Black Ark Lee Scratch Perry site http://www.blackark.com Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsetters classic reggae dub roots community Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:12:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rest in Peace King Stitt – The Ugly One Dies http://www.blackark.com/2012/01/rest-in-peace-king-stitt-the-ugly-one/ http://www.blackark.com/2012/01/rest-in-peace-king-stitt-the-ugly-one/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:29:26 +0000 Erin R. Wilcox http://www.blackark.com/?p=352

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.

]]> http://www.blackark.com/2012/01/lee-scratch-perry-max-romeo-the-congos-war-inna-babylon-summerjam-2011/feed/ 0 Listen to the entire Rhygin Showcase LP now http://www.blackark.com/2011/07/listen-to-the-entire-rhygin-showcase-lp-now/ http://www.blackark.com/2011/07/listen-to-the-entire-rhygin-showcase-lp-now/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:47:54 +0000 arkmaster http://www.blackark.com/?p=338 ]]> http://www.blackark.com/2011/07/listen-to-the-entire-rhygin-showcase-lp-now/feed/ 0 New Rhygin Showcase LP July 26th http://www.blackark.com/2011/07/new-rhygin-showcase-lp-july-26th/ http://www.blackark.com/2011/07/new-rhygin-showcase-lp-july-26th/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:24:39 +0000 arkmaster http://www.blackark.com/?p=331

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

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

Island 50

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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

]]> http://www.blackark.com/2011/04/susan-cadogan-on-lee-scratch-perry-and-hurt-so-good/feed/ 0 Mohammed Nabbous – Freedom Fighter 27 February 1983 – 19 March 2011 http://www.blackark.com/2011/03/mohammed-nabbous-freedom-fighter-27-february-1983-%e2%80%93-19-march-2011/ http://www.blackark.com/2011/03/mohammed-nabbous-freedom-fighter-27-february-1983-%e2%80%93-19-march-2011/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:39:03 +0000 arkmaster http://www.blackark.com/?p=310

“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.

]]> http://www.blackark.com/2011/03/mohammed-nabbous-freedom-fighter-27-february-1983-%e2%80%93-19-march-2011/feed/ 0 Diplo and Lee Scratch Perry VBS.tv Vice Magazine http://www.blackark.com/2011/03/diplo-and-lee-scratch-perry-vbs-tv-vice-magazine/ http://www.blackark.com/2011/03/diplo-and-lee-scratch-perry-vbs-tv-vice-magazine/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:37:40 +0000 arkmaster http://www.blackark.com/?p=306

Major Lazer and Lee Scratch Perry

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

]]> http://www.blackark.com/2011/03/diplo-and-lee-scratch-perry-vbs-tv-vice-magazine/feed/ 0 David Rodigan riffs on the shit hop coming out of Jamaica http://www.blackark.com/2011/03/david-rodigan-riffs-on-the-shit-hop-coming-out-of-jamaica/ http://www.blackark.com/2011/03/david-rodigan-riffs-on-the-shit-hop-coming-out-of-jamaica/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:51:41 +0000 arkmaster http://www.blackark.com/?p=303

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.

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