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REGGAE DANCEHALL PIONEERS: Alton Ellis — The Treasure Isle Run | Part 5 | When One Voice Owned Jamaica
From 1965 to 1968, one voice owned Jamaica. Part 5 traces Alton Ellis's Treasure Isle hit run — "Rock Steady," "Cry Tough," "Girl I've...
JAMAICAN GANGSTER: Rodigan — The Gangster Who Adopted a DJ’s Name
Welcome to another episode of Jamaican Gangster, where we dive into the life of Robert Davis, known as Rodigan. This true crime story explores...
They Hanged a Deacon. Then England Had to Decide What Kind of Empire It Was.
In 1865, Paul Bogle — a Baptist deacon who had spent years filing petitions, writing letters, and walking forty miles to ask for a...
REGGAE DANCEHALL PIONEERS: Alton Ellis — I Named It Rocksteady | Part 4 | The Disputed Birth of a Genre
In 1965 at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle, Alton Ellis recorded "Girl I've Got a Date" — and insisted he named the genre we now...
REGGAE DANCEHALL PIONEERS: Alton Ellis — The Printer Who Came Back | Part 3 | The Months He Almost Walked Away From Music
Before he was the Godfather of Rocksteady, Alton Ellis nearly quit music to work as a printer in Kingston. Part 3 traces his lost...
JAMAICAN GANGSTER: Joel Andem — The Gideon Warrior and the Jamaican Hills Manhunt
The full Joel Andem story — the complete four-year manhunt assembled into one episode. From the urban-edge hill communities of eastern St. Andrew where...