Comments on: THE WOMEN IN REGGAE

By: CaroleBristol

CaroleBristol — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:25:57 +0000

Some nice music here.

What about Dawn Penn? She started out back in the 1960s when reggae was still ska.

By: Taza

Taza — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:27:01 +0000

I had a cassette tape (made for me, not commercial) of Barbara Paige and one of the songs “If JahJah be for us, who can be against us?” just got stuck in my head for no reason whatsoever. Your page is one of the few hits on a Google Search for Barbara Paige. It was an awesome record! Wonder what happened to her on down the line? Roots Rock Reggae was a fine chapter of my life. Kinda miss it sometimes!

By: panthersan

panthersan — Sat, 21 May 2011 08:07:23 +0000

thoroughly enjoyed that GF, thanks.

Of the new-to-me’s, Rita Marley’s ode to da ‘erb and Sister Carol’s harder-edged dancehall style really stood out for me, great stuff.

I think this playlist will stay on my iPod for the rest of the summer at least, perfect for a nice sunny, hot day, cheers!

By: saneshane

saneshane — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:27:45 +0000

finally got time to listen sir, brilliant list – i love a good female voice – and one’s with attitude are the one’s I appreciate most.. especially if there’s interesting accompaniment.

Who was top trumps on first play through?
Well, my taste was gripped by:
Sophie George/ Althea & Donna/ Hortense Ellis/ Sister Carol.
All the tracks were brilliant – but these stood out for me. Uptown Top Rankin is one of my all time Favourite tracks – stunning set GF.

By: panthersan

panthersan — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:59:20 +0000

thanks for DB’ing GF. I was wondering when I could get time to listen to these as the descriptions sounded so great – problem solved!

Looking forward to listening tomorrow

By: SpottedRichard

SpottedRichard — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:41:06 +0000

I just did. And Bob Marley.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Eternally yours.

By: goneforeign

goneforeign — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:04:44 +0000

Aba: Puma invited us to her house one day, a very tiny nondescript house in Kingston where she lived alone with her small daughter. I recently was sorting through some old C90′s and there was an extensive interview with her, one that I’d totally forgotten about. I have a bunch of photos somewhere. I liked her personally plus she added a lot to Uhuru who were a very well regarded group back then, she was with them through their most creative period and on about half a dozen albums.
I saw them several times.
Richard; It’s in the RR Dropbox, you can copy it from there, copy and paste the ‘liner notes’.

By: Abahachi

Abahachi — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:00:07 +0000

Uptown Top Rankin is an absolute classic.

I was rather a fan of Puma Jones in her day, and not only because of her magnificent name. Any thoughts? I’ve never quite got a sense of how Black Uhuru are/were regarded in hardline reggae circles.

By: SpottedRichard

SpottedRichard — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:07:31 +0000

I’ve been listening to this most of the afternoon. It is a really wonderful playlist and I wish I could buy it, with your “liner notes”, on CD.