Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Channel One founder and producer, Joseph “Jo Jo” Hoo Kim, who left us on Sept 20th at the age of 76 following a long battle with liver cancer. On this Bovine Ska, you be treated to our favorite of his earliest Channel One productions from 1972-1978 performed by legendary artists: The Heptones, Delroy Wilson, The Mighty Diamonds, Alton Ellis and many many more. We send our deepest condolences to Joseph’s family, friends, and colleagues. Rest in peace Jo Jo. XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!
After many years of collecting the right cuts needed, for this week’s Bovine Ska we have assembled the our favorite Jamaican rocksteady and reggae versions of the songs of legendary folk duo, Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel, that are performed by artists such as Ken Boothe, Horace Andy and Jimmy London. we so hope that you’ll love this one as much as we loved putting it together. Version after version of their biggest hits: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, The Sound of Silence as well as “Keep The Customer Satisfied,” “Somewhere Where They Can’t Find Me” and “Loneliest Boy in New York.” PLEASE ADD THIS EPISODE TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON MIXCLOUD, or share it wherever people love the sounds of a young Jamaica. Stay cool friends XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!
We started off this week’s Bovine Ska and Rocksteady with some trombone-heavy Jamaican rhythm and blues singles to get you dancing from the top. For our mento set, we began with a tribute to Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley OM, OJ, MBE better known as Miss Lou, who was just honored with a statue in Gordon Town, Jamaica. As today is Sept 11th, we also gave our respect to Peter Tosh who was murdered on this day in 1987 during a robbery at his home. For our label spotlight we looked at singer/producer, Jackie Brown’s CASH LABEL. Amazingly produced cuts by Ronnie Davis and Michael Carr. PLEASE ADD THIS EPISODE TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON MIXCLOUD, or share it wherever people love the sounds of a young Jamaica. Stay cool friends XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!
To all of our U.S. listeners, we hope that you all had a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend. We did some serious record hunting over the hot and humid weekend and were thrilled to share our new vinyl with you all. We started with two sets of rare ska, including a Lord Tanamo cut from 1963 that we have never played before. Our label spotlight in on Robbie Shakespeare’s short-lived but significant, BAR BELL LABEL, which includes amazing cuts from Horace Andy, Cornel Campbell, Johnny Clarke who are all being backed by The Aggrovators. PLEASE ADD THIS EPISODE TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON MIXCLOUD, or share it wherever people love the sounds of a young Jamaica. Stay cool friends XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

Thanks for all of the kind words about last week’s Aretha Franklin and Count Prince Miller memorials on the Bovine Ska. We truly appreciate the love you share. For this week’s radio show, we started off with two sets of rare ska and dug deeply through the crates to present you a spotlight on Lloyd F. Campbell’s THE THING label, named after everyone’s favorite member of The Fantastic Four. So many wonderfully produced cuts on The Thing from 1971-1978 from such talents as: Junior Byles, Gregory Issacs and Tony Brevett just to name a few. PLEASE ADD THIS EPISODE TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON MIXCLOUD, or share it wherever people love the sounds of a young Jamaica. Stay cool friends XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners

On August 16th, the same day that we lost The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, we were given the sad news that Count Prince Miller had also passed away. With great respect, we started this week’s show off with a reggae tribute to Aretha by playing four Jamaican covers of songs that she made legendary which we hope you’ll love. We then dedicated the entire second hour of this week’s show to actor, singer, producer, Count Prince Miller. We began the memorial with the Count’s earliest recordings as a member of doo-wop group, The Downbeats and then as a member of The Vagabonds. We then played some of Miller’s most audacious solo recordings, as well as his productions in the UK for singers: Jackie Edwards, Tony Gregory, The Banana Boys and Errol Daniels. Rest in power Count and Queen. XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

The temperatures have finally drop a bit here this week, so that means that our pulling records for this week’s show was an infinitely better time than it has been. We started off this week’s show with a set of Curtis Mayfield/Impressions covers in soul and ska from the late 1960s that we know you’ll love, and for our label spotlight we selected Eddie Wong’s small but significant imprint, the CAPITAL LABEL. On that spotlight you’ll hear amazing reggae cuts from 1969-1973 from Max Romeo, Dennis Alcapone, and John Holt, just to name a few. PLEASE ADD THIS EPISODE TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON MIXCLOUD, or share it wherever people love the sounds of a young Jamaica. Stay cool friends XO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

Our radio show for this week is now up, two days late but it’s here! The heat kicked our equipment silly for a couple of days, but it stayed cool for us to give you the cool sounds of a young Jamaica. Our label spotlight on this week’s show is on Alvin Ranglin’s superb, TYPHOON LABEL, which features top tunes from The Maytones, U-Roy, and Dennis Alcapone! We began the show with a set dedicated to our dearest friend, author, music journalist, film-maker, Barbara Makeda Blake Hannah, who will be presented with the Jamaican O.D. (Order of Distinction). We also paid our respects to Third World’s, Irvin ‘Carrot’ Jarrett, and record distributor, Neville Lee, who both passed last week. Give our show a listen and PLEASE SHARE the program with those whom you love. XO Generoso and Lily

Happy Jamaica Independence Day 2018 Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

August 6th, 2018 will be Jamaica’s 56th Independence Day and for the 22nd straight year we will celebrate Jamaica with a special programme. For this year’s celebration we will only play cuts from 1961-1979 about Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, and we included Jamaican R&B, ska, and rocksteadys about the city’s famed streets like: King, Beeston, and of course, Orange Street, the music street! We also played many reggae cuts about Kingston’s neighborhoods as well as providing the history about the music that took place there. Classics from Prince Buster, Theo Beckford, U-Roy, and many more! PLEASE ADD THIS EPISODE TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON MIXCLOUD, or share it wherever people love the sounds of a young Jamaica. Happy Independence Day Jamaicans! XO Generoso and Lily

Welcome Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

Over the weekend, Lily and I were balancing so many crazy tasks, but still found time to put together a beast of a Bovine Ska for you. We will started off the show with two sets of rare early Jamaican rhythm and blues, including a birthday tribute to Eric Monty Morris, followed by a mento set that features a spectacular cut from an LP that we picked by Duke And His Jamaica Five. Our spotlight this week will be on Peter Austin and Kenneth Wilson’s fantastic rare reggae imprint, the Stud Label. Amazing reggae cuts on Stud from 1971-1978 that we know we make you forget this darn heat! PLEASE ADD THIS EPISODE TO YOUR PLAYLIST ON MIXCLOUD, or share it wherever people love the sounds of a young Jamaica. Stay cool friends XO Generoso and Lily