last part of this three-part history of Reggae Music takes us worldwide as we explore just what Reggae and Rastafari has brought to the people of the world.

As our host concludes his three-part history of Reggae, he tells us how through Reggae, Rastafari not only inspirated social movements, but equally the indigenous people of the world.

Like Reggae was a melting of American music and Jamaican Folk Music, so do people around the world combine their Folk Music with Reggae. We get to hear a number of examples.

That's it, before we go into the place where our horst lives: Hawaii.

Check it out!

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HISTORY OF REGGAE - 2

HISTORY OF REGGAE - 2
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WWW, December 2008 - The second part of this three-part history of Reggae takes us to the 1970's, when Reggae became more and more popular throughout the world.

In three parts, we are taken through the history of Reggae from a Hawaiian perspective, that is. Part two takes us to the 1970's, when Rastafari became more and more a predominant theme in the music.

Before that, we are taken to Jamaica's economic situation after the independence which was cause for a new kind of suffering, and a new kind of music.

We hear some of the greatest from the 1970's, from Culture to Niney the Observer, from Peter Tosh to the Lone Ranger.


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HISTORY OF REGGAE - 1

HISTORY OF REGGAE - 1
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WWW, December 2008 - In part one of this three-part Reggaementary, our host shows us the tunes that gave birth to the name Reggae.

In three parts, our Hawai based takes us from the days of Jamaica when Reggae was born to the here and now, especially to Hawai.

The first part contains an excursion into the birth of the name Reggae, as well as the music. Who coined the phrase first? There is a difference in opinion, and we hear them both.

We also hear the tunes that gave name to the music that was there before Reggae: Rocksteady.

Everything is presented in a relaxed atmosphere: a few tunes, some comments, and some more tunes.


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