Maddie Ruthless

Maddie Ruthless is the self proclaimed (and rightfully so) Rocksteady Queen of New Orleans and officially taking back DIVA for Ska music. She has been writing reggae music and spinning records since 2007. 

 

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Hold the Phone (Maddie Ruthless & The Secret Affair)

Ska Is Dead/Policeman 7″ (The Forthrights Feat. Maddie Ruthless & Vic Ruggiero)

Pass : afterpre.com

Vic Ruggiero and Friends Vol 1. (Vic Ruggiero feat. Maddie Ruthless)

 

Katchafire

Katchafire is a New Zealand roots reggae band from Hamilton, New Zealand.Katchafire formed in 1997 as a Bob Marley tribute band and later began writing and performing their own songs.

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 Revival

Slow burning

Say what you're thinking

On the road again

Dub Echoes

“Dub Echoes” is a documentary that traces the origins of the Jamaican dub music and it’s influence on the development of hip hop and electronic music.The film shows how the Jamaican invention called dub ended up influencing much of the music we hear today, from electronic music to hip-hop, transforming the studio in a musical instrument and giving way to all of sonic experiments.

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Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Ska Cubano

Take the propulsive backbeat shuffle of Jamaican ska and blend it with soulful Afro-Cuban son, and the result is Ska Cubano.The band is the creation of London promoter Peter Scott, who came up with the brilliant idea of blending two of the Caribbean’s most influential music styles.

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Ska Cubano

Ay Caramba

Ajiaco "The Remix Album"  

MAMBO SKA

The Bullets

The Bullets are a new group formed by, Roger Rivas of The Aggrolites. The Bullets also feature members of Mobtown, Irie Beats, The Israelites, as well as Aggrolites drummer, Alex Mckenzie. They'll be playing their debut show October 23rd at the Bluebeat Lounge. Stay tuned for more music and news from The Bullets.

DISCOGRAPHY :

Sweet Misery (2010)

Prince Fatty

Prince Fatty sound is designed to dub your feet with Rock Steady beats and stimulate brain waves in a jazz-like way… delivered in an up-beat, positive and organic funk fashion. Mixed in an analog haze of vintage spring reverbs, tape echoes and custom hi-grade mixing console, Prince Fatty won’t disappoint the lovers of the early 70s sound.The Prince Fatty band features Winston Francis, Alcapone, Little Roy, Horseman, Hollie Cook and guests.

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The Best of Prince Fatty

Survival of the Fattest

Supersize 

Survival Of The Fattest

Return Of Gringo

Transistor Cowboy / Son Of A Thousand Fathers

SOUNDSYSTEM (BOOTLEG)

The One Droppers

The One Droppers moved their first steps in the 2003 with the intent to propose Jamaican sound of the sixties. After various changes of line-up and many gigs in the northern Italy, the band found its actual lineup in 2006: eight musicians coming from glorious experiences with different Italian ska bands like Mr. T-bone, Franziska, The Smarts, Arpioni and Jamaica Red Stripe. In the 2006 they set off togheter for a small tour with a notable feedback from the audience. The tour lead to the recording of the Ep “1D EP”, a 7 track cd that samples the sound and the style of the band.

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1D

THE BIG ONE

Dub Pistols

Dub Pistols - Cyclone.mp3

Dub Pistols are a London based dub music and big beat band, founded by ex-club promoter, Barry Ashworth, in 1996. The other members of the band were record producer and bassist Jason O'Bryan, Brooklyn producer and lyricist, T. K. Lawrence on vocals, Jap Slut guitarist John King, and turntablist DJ Stix / Steve Hunt. Guest songwriters and vocalists include Blade, James Dewes Sheffield (JMS), Rodney King and Terry Hall. In 2008 Dan Bowskill joined the band.

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Point Blank (1998) , Part1, Part 2
Six Million Ways to Live (2005)
Speakers and Tweeters (2007)
Rum & Coke (2009)
Re-Hash (2011)
Worshipping the Dollar (2012)

open season

Open Season is Switzerland's number 1 Reggae-Ska band. With extensive touring to the cities of Europe, sold-out shows in Switzerland's best clubs and at the country's biggest festivals, the 10-piece crew sets on fire the crowds throughout Europe. The band is in the rotation of the national radio stations and has 11 releases in Europe, the US and Japan. Open Season plays its own version of Reggae, Rocksteady and Ska and knows after 500 what matters most: it has to rock, baby, rock!

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Rocksteady Fever

Each Day

Live
Hot And Fire
Step By Step
Here We Go
Get Ready
Louder!

TERRY HALL & MUSHTAQ

Tracklist:

01 Grow (5:53)
02 A Gathering Storm (5:05)
03 Ten Eleven (4:59)
04 Sticks And Stones (4:13)
05 The Silent Wail (7:08)
06 A Tale Of Woe (4:22)
07 The Hour Of Two Lights (5:55)
08 This And That (4:34)
09 They Gotta Quit Kicking My Dog Around (5:06)
10 Stand Together (4:46)
11 Epilogue (5:10) 

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Terry Hall

Terry Hall (born Terence Edward Hall; 19 March 1959, in Coventry, England) is the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He released his first solo album, Home, in 1994.

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Home

RAINBOWS EP

Laugh 

THE COMPLETE TERRY HALL
COLLABORATIONS disc1 disc2

vegas

Vegas is the self-titled début album by the duo of ex-Eurythmics member David A. Stewart and Terry Hall formerly of The Specials.The album was promoted by three singles - "Possessed" and "She" in September and November of 1992 and "Walk Into The Wind" in April 1993.

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Vegas (1996)

bonus

Terry, Blair & Anouchka

Terry, Blair & Anouchka was a musical outfit, active in the early 1990s. The group was formed by Coventry born singer Terry Hall, American actress Blair Booth and jeweller Anouchka Grose.Terry, Blair & Anouchka were formed shortly after the dissolution of Terry's previous musical project The Colourfield. All three members shared a love for '60s pop, as well as kitschy mainstream pop, as evidenced on the trio's cover of Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together." Their debut single "Missing," was released in the autumn of 1989 and while it didn't make much of an impact (peaking at number 75 on the UK singles charts), it did have the distinct dishonour of making the Guinness Book of Records list of least successful singles by any act.

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  Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes

The Colourfield

The Colourfield were a British band formed in 1984 in Manchester, when former Specials and Fun Boy Three frontman, Terry Hall, joined up with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale. Despite all three of them originating from Coventry, they made their homebase in Manchester.

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Virgins & Philistines
THE COLOUR FIELD EP

Deception

The Moon Invaders

The Moon Invaders is a nine-piece SKA band from Brussels, Belgium, playing their own rendition of authentic SKA music and has done so for over seven years since the launch of their first album they toured throughout Europe in May 2007 had the pleasure to be the backing band of the legendary Mr. Rocksteady Alton Ellis for a special exhibition in Brussels, they have released three full length albums and an EP

The Moon Invaders - Can't Keep A Good Man Down.mp3

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first wave EP (2002)
The Moon Invaders (2003)
Breakin 'Free (2005)
Moovin' and Groovin '(2007)

Live at the ab club (2010)

The Fine Line (2011)