Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

First off, thanks to everyone who expressed their appreciation for last week’s Halloween show, which if you’re still up for celebrating the holiday is a show up on Mixcloud. This week, we began with two sets of rare ska beginning with a gem from Kentone that features Eddie Perkins, of Alton and Eddie fame and his cut, ‘Baby Please Don’t Go.’  Our mento set contains another never-before-played on the show cut from Lord Antics, and the reggae set selected by Lily this week begins with one more Halloween song for you that Zap Pow recorded in 1973!  Our spotlight this week is on another Glen Lee label (we covered Lee’s Double B imprint in 2016) entitled Warrior, that has as featured attractions, killer mid-70s reggaes from: Prince Alla, Shorty The President, and Cornell Campbell.  Have a great Halloween! XO Generoso and Lily

Happy Halloween Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends!
For the 23rd straight year, we are celebrating Halloween the best way that we can, by playing rare Jamaican cuts that should ramp up the fright for your All Hallows’ Eve candy grab! You’ll also learn about spooky characters from Jamaican folklore like the ‘Rolling Calf,’ ‘Ol’ Hige’ and The ‘River Mumma.’ before we delve into sets about , giant monsters, space monsters, evil doctors that are performed by: Trinity, Errol Holt, Owen Gray and the Lone Ranger to name a few! Have a very happy and safe Halloween! XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

As we announced last week, we began this week’s Bovine Ska off with a short tribute to Leon Silvera, brother of Owen Silvera, who both made up one of the greatest duos during the Jamaican rhythm and blues and ska era. Leon passed away on Sept 29th and so we send our deepest respects to Leon’s family and colleagues. We followed our tribute to Leon with a second set of rare ska and then our weekly mento set, which began with another lost gem from the always bold voice of Count Lasher. Lily’s selections of superb mid-70s version to version fueled reggaes ended the first hour which led into our spotlight of Vivian Jackson and R. Nation’s HOT CITY LABEL, which features Tubby on the board and awesome vocal cuts from Johnny Clarke, Leroy Smart, and Jackson himself. XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

As we announced last week, we began this week’s Bovine Ska off with a short tribute to Leon Silvera, brother of Owen Silvera, who both made up one of the greatest duos during the Jamaican rhythm and blues and ska era. Leon passed away on Sept 29th and so we send our deepest respects to Leon’s family and colleagues. We followed our tribute to Leon with a second set of rare ska and then our weekly mento set, which began with another lost gem from the always bold voice of Count Lasher. Lily’s selections of superb mid-70s version to version fueled reggaes ended the first hour which led into our spotlight of Vivian Jackson and R. Nation’s HOT CITY LABEL, which features Tubby on the board and awesome vocal cuts from Johnny Clarke, Leroy Smart, and Jackson himself. XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

Last week, we sadly lost two important figures in Jamaican music with the deaths of Leon Silvera, brother of Owen, whose teaming represented one of the most dynamic vocal duos in ska and rocksteady, and Glen Brown, who like Leon, was a gifted singer and who joined up with another talented vocalist, Lloyd Robinson, to form another of the giant vocal duos during the ska and rocksteady eras, Lloyd and Glen. Glen would subsequently sing in duos with Hopeton Lewis and then Dave Barker, before launching out to become a gifted record producer. Our of respect, we chose to memorialize Glen Brown alone on this week’s program, and Leon Silvera next week. For our memorial on Glen Brown, who was widely known as The Rhythm Master, we concentrated on the many riddims that Glen would make his own as a producer for artists such as Big Youth. U-Roy, Prince Jazzbo and many more! We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of Leon Silvera and Glen Brown during this sad time. Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

First off, a special thanks to all of you who wished us a happy wedding anniversary!  It meant so much to us and it helped make this year great. We started off this week’s show with two sets of Jamaican rhythm and blues beginning with Frank Cosmo and Denzil Dennis’ cut for D Records, “Tonight and Evermore.”  We followed those sets with a three mento cuts about the city, including Lord Antic and The Merry Boys’ ‘Keep The City Clean,’ and we followed that set up with an awesome selection of reggae cuts picked by Lily with a couple of awesome versions from Phil Pratt and his Sunshot label.  For our spotlight this week, we took a good look at singer/producers Big Joe and Jah Pops’ Shelter Rock imprint that features great cuts from the owners as well as Vin Gordon and the Shelter Rock All Stars. XO Generoso and Lily