Monthly Archives: January 2013

SiriusXM Channel 42 The Joint

There are very few major radio stations that are dedicated to playing reggae music, exclusively.  SiriusXM Channel 42 The Joint is one such station.  They play music from Bob Marley & the Wailers (and all of the Marley siblings), Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy Cliff, Burning Spear, Vybz Kartel, Capleton, Dennis Brown, Sizzla, Beres Hammond, Jah Cure.  And in 2012 they added Island Head to that list.

We want to publicly thank SiriusXM Channel 42 The Joint for being the first radio station to play the Island Head album “Punky Reggae Party”.  Big Up to Ms. Pat McKay, program director for the station who said; “I feel so especially blessed to share this brilliant work with our audience”.

NOTE: This band is sometimes referred to as Island Head Musicians or Islandhead musicians.

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Island Head on Jamaican Radio

Newstalk 93 FM in Jamaica has a very interesting music program on Friday evenings called ‘Riffin’.  In the old days of FM radio, DJs would discuss the music, lyrics and artists.  Today, most popular terrestrial radio DJs don’t have these types of discussions.  It was great to hear radio personality/DJ Dermot Hussey doing what he does best, ‘Riffin’ about new music.  Of course, it was especially exciting when he was talking about Island Head’s album “Punky Reggae Party”.  He also played music by guitarist extraordinaire Gary Clark, jr. who is an amazing guitar player new on the scene.

Mr. Hussey told about how the music of Bob Marley is still enjoyed worldwide.  Songs played on the show were “So Much Trouble in the World”, “Wake Up and Live” and the title track “Punky Reggae Party”.  All 3 tracks were written by Marley with “Punky” co-written by legendary reggae producer Lee “Scratch” Perry.  Even though the Island Head album is an instrumental record, the titles and lyrics of these songs are still very apropos.

www.newstalk.com.jm

 

NOTE: This band is sometimes referred to as Island Head Musicians or Islandhead musicians.