International Reggae Day is an annual event held in Kingston, Jamaica, and is dedicated to celebrating this style of music that entered into the world in a sleepy little island country in the Caribbean. Here is our contribution. Dedicated to our friend Tito Gonzales Sarango. Cool And Calm… Originally…
We made this mix to honour the recent death of Toots Hibbert in September 2020. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals “Do the Reggay” was the first popular song to use the word “reggae”, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. Jamaica meets…
Dishing up portions of deep fried funk and soul-side samba and play some dusty records. David Holmes is the among the best in a growing cadre of invisible-soundtrack producers inspired by the audio verité of classic film composers — Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, Ennio Morricone — as well as the usual stable…