Music for World Citizens
| Every Saturday when Denison University is in session, I play reggae music on WDUB-FM, 91.1 in the Newark/Granville Ohio area. My radio show began as "Remedial Reggae" in 1998, then became "Good Reggae" in 2003 (named after former President of Denison University, Robert C. Good), and in Fall 2005 its name changed again to "Music for World Citizens." | |
Besides playing great reggae music, Music for World Citizens includes music from Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Africa, and other parts of the world. Occasionally, guests from the area bring their own favorite music for world citizens and talk about why they love it.
My radio show was inspired by the great reggae radio produced by my comrades Earl Panton (Ras Septi) and Ras Glenn Mahon for WHBI-FM in New York City in the early 1980s. WDUB-FM (the best possible call letters for reggae music) is a student-operated radio station at Denison University, and its programming can be heard streaming live over the internet at www.wdub.org.
Some of our special programs have included Righteous Rasta Music for Coronation Day (November 2), reggae for parents when Denison University has its Parents' Weekend, and Bob Marley birthday specials in early February. When artists will be playing in Columbus (30 miles away), their music is featured, as I've done recently with Joe Hill and Culture, Beenie Man, and Capleton.
Naturalites, "Picture on the Wall" Righteous Reggae Jams
Bunny Wailer, "Redemption Song" Tribute to Bob Marley
Big Youth, "Love We A Deal With" Isaiah First Prophet of Old
Bob Marley, "No Woman No Cry" Natty Dread
Peter Tosh, "Fight On" Mystic Man
Bob Marley, "Small Axe" Burning
Peter Tosh, "Stand Firm" Bush Doctor
Barrington Levy, "Poor Man's Cry" Living Dangerously
Barrington Levy, "Murderer" Rude Boy Reggae
Morgan Heritage, "Ah Who Dem" Three in One
Anthony B, "Police" Street Knowledge
Charlie Chaplin, "Chalice Contest" Ras Portraits
Charlie Chaplin, "Cool the Violence" The RAS Tapes
Peter Tosh, "Get Up Stand Up" Equal Rights
Black Uhuru, "Utterance" Red
Peter Tosh, "Downpressor Man" Equal Rights
Tenor Saw, "Who's Gonna Help Me" Righteous Reggae Jams
Mighty Diamonds, "Touch of Grey" Fire on the Mountain
Peter Tosh, "Buckingham Palace" Mystic Man
Morgan Heritage, "Judge Not" Three in One
Junior Kelly, "Real" Bless
Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus, "Key Man" Spiritual Roots
Cocoa Tea, "Yard Away Home" One Up
Dennis Brown, "Here I Come" Love and Hate
Two Themes: Fires, and Africa (March 5, 2005)
CNN, Wayne Wonder and Lexxus, "Anything Goes" Reggae Gold 2005
Capleton, "Fire is Burning" Five Disciples Part III
TOK, "Fire Fire" Reggae Gold 2005
Sizzla, "Burn Dem Turf" Royal Son of Ethiopia
Jr. Reid & Michael Rose, "Burning Down" Jr. Reid & the Bloods
Burning Spear, "Burning Reggae" Rasta Business
Tanya Stephens & Spanner Banner, "Fire" Reggae Hits 99
Anthony B, "Fire Come Now" Dancehall Kings 3
Peter Tosh, "Apartheid" Equal Rights
Burning Spear, "Africa" Rasta Business
Sugar Minot, "Mandela" African Soldier
Trevor Hartley, "Africa" Hidden Treasures
Tony Rebel, "Mandella Story" Die Hard
Max Romeo, "I Man a African" Coming of Jah
Peter Tosh, "African" Equal Rights
Sizzla, "Rise to the Occasion" Rise to the Occasion
Barrington Levy and Bounti Killer, "Living Dangerously" Living Dangerously
Robert Ffrench & General Degree, "Dangerous Woman" Dancehall Massive
Junior Kelly, "Boom Draw" Love So Nice
Tenor Saw, "Who's Gonna Help Me" Righteous Reggae Jams
Tenor Saw and Buju Banton, "Ring the Alarm Quick" Dancehall Massive
Ini Kamoze, "Kildatsounboy" Lyrical Gangster
Toots & the Maytals,"Pressure Drop" Best Of
Jr Byles, "Fade Away" Rockers Soundtrack
Peter Tosh, "Stand Firm" Equal Rights
Bob Marley, "Redemption Song" Uprising
Buju Banton, "Voice of Jah" Unchained Spirit
Tribute to Soul (March 26, 2005)
Beenie Man & Jimmy Cheeztrix, "Dr. Know" Pretty Pretty
Tanya Stephens, "Tek Him Back" Gangsta Blues
Anthony B, "Ghetto Man Do That" Reggae Hits 2004
Capleton, "In Her Heart" Reggae Gold 2004
Jah Mason, "One Fi All All Fi One" Reggae Hits 2004
TOK, "Fire Fire" Reggae Gold 2004
Tanto Metro & Devonte, "Don't Have to Worry" Pretty Pretty
Bob Marley, "Soul Shakedown Party" The Roots of Reggae
Lloyd Charmers, "Darker Than Blue" Darker than Blue
Paragons, "Tide is High" The Paragons
Boris Gardiner Happening, "Ghetto Funk" Darker than Blue
Ken Booth, "Is It Because I'm Black?" Darker than Blue
Jacob Miller, "Sittin by the Dock of the Bay" Dread, Dread
Bob and Marcia, "To be Young Gifted and Black" Roots of Reggae
Jacob Miller, "Discipline Child" New Age Music
Al Brown, "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" Darker than Blue
Gaylettes (including Judy Mowatt), "Son of a Preacherman" Reggae Greatest
Hits Vol III
Ken Boothe, "Ain't No Sunshine" Darker than Blue
Marcia Griffiths, "Dreamland" Naturally
Delroy Wilson, "Get Ready" Darker than Blue
Jimmy Cliff, "Many Rivers to Cross" Pure Reggae
Peter Tosh, "Reggae Mylitis" Wanted Dread or Alive
Gregory Isaacs, "Night Nurse" Best Of
Gregory Isaacs and Baja Jedd, "Downpressor" Dancehall Don
General Degree, "Robin Hood" Strictly the Best Vol. 17
Junior Kelly, "Black" Bless
Luciano, "Blast Off" Conscious Ragga 3
Jammin
Reggae Archives
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Reggae
Ambassadors Worldwide
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Interview with Bob Marley
In September 1980, just three days before he collapsed in Central Park, I had
an hour-long interview with Bob Marley. Here's the transcript.