Rest in Peace King Stitt – The Ugly One Dies

On January 8, 2012, in classic, by Erin R. Wilcox

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/King-Stitt-is-dead

King Stitt has indeed passed away now according to multiple sources. Farewell Winston Sparkes aka King Stitt.

01/31/12

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

 

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This deserves more hits.

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New Rhygin Showcase LP July 26th

On July 3, 2011, in Reggae, by arkmaster

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

Rhygin Showcase July 26th

Q&A with Lee Scratch Perry

On June 4, 2011, in leeperry, by arkmaster

“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.

Read the interview here

This interview is from Today June 4

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Chris Blackwell on 50 years of Island Records

On June 2, 2011, in Reggae, by arkmaster

Listen to the story on The Record over at NPR
Listen here

Island 50

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.

http://www.myspace.com/susan.cadogan/blog/535004160

“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.

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Major Lazer and Lee Scratch Perry

Credit to Nof-Nof for the link on FB, big ups!

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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.