WGXC-FM
Music for the Masses: Rocksteady Romance
90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
http://www.wgxc.org/
Hosted by Neva E. Wartell.
The Rocksteady era (late 1960s) of Jamaican popular music was brief but memorable. Cooling down the pace from its predecessor, Ska, while laying the foundation for the evolution of Reggae to follow, the genre was heavily influenced by American Doo-Wop, Soul and R&B, featuring rich vocal harmonies with themes of love and heartache, poverty, street life and justice.
"Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the music of established and emerging artists, both signed and unsigned, on the international music scene. For the avid globe-hopper and armchair traveler alike. You might want to pack a map and a sandwich. Catskill resident "DJ Neva" is an ethnomusicologist, producer, and long-time cultural activist, specializing in music from the entire African continent, as well as the Caribbean and Latin America, the Maghreb and Middle East, and the Roma (Gypsy) diaspora. Formerly the producer of "Continental Drift" on WBAI-FM and New York International on Haitian community station Radio Soleil in NYC. The show is broadcast live from Catskill, NY.
Playlist:
- Soul Style / Duke Reid and His Group
- Pretty Looks / The Heptones
- Sad To Know (You're Leaving) / Gregory Isaacs
- The Wailers Progress (Musically Speaking, Pt. 2) / Bunny Wailer
- Bus Dem Shut (Wail'n Soul'm Version) / Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Black Organ / Jackie Mittoo
- Feel Good All Over (Mixed) / Delroy Wilson
- Here I Stand / Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
- Mun Dun Go / Cedric Im Brooks
- Make Me Believe in You / Devon Russell
- Sweet Bitter Love / Marcia Griffiths
- Help Me Make It Through the Night / John Holt
- Way of Life (Instrumental Version) / Karl Bryan, Lyn Taitt & The Jets
- Last Call (TROJAN INSTRUMENTALS BOX SET) / The Silverstars
- Train To Skaville / The Ethiopians
- Wrap Me In Plastic (Marcus Layton Radio Edit) / CHROMANCE & Marcus Layton
- Sweet Sensation / The Melodians
- Rockfort Rock / Sound Dimension
- Everyday Is a Holiday / The Paragons
- Ire Feelings (Skanga) / Rupie Edwards
- Woman of the Ghetto / Phyllis Dillon
- No,no,no (You Don't Love Me- No, No, No) / Dawn Penn
- You Don't Love Me (No No No) / Dawn Penn
- Love Of A Woman / Horace Andy
- I'm Just A Guy / Alton Ellis
- Can't Buy Love / Johnny Osbourne