Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

On Tuesday, July 16th, we lost one of the giants of Jamaican music as Pat Kelly, the great singer with The Techniques, solo vocalist, engineer and producer passed away in Kingston from complications from kidney disease. For our entire program this week, we memorialized his brilliant career by including his work as a vocalist, but also by selecting many tracks that feature Kelly’s impressive work as a producer and engineer. As part of our memorial, we also included a tribute to Pat Kelly from Stranger Cole that was a segment of an interview that we did with Stranger last week shortly after Kelly’s passing. We send our deepest respects to Pat Kelly’s wife, Jackie and to their family, friends and colleagues. Rest in power and God bless you Pat XO Generoso and Lily

Hi Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,
Wow, it’s been a hot few weeks! We began this week’s show with two sets of cool ska and Prince Buster’s insanely fun 1965 cut, “Johnny Dollar.” Our mento set featured a Lloyd Charmers produced cut from The Island Champions, “Why Oh Papa Gone” and we ended the first hour with an epic set of mid-1970s reggae that saw version to version from The Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Brown and his tune with Niney, “Live After You.” The second half began with a label spotlight on Hubert Cunningham’s ACE TONE imprint which includes top tracks from 1974-76 from The Kingstonians, TheTidals, and The Three Brothers! Find a breeze and stay strong in this heavy heat, friends! XO Generoso and Lily

Hi Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,
We started off this week’s Bovine Ska with two sets of very meta ska, as we selected eight ska tracks from 1964 and 65 about the ska, like The Melodies Treasure Isle effort, “The Whole World Doing The Ska!” We followed those ska gems up with our mento set that begins with “Mister Give Me The Rent” from the wonderful, Lord Flea and then a long batch of reggaes chosen by Lily from 1971-72 that include one from deejay Scotty, “Rosemarie.” Our label spotlight is on Keith Hudson’s right hand man, Keith Hobson’s BIG STYLE label that contains top numbers from 1974 from The Heptones, Johnny Clarke, and Roman Stewart! Stay healthy and strong in this heavy heat, friends! XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,
We started off this week’s Bovine Ska with two sets of Jamaican rhythm and blues and early ska and before playing Basil Gabbidon’s rare 1962 cut, “Ben Johnson,” we talked about the folklore behind Ben Johnson Day. After all that ska was our mento set that began with a great one from Arthur Knibbs, called “I Reveal.” The first hour ended with a long set of mid-70s reggae selections picked by Lily that included some beautifully arranged Earl Zero cuts. Our label spotlight this week was on Errol Thompson’s young Naa-Na label that is packed with awesome productions from the legendary engineer. Stay healthy and strong in this heavy heat, friends! XO Generoso and Lily