by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest)
This week’s offering is more than a little inspired by the 2020 film Lovers Rock.
Writer-director Steve McQueen’s loving portrait of a house party was one of the best films of last year. I’ve included a few tracks from the soundtrack by Gregory Isaacs, Janet Kay and others.
Though this collection takes us back the last days of the rocksteady era and early days of reggae, it features artists like Ken Boothe, Johnny Nash and John Holt and Hortense Ellis.
They enjoyed international hits with versions of well-known love songs and originals that would go on to be clone classics of the genre.
Happy Monday, and enjoy this reggae mushy stuff.
As always, stay safe, sane, and kind.
