Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

We started off this week’s Bovine Ska with two of thrilling ska, which was then followed by our weekly mento set and a long set of reggae before we went into our spotlight of Keith Hudson’s Rebind Label. In the late 60’s/early 1970s, few producers were as on as the late Keith Hudson. The crafty production ideas that Hudson pulled out of his sleeves, coupled with the rhythms that were created in his studio by Soul Syndicate made for some immortal tracks. A couple of years ago we did a spotlight of Hudson’s Imbidimts label, and this week on the Bovine Ska we focused on Hudson’s equally impressive REBIND LABEL which featured amazing cuts from 1969-1974 from Dennis Alcapone, Delroy Wilson, U-Roy, all backed up by Soul Syndicate! PLEASE ADD OUR SHOW TO YOUR PLAYLIST HERE ON MIXCLOUD or share wherever people want to hear the beautiful sounds of a young Jamaica! XOXO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners,

Many thanks to all of you who wished Lily a happy birthday last week, and we’re so glad that you liked our silly birthday by the numbers Generoso and Lily’s Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Radio Show. Over the sunny weekend we dug deep into the record boxes and for our label spotlight on the Bovine Ska, we will focus on Rector Butler’s RECORD CITY LABEL…A very rare label of superb reggae from 1968-1978 that showcases Butler’s considerable talents as a producer with songs by Amiel Moodie, Albert Johnson, and Jah Stitch. That spotlight begins midway through the show. PLEASE ADD OUR SHOW TO YOUR PLAYLIST HERE ON MIXCLOUD or share wherever people want to hear the beautiful sounds of a young Jamaica! XOXO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners,

Today, April 17th is our Lily’s birthday, and as Lily is a data scientist by trade, Generoso has chosen to celebrate his love’s birthday by selecting nine sets of ska and reggae that feature numbers “one” through “nine” in the title. Amazing tunes like Roy and Yvonne’s 1964 tune,”Two Roads,” Lloyd Charmers’ “Five To Five” and U-Roy’s “Seven Day Reggae,” just to name a few. The first hour will contain four sets of ska featuring the numbers one through four, and the second hour is reggae and five through nine! There will also be fun facts from the year of Lily’s birth and a lot of silliness. If you feel the desire to do so, please leave your birthday wishes for Lily right here in the comments on this Mixcloud show! Happy Birthday Lily!

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners,

We hope that you all had a beautiful weekend Bovine Ska Listeners. The week started with L.A. on fire (high of 92 degrees) so we thought to cool it down with the cooler than ice, Max Romeo. This week our label spotlight is on the ROMAX label that features many outstanding productions from Romeo and Winston Riley for Big Youth, Dillinger, Jimmy Riley and of course, Max Romeo himself. We started off the show with two sets of rare ska, glided into a mellow mento set, before ending the first hour with rocksteady before going into the Romax Label. PLEASE ADD OUR SHOW TO YOUR PLAYLIST HERE ON MIXCLOUD or share wherever people want to hear the beautiful sounds of a young Jamaica! XOXO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners,

Shortly after recording last week’s Bovine Ska, we learned that the sad news that singer songwriter, Junior Soul passed away at the age of 68 in Florida. Born as Vallen Smikle in Kingston, Junior Soul starting performing as a teenager and would join forces of Franklyn Spence and David ‘Scotty’ Scott to form The Federals. Though the group didn’t record a huge amount of songs, the quality of what they released was top notch, including a song that Junior wrote that would becomes a huge hit, “Penny For Your Song.” Junior would go on to have a long career as a solo artist, and formed the label, 2M LTD to handle many of his solo releases. Midway through our show this week we paid our tribute to Junior Soul by playing cuts from both The Federals and his solo career. We extend our deepest sympathies to Junior’s family and friends. Love Generoso and Lily.

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners

The day after we posted last week’s show, we received the very sad news that legendary producer, Lloyd “The Matador” Daley had passed away on March 18th. We then spent the weekend reflecting on the amazing contributions to Jamaican music that Lloyd gave us during his career, and thus we assembled a two hour tribute where you will hear rare and popular selections from Lloyd’s Matador, Mistic, Syndicate, and Secret Agent labels that feature classic songs from Dennis Emmanuel Brown, John Holt, Freddie McKay, Alton Ellis and many more. We send our deepest sympathies to Lloyd’s family, friends and colleagues during this sad time. XO Generoso and Lily

Happy Tuesday Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

You may not know the names, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, but you know their songs: “Teenager In Love,” “Can’t Get Used To Losing You,” “This Magic Moment.” just to name a few. During their brief seven year collaboration from 1958-65, Pomus and Shuman became one of the greatest songwriting partnerships in American music history, as they wrote hit after hit for The Drifters, Dion, Ben E. King, Elvis Presley and Jamaica took notice. For this Tuesday’s Bovine Ska and Rocksteady, we played two hours of ska, rocksteady and reggae covers from 1964 to 1977 of Pomus-Shuman from Alton Ellis, Derrick Morgan, Laurel Aitken, Delroy Wilson, Dandy Livingstone. PLEASE ADD OUR SHOW TO YOUR PLAYLIST HERE ON MIXCLOUD or share wherever people want to hear the beautiful sounds of a young Jamaica! XOXO Generoso and Lily

Hi Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

We start off this week’s show by sharing with you the sad news that we only heard right before recording this show that Alex Dimples Hinds of the foundation UK band, The Marvels has passed away. We dedicate this show to Dimples and send our respects to his family. In tribute, we started off the show with The Marvels 1963 lovely ska cut for Blue Beat, “Together.” We then followed with two ska sets, our mento set, and a long set of reggae pulled by Lily that might be her best reggae set of the year. Our label spotlight is on Winston Riley’s WIND LABEL and there are just too many wonderfully produced cuts to share from: Hortense Ellis, Johnny Osbourne, The Ethiopians,The Sensations and so many more! PLEASE ADD OUR SHOW TO YOUR PLAYLIST HERE ON MIXCLOUD or share wherever people want to hear the beautiful sounds of a young Jamaica! XOXO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

We hope that you all had a wonderful dry weekend. To all of our friends out east, we so hope you made it through the second bomb cyclone unscathed. In your honor, this week we have put together a mammoth Generoso and Lily’s Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Radio Show which begins with two sets of top ska starting with a rare ska from the Maytals from 1963 that does not feature Toots on lead vocal, “You Make Me Do.” After those sets, there is a mento set with a fun theme that we hope you’ll like, and a long rocksteady set before heading into a spotlight of Fud Christian’s rare LA FUD DEL LABEL (1970-72)! On this label spotlight you’ll hear a couple of wonderfully produced tunes from Nora Dean, one or two from Glen Adams and many more! PLEASE ADD OUR SHOW TO YOUR PLAYLIST HERE ON MIXCLOUD or share wherever people want to hear the beautiful sounds of a young Jamaica! XOXO Generoso and Lily

Hello Bovine Ska and Rocksteady Listeners!

We started off this week’s show with two sets of rare 1966 ska, that smooth ska that was right on the cusp of rocksteady, beginning with Prince Buster’s cut, “Festival March.” This week’s mento set has three amazing covers of American folk tracks like “If I Had A Hammer,” which we then followed with a long reggae set selected by Lily. Our second hour starts with our spotlight on the rare Jamaican Gospel imprint, SOULS STIRRING. Though it is a shorter than regular spotlight as singles were tougher than normal to find, there are some wonderfully produced cuts that we know you will enjoy. PLEASE ADD OUR SHOW TO YOUR PLAYLIST HERE ON MIXCLOUD or share wherever people want to hear the beautiful sounds of a young Jamaica! XOXO Generoso and Lily