ISLAND HEAD reggae band New music out now!
"Punky Reggae Party" Voted One of the Best 25 Reggae Albums of 2013
ISLAND HEAD – “PUNKY REGGAE PARTY”
1 – I Shot The Sheriff (Bob Marley)
2 – So Much Trouble In The World (Bob Marley)
3 – Reggae Island (Billy Messinetti & Don Harris)
4 – Wake Up And Live (Bob Marley)
5 – Get Up Stand Up (Bob Marley & Peter Tosh)
6 – Punky Reggae Party (Bob Marley & Lee “Scratch” Perry)
7 – Burnin’ and Lootin’ (Bob Marley)
click on ‘musicians’ link in the menu to read bios of Island Head musicians
Keith Rowe of Z889 radio is the host of Sounds of the Caribbean radio show. He plays the best of roots reggae, lover’s rock, dancehall and soca music. Since April 1995, Keith’s show has been a beacon on the airwaves warming the South Jersey and Philadelphia areas with Caribbean styles. Lately, Mr. Rowe has been showing love to the band Island Head. The album “Punky Reggae Party” has been used as “bumper” music for voice-overs as well as featuring this instrumental reggae band. The song that has been grabbing a lot of attention lately has been Bob Marley’s “So Much Trouble in the World”.
After hearing Island Head on Sounds of the Caribbean, DJ “Jaybird” Vargo of Endless Boundaries Jam Band Radio started loving the album. He loved it so much he started his very next broadcast with “Burnin and Lootin”.
Be sure to tune in this Saturday February 9 for a special show celebrating Bob Marley’s birthday.
Sounds of the Caribbean can be heard Saturdays from 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM on Z889 Burlington County College. You can also stream the show online here Z889
Island Head has been featured on the jamband radio program “Endless Boundaries”. Host Jason “Jaybird” Varga is the creator of the show. He plays music by jambands Phish, Dave Matthews Band, moe., Tedeschi Trucks Band, Grateful Dead, The Disco Biscuits, Pearl Jam, Umphreys McGee and reggae artists like 10Ft. Ganja Plant, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley and of course, Bob Marley and The Wailers.
To date, Island Head can mostly be heard on reggae music radio. But, on the last two EB shows, Jaybird opened with Island Head musicians jamming to “Burnin’ and Lootin'” and “So Much Trouble in the World”, respectively. The show can be heard on Z889, 88.9 FM in Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia on Saturday evenings at 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST.
Podcasts of his shows can be downloaded on iTunes (see link below).
iTunes link to download podcasts of Endless Boundaires shows
Z889 website for streaming Endless Boundaires Burlington County College Radio
Legendary Jamaican radio personality Dermot Hussey’s interview with drummer/producer Billy Messinetti will air Friday February 8, 2013 on the Jamaican radio station Newstalk 93 (www.newstalk.com.jm) at 7:00 PM.
Dermot’s rise to fame was fueled by his famous interview with Bob Marley.
The interview includes a discussion about the making of the album “Punky Reggae Party’, Island Head musicians, Bob Marley, reggae music of today and yesterday and how the Island Head musicians got together. Find out why this jamband chose to make instrumental versions of Bob Marley songs.
If you do not live in Jamaica you can stream it online with this link: www.newstalk.com.jm
If you miss it you can listen here: interview link
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