Fa Ya Rights

"Get up and fight for your rights, my brother, get up and fight for your rights, my sister..." Let's lighten up the weekend with a righteous six pack of the roots variety. Seek and you will find, amigos da musica.

The Abyssinians - Declaration Of Rights
Johnny Osbourne - Truths & Rights
Jah Lion & The Upsetters - Truths And Rights
The Defenders - Our Rights
The Mighty Diamonds - Go Seek Your Rights
The Upsetters - Dub Fa Yah Rights

Zion Gate

"If tomorrow I was leaving to Zion, I wouldn't stay a minute more..." The biblical mountain of Zion lay close to the ancient city of Jerusalem, and somehow slowly but surely became a symbol for the 'world to come'. The rasta faith pictures it as the site of a new Jerusalem in the African country of Ethiopia, a future spot of milk and honey for righteous dreads. As an illustration, here's a sizzling roots reggae and dub ten pack about the desire to arrive there as soon as possible. Get ready to ride that lion...

Black Uhuru - Leaving To Zion

Wayne Jarrett - Mount Zion

Culture - Get Ready To Ride The Lion To Zion

Abyssinians - Forward Unto Zion

Winston Scotland - Zion Fever

U Brown with Linval Thompson - Train To Zion

Little Roy - Ticket To Zion

Tappa Zukie - Marching To Zion

The Flames - Zion

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Zion Gate

The Same Song?

My fave music of summer has always been roots reggae. And as it´s gotten kinda hot here over the last couple of weeks - joder, que calor! - I find myself skanking the time away more and more often. Here´s a tenpack selection of boss sounds from the Island I´ve been enjoying lately.

Abyssinians - Satta Massagana MP3

Wailing Souls - Bredda Gravalicious MP3

Ras Ibuna - Diverse Doctrine MP3

Augustus Pablo - Stop Them Jah MP3

Jacob Miller - Tenement Yard MP3

Burning Spear - Door Peeper MP3

Little Roy - Don´t Cross The Nation MP3

Israel Vibration - The Same Song MP3

Mighty Diamonds - Right Time MP3

Leo Graham - Black Candle MP3