Global A Go-Go Classico: Irie Christmas Spectacular
Breadfruit roasting on an open fire / Mongrels nipping at your toes / Dancehall songs being sung by a choir / An’ we dress up in we bashment clothes
Yes, nothing says “Deck the halls with lots of collie” quite like two hours of Christmas songs from the Caribbean. Reggae, ska, dancehall, calypso, soca, steelpan — you’ll hear them all on this special Christmas Day edition of Global A Go-Go: Sunday December 24, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site.
Bill’s guest co-host is an even bigger reggae fan, Eric Walters of Wide Ear Folk (alternate Tuesdays at 5 PM on WRIR). Together they’ll be putting the pum-pum back in rum-pa-pum-pum. Fun for the whole family, if you’re that kind of family.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/117068
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Show archive
Playlist
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global A Go-Go”
from Global A Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Bob Marley & The Wailers, “White Christmas”
from White Christmas / Let The Lord Be Seen In You - Single
Supreme - 1965
Jamaica
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Home T-4, “Mek The Christmas Catch You In A Good Mood”
from Mek The Christmas Catch You In A Good Mood - Single
Joe Gibbs Ultra Sound - 1981
Jamaica
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Jacob Miller, “Deck the Halls (feat. Ray I & Inner Circle)”
from Natty Christmas (feat. Ray I & Inner Circle)
DubShot Records/Sound Bwoy Entertainment - 1987
Jamaica, 1978
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Major Lazer, “Christmas Trees (feat Protoje)”
from A Very Decent Christmas 4
Mad Decent - 2016
USA-Jamaica-Trinidad & Tobago
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Yellowman, “Santa Claus Never Comes to the Ghetto”
from A Very, Very Yellow Christmas
Trojan Records - 1998
Jamaica
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Cosmo, “Jah Rasta Claus Aka Christmas Time”
from JAH RASTA CLAUS
Ginger Girl Records - 2005
Jamaica-USA
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Granville Williams Orchestra, “Santa Claus Is Skaing To Town”
from Santa Claus Is Skaing To Town / Silver Bells - Single
G.W.O. - 1965
Jamaica
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Shaggy, “Jamaican Drummer Boy”
from Jamaican Drummer Boy - Single
Ranch Entertainment - 2011
Jamaica
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The Skatalites, “Jingle Bells Ska”
from Twilight Zone / Jingle Bells Ska - Single
Islam - 1964
Jamaica
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Tracy Thornton, “Deck the Halls (Bonus Carribean Christmas)”
from Steel Drum Fever
Lovecat Music - 2010
USA
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Yellowman, “Jamaica, Jamaica, We Don't Got No Snow (Jingle Bells)”
from A Very, Very Yellow Christmas
Trojan Records - 1998
Jamaica
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Barrington Levy & Trinity, “I Saw Mommy Kiss a Dreadlocks”
from Yard Style Christmas
VP Records - 2005
Jamaica, 1981
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Mighty Spoiler, “Father Christmas (Wake Up Christmas Morning)”
from Unspoilt
ICE - 1995
Trinidad & Tobago, 1950s
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Lord Kitchener, “Bring De Scotch”
from Shooting With Kitch
Radiophone Archives - 2012
Trinidad & Tobago, 1980
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Bindley B, “Santa Looking For A Wife”
from Santa Looking For A Wife - Single
JW Productions - 1992
Trinidad & Tobago
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Crazy, “Put Jesus In Your Christmas”
from Parang Soca Christmas Vol. 2
JW Records - 2009
Trinidad & Tobago, 1996
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Jacob Miller, “All I Want for Ismas (feat. Ray I & Inner Circle)”
from Natty Christmas (feat. Ray I & Inner Circle)
DubShot Records/Sound Bwoy Entertainment - 1987
Jamaica, 1978
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Peter Broggs, “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”
from Ras Records Presents: A Reggae Christmas
RAS - 1984
Jamaica