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Selector Spradigan at the controls
New to reggae music and want to impress your friends with a selection of vintage reggae tunes? Well, here are some wick’d recommended tunes for your iPod or MP3 player to get you started courtesy of local Miami, Florida, selector Spradigan.
You can purchase these tracks from any online music store such as iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody etc.
- The Heptones Party Time
- Ken Boothe Everything I Own
- John Holt Stick By Me
- The Melodians You Have Caught Me
- Errol Dunkley You’re Gonna Need Me
- The Techniques Queen Majesty
- Marcia Griffiths Melody Life
- Dobby Dobson Loving Pauper
- Marcia Aitken I’m Still In Love
- Alton Ellis Can I Change My Mind
- Gregory Isaacs Love Is Over Due
- Junior Byles Fade Away
- Delroy Wilson Rain From The Skies
- Phylis Dillon The Love That A Woman Should Give A Man
- Dennis Brown Moving Away
- Cornell Campbell Girl Of My Dreams
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It’s no surprise that Queen Ifrica (Ventrice Morgan), daughter of Derrick Morgan (Jamaican Ska artist of the early ‘60s) is, arguably, the premier female cultural reggae artist on the reggae music scene often compared to Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt for her socially conscious vibes.
After winning a talent contest in (1995) her hometown of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Queen Ifrica has been rising steadily to the top of reggae’s sparse cluster of female reggae artists. Her freshman album, Fyah Mumma, catapulted her into mega-success territory and transformed the way we listen to female reggae artists.
Now with a second album under her belt, Montego Bay (released in June 2009 on the VP Records Label) which include the hit single “Daddy,” (where the queen chant about a sobering tale of incest and child molestation ) Queen Ifrica is poised to be a force to be reckoned with in the reggae arena.
With roots firmly secured in the Rastafarian faith, Queen Ifrica says her duty is to be an example to women through entertainment.
Rowan Irie: My favorite selection from the CD is track 04-Lioness On The Rise.
Track Listings:
- T.T.P.N.C.
- WELCOME TO MONTEGO BAY
- COCONUT SHELL
- LIONESS ON THE RISE
- YAD TO THE EAST
- FAR AWAY
- DON’T SIGN
- DADDY
- KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
- CALLING AFRICA
- IN MY DREAMS
- STREETS ARE BLOODY
- DADDY(IN SPANISH)
Jason Miller
thestar.com
At age 59, Marcia Griffiths says most people would call her brand of reggae “old school,” but she’s quick to add that “it’s the good school. Bob Marley’s work will never go in vain.” Read more…
Mel Cooke
jamaica-gleaner.com
When Bunny Wailer wrote Electric Boogie for Marcia Griffiths, the track crackled with the energy of childhood friendship then intermittent contact in later years as their musical paths crossed (Wailer remembers Griffiths coming to Camperdown High to sing as a teenager, then auditioning her as part of a group at Studio One).
And, as he tells it, it seems that Wailer was plugged into the current of popular music of the late 1970s when Griffiths recorded Electric Boogie, and the amperage of music trends to come, as his prediction of a hit, even if it took a decade, became reality. Read more…
