Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

We hope that you are all staying healthy and positive through all of this, and we dedicate this show to you. We began this week’s show with two sets of glorious ska that featured, “John Tom,” a Lee “Scratch” Perry track we played in honor of his 84th birthday. After our boisterous mento set for this week, we began our reggae set with a tribute to the late Kenny Rogers by playing Lascelles Perkins’ version of a song Kenny sang with First Edition in 1970, “Tell It All Brother.” Our label spotlight this week is on Raphael Stewart’s R S Oney imprint, which features wonderful reggaes from Freddy Bell, King Sighter, and of course, Stewart himself. We hope that you enjoy the show. Take good care of yourselves and your loved ones. XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,
We wish all of you all over the world good health and happiness during this very difficult time. We have long wanted to do this very program of Jamaican covers of Bob Dylan compositions and given all of our collective need to hear words that matter, we felt that had to be the week.  So, for this program beginning with The Wailers exceptional 1966 rocksteady version of Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone,” for Studio One, you will hear some exception renditions of both well-known and seldom heard songs of one of the most respected and adored songwriters the world has ever known.  A few of the great cuts that you will hear are Bob Andy’s and Marcia Griffiths’ reggae take on “It Ain’t Me Babe,” Nicky Thomas’ superb 1972 recording of “Lay Lady Lay” and the late Pat Kelly’s  soulful “Nobody” which was his  soulful performance of “Just Like A Woman” which he did for Duke Reid in 1974.  Please enjoy this program and stay healthy and safe. Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

We started off with two sets of ska with a swing with cuts like Prince Buster and Patsy Todd’s 1963 tune, “Little Old Lady.”  Our mento set has a Lord Melody track on MRS that features great playing from Sonny Bradshaw and our first hour ends with awesome reggae selections from Lily with a highlight being Hugh Mundell’s 1977 cut on Rockers, “Don’t Stay Away Too Long.”  For our label spotlight we selected Dickie Wong’s smallish imprint, RAHTID, which has some fine songs from Jackie Brown, The Eternals, and of course, The Fab Five.  Stay healthy and happy this week! XOXO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Friends,

Sadly, we lost another magnificent talent in Norris Reid this past week as he passed on Feb 28th.  Norris was a superb singer both as a solo artist and as a member of the Viceroys and we send our deepest condolences to his family and friends and in tribute we have put together a memorial for him during the second hour of this week’s show.  We began this show with two sets of very lovely Jamaican rhythm and blues with the first set featuring all duos like Alton and Eddie, Simms and Robinson and Higgs and Wilson. Our mento set has a distinctly American theme this week and we ended our first hour with a set of rocksteady that began with two rare covers of Beatles classics. Rest in peace, Norris.  Generoso and Lily