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Last wednesday night ZonaReGGae radioshow, Roots Dub & Revival selections, available for ya podcast collection

Praises keep on going over dis session, towards the latest great releases to get the weekly highlight, as also some new stuff from: No More Babylon, Taj Weekes & Adowa, Benaïssa, Avatar, Tappa Zukie, WebCam Hi-Fi or Ragana!

New age riddims, line up a nice up the dance selection, wid new spins to:Kingfish Riddim; Dubwise Riddim;; Prosper Riddim, Adversity Riddim, Zurie Riddim or Alton Rock Riddim!...dis last one, represented by the word, sound & power from Fantan Mojah, featured wid a couple more tracks, antecipating Fantan Mojah 1st ever visit to Portugal, next Friday, in Lisbon city!

Dis week, we welcomed live in studio, a local friendly tribe, BANDOO D'JAH. A steady and growing force in Portugal reggae scene, dis Brazilian flavoured, Roots,Rock & Dancehall Reggae group, are preparing their 2nd Release, Planeta Água [Planet Water], and came to bless our broadcast, wid 4 new unreleased tracks!
The interview got pretty interesting, even dat dis portuguese /brazilian chattin' wont really get your outernational, non-portuguese speaking crews , take a 'look' at the live jam they provided, around minute '92. Sounded nice man!
Also, check more about Bandoo tribe @
http://www.myspace.com/bandoodjahbrasil

Weekly highlight to new releases is a must have! Or at least listen, as we feature another pearl from jamaican roots music foundations, the compilation “Get Together: Original Recordings” from veteran Keith Poppin!
Keith Smith grew up in Jamaican Westmoreland city, surrounded by soon to be, reggae legends, like Lee Perry, Peter Tosh or Ronnie Davis. Jimmy London, and his group The Inspirations were also a major influence, and Keith sometimes rehearsed wid them.
The desire to become a reggae star, led him to Kingston, were around 1968, the duet The Robins, and the group Rocking Horse were formed. Whether alongside dis two formations, or as a solo singer, Keith Poppin revealed himself as one the greatest voices from the early reggae scene, and during the seventies, plenty of Jamaican and United Kingdom, number 1 hits were released to confirm it!
The 1st of those, “Same Thing for Breakfast”, recorded wid Lloyd Parks in 1973, was a UK nº1, and sold around 50,000 copies!
Soon followed blessed cooperations wid some of the best from the emerging roots scene, like Sly & Robbie, Aston Barret, Glen Brown, Lloyd Campbell or Phil Pratt.
In 1980, Keith Poppin was surely one of the best voices, and live acts in the island, and he turned out to become the first singer to get a release in Peter Tosh Intel-Diplo label.
The changes in the music towards dancehall style, and Peter Tosh death, seem to be a crucial point for Poppin's disappearance from the recording studios, during the 80Ts and 90Ts, although he strongly remained active in the live acts, and promoting venues for names groundbreaking names like Barrington Levy, Tony Rebel ou Mad Cobra.

Living in the States since the 90Ts, Keith Poppin, retuned to the albuns, wid the 2002 self-release, Journey's, featuring a friendly allstar crew like Dean Fraser, Sly & Robbie, The Tamlins, Glen Adams or Jimmy London! A release that both reinvigorated his career as Keith himself, since that time, more than ever, committed to regain a deserved place as one of reggae music prophets.
Already working in a new release, Keith Poppin decided, in 2007, to remember and make available, the biggest tunes from the beginning, compiling those in the “Get Togetherriginal Recordings” released by his own KP Recordings.
A fascinating compile work, featuring Keith Poppin´s biggest tunes recorded between 1970-79, Get Together is a surprising release, both because of the production quality it presents, and mainly because of the vocal 'A' class from dis, somehow, forgotten veteran from the early reggae times.
Preseting top studio sessions at Studio One, Randy’s, Harry J or Channel One, and musicians like Ansel Collins, Jackie Mitto, Leroy ‘Hoursemouth’ Wallace, Sly & Robbie, Earl Chinna Smith or Lloyd Parks, make dis compilation a precious piece of reggae music history! A series of rare, never released on CD, singles were here included by Keith Poppin, all over the 17 tunes from this Original Recordings.
Weeping & Wailing, Hopscotch, Who Are You, Fight Against I, Some a Dem a Go Shame…are just a few of the songs from Mr. Energetic (the way Keith is known in jamaican stages), dat survived throughout the times e are socially relevant and open minded.
Recognition to the true roots veterans, should be one of main works from today´s reggae promoters, and so dis is definitely one of those albums, dat ZonaReGGae aims to present and spread da word about, mainly because it stands for the truth in Keith's nickname origins, Keith Poppin, Poppin' all the right tones!
His music is explained, no way better than in his own words:
“I Just sing for everybody, touch a people´s mind and what happen to everybody – me just must sing from my heart”.
Get to know his blessed works @
http://www.keithpoppin.com/

Hope ya keep enjoying our hayah love selections Feedback always a bless @ zonareggae.wordpress.com or myspace.com/zonareggae!
Back next week wid a massive Dubwiser selections!
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Playlist available@
http://zonareggae.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/zonareggae-playlist-11-fevereiro-2009/