Welcome back to Reggae Rhythm Update from wherever you are in the world. I’ve been on vacation this week, doing things like attending the Topsfield Fair–America’s oldest agricultural fair, going to the beach, taking walks, and later today, bowling down some candlepins (there’s a Massachusetts reference for ya), and then tonight in Boston, seeing my favorite indie pro wrestling league, Ring of Honor. On today’s show, I explore two rhythms, Johnny Clarke’s “Ride on Girl” and the Shark’s “How Could I Live.” Dennis Brown covered the song for Joe Gibbs in 1978 and changed the name to “How Could I Leave.” I also play some great, late ’70s Aswad and Bim Sherman tunes. Enjoy, and please write a review at the iTunes store for Reggae Rhythm Update.

Playlist:
Bim Sherman – Lovers Leap
Bim Sherman – Lovers Leap Part 2
Johnny Clarke – Ride on Girl
Augustus Pablo – Death Trap Dub
U Brown – Gal So Bad
Aswad – Playing Games
Dennis Brown – How Could I Leave 12″
Prince Mohammed – Bubbling Love
The Sharks – How Could I Live 12″
Culture – How Can I Leave Jah
Garnet Silk – Blessed Be the Almighty
Junior Kelly – A Place for Rasta
Richie Stephens – How Could I Leave
Luciano – Father God

Three pop and R&B covers begin #23. Then it’s a version excursion on the late Desmond Dekker’s “007 (Shanty Town)” rhythm. Along the way, there is plenty of listener feedback. Oh, I keep forgetting to ask you this… Would you write an iTunes review of Reggae Rhythm Update? I’d really appreciate the few minutes you’d have to spend. Thank you in advance.

Playlist:
Nato – You Give Me Something
Lloyd Brown & Tippa Irie – That’s That
Teisha & Fiona – Too Much
Desmond Dekker – 007
Los Cabbeleros Orchestra – Make Yourself Comfortable
Richie Stephens & General Degree – Give it Up
Lloyd Brown – Mr. Brown
Shaggy, Rik Rok, Tony Gold – Bonafide Girl
Shaggy – Move Hype
Anthony Cruz – Jamaica How You Doing

I was itching to resume operations in the Golden Touch studio, and since a faulty CD player is back from the manufacturer, I was able to record after being away for so long. Enjoy 6 songs on Wayne Wonder’s “I Still Believe” rhythm, produced by Donovan Bennett, plus a great love song from Jah Cure, and a reggae song from bad girl pop star Amy Winehouse.

Playlist:
Jah Cure – To Your Arms of Love
Wayne Wonder – I Still Believe
Sean Paul – Never Gonna Be the Same
Morgan Heritage – How Come
Fantan Mojah – Thanks and Praise
Jah Cure – Love Is
Natural Black – Far From Reality
Amy Winehouse – Just Friends

Each night, I usually spend some time with my reggae collection, databasing new CDs and pulling up songs from my catalog that will work on a future Rhythm Update. So when I’m not recording the show, I’m planning for the next one. I’m on vacation this week but I’ve been so busy that today was the first day I could block out some time to record a new show. The Viceroy’s 1968 classic, “Ya Ho,” is the subject of episode 21′s rhythm update. Check out Garrett’s great e-mail that I read live on the podcast. If you’d like to get in touch, e-mail joshuab@rhythmupdate.net or call (617) 297-2557.

Playlist:
Viceroys – Ya Ho
Jays – Ya Ho
Anthony Selassie & Louie Culture – Ya Ho
Nicola Tucker – Back to the Beginning
Tony Curtis – High Grade Forever
Anthony B – I Understand
Lukie D – Come Back
Frenchie – Mandeville Skank
Matumbi – The Man in Me
Freddie McGregor – Man in Me
Shinehead – Olivia

20 shows from the Golden Touch studio. I’m proud. Thanks for listening, subscribing, and making this more fun than it would ever be without you. To celebrate 20 shows, I leave with Rula Brown & Commander Shad’s “Golden Touch” from 1990, a great year in dancehall.

Playlist:
Gwen Stefani & Damian Marley – Now That You Got It
Wayne Wonder – Again
Notch – No Problema
Beres Hammond – Black Beauty
Paulette Tajah – So I Can Love You
Emotions – So I Can Love You
Rula Brown & Commander Shad – Golden Touch