Tag: Ska

Going back to vinyl 45s – 4 great blogs

Posted by: dublinator Posted onAugust 25, 2013 Comments: 0

If you want to understand an important part of Jamaican music culture you need to listen to a lot of 45s. Unfortunately due to the popularity of the format so many were made that never made it to a re-issue or compilation LP or CD. Fortunately for us there are some great collectors out there who write great blogs and create great mixes who are willing to share mixes of their collection with us. Here are four great blogs all run by passionate enthusiastic lovers of Jamaican music. By no means a comprehensive list and these blogs will, in turn, lead you to hundreds of more blogs – but just four that we really enjoy and respect. Enjoy – dub.com http://davesjukebox.blogspot.com/ Dave is a passionate collector of…

Gentleman’s Dub Club | Emergency

Posted by: dub33 Posted onFebruary 13, 2011 Comments: 1

UK Ska is alive and well and living in the Gentleman’s Dub Club, Mssrs. Dammers and Hall your legacy… via the awesome FowardEver UK 2Tone ska is alive – as you can see from the video below. Well, 2Tone with a little grimey rap mixed in for a perfectly 21st century stylistic mash-up! This is the first video from Gentleman’s Dub Club. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/emer… For more info on the Gentleman’s Dub Club including tour dates, competitions and forthcoming releases please visit the website: http://www.gentlemansdubclub.com Video: Filmed & Edited by The Odyssey Media Collective [www.theomc.tv]