Tokyo Ska Fever Air Date: 05.11.25 10AM CST The Japanese have some of the most passionate and talented musicians when it comes to Jamaican influenced music. This episode takes a look at my favorite J-Ska and Reggae bands.
1990 Air Date: 05.14.25 7PM CST 1990. The turn of the century. This was my earliest memory of waiting in line in front of a record store to get a copy of a record. Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo…
1989 Air Date: 05.07.25 7PM CST 1989. Berlin Wall, comin’ down. GameBoy, comin’ up. I can still remember the paper smell from the B-Boys Boutique Cassette, which ends up being one of the best hip hop records of all time.…
Skatalites and Friends Air Date: 05.04.25 10AM CST 1964-1965: The Skatalites came on the scene and shaped Jamaican Music forever. Tommy McCook, Rolando Alphonso, Lloyd Brevett, Lloyd Knibb, Don Drummond, Jah Jerry Haynes, Jackie Mittoo, Johnny Moore, and Jackie Opel.…
1988 Air Date: 04.30.25 7PM CST In this episode, we are still a little all over the place. Radio was still a major part of discovery, but slowly music was becoming a larger topic among my friend circle. 1988 was…
Jamaica Meets Detroit Air Date: 04.27.25 10AM CST There are so many similarities between U.S. Soul and classic Jamaican music, it’s only natural that there were a ton of covers done by Jamaican artists in the 60’s and 70’s, and…
1987 Air Date: 04.09.25 7PM CST Sometimes life gets in the way, and you have to run into the studio like gangbusters to get the job done. This episode felt a little rushed, and it played out that way as…
ROCKSTEADY RESURRECTION Air Date: 04.20.25 10AM CST This week on Music Like Dirt – Rocksteady Resurrection. The soulful, short-lived era of Jamaican music that bloomed between ska and reggae. From 1966 to 1968, rocksteady slowed the tempo and turned up…
1986 Air Date: 04.16.25 7PM CST Family Ties, was huge in ‘86, and that’s where we’re starting off. This was the first year of the show where Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams took over the performance duties of the theme…
1985 Air Date: 04.09.25 7PM CST The debut episode of The Meat Wagon dives into the music that shaped my world in 1985 — a year of bold pop, punk grit, early hip-hop, and underground weirdness. It was the year…