From the Bloodandfire messageboard: Legends of Ska wrote: Welcome to the House of Joy
There are many rumors going around on the internet about King Stitt’s passing. I am pleased to report that they are incorrect. I just got off the the phone with a nurse from Kingston Hospital who said Stitt is there and resting comfortably.
Studio One Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evuYPUFNQ_E
Van Cleef
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzr8iOR_-mM
Fire Corner
Herbman Shuffle
This deserves more hits.
Check out a couple of tunes from the new Rhygin Records LP “Rhygin Showcase” here before it becomes available on vinyl and digital on July 26th.
Now accepting pre-orders at the Rhygin Records site
“Before I was a human being, I used to be a kingfish”
Scratch will always describe to you that he is a fish, and he relates to fish because he is Piscean, meaning his astrological sign is Pisces. If you know how Scratch speaks, he is very easy to understand and quite lucid. If he does not like you, he will shut you down and seem confusing.
This interview is from Today June 4
Here is a link to Susan Cadogan’s blog on MySpace where she gives her excellent story to you first hand about working with Scratch and how the album came about. Thanks goes out to Werner at Bloodandfire message board for the link/find.
“A Candle loses nothing by lighting another Candle”
http://www.livestream.com/libya17feb
http://www.libyafeb17.com/
http://feb17.info/
A true freedom fighter, may he rest in peace. In his death, 10,000 more journalists will follow and take up his cause.
Major Lazer and Lee Scratch Perry
Credit to Nof-Nof for the link on FB, big ups!
This older video still makes some great points and will for a long time to come until people start learning how to play instruments again.
