"Equal" Songs

Here's the first part of what may or may not be a two-part miniseries. These are "Equal" Songs. If I can find enough "Lesser" Songs, those'll be next. But there seem to be far fewer "Lesser" songs than "Equal" ones. For whatever that's worth. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Peter Tosh  ~  “Equal Rights”

2)  Peta And The Wolves  ~  “Equal Measure”

3)  Joseph Arthur  ~  “Travel As Equals”

4)  After Forever  ~  “Equally Destructive”

5)  Maximo Park  ~  “What Equals Love?”

6)  Blackslash  ~  “Separate But Equal”

7)  Beach House  ~  “Equal Mind”

8)  Tramcar Revolution  ~  “Equal”

9)  Violents & Monica Martin  ~  “Equal Powers”

10)  The Abrahams  ~  “Everything Is Equal To Nothing”

11)  Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook ft. Alison Limerick ~  “Equal Ways”

12)  Khristian Mizzi  ~  “We Ain’t All Equal”

13)  Sullom Voe  ~  “Equal Bleeding Parts”

14)  The Awful Truth  ~  “Equal”

15)  Anaís Azul  ~  “Equal”

16)  Mutemath  ~  “Equals”

17)  Bhi Bhiman  ~  “Equal In My Tea”

18)  Kamasi Washington  ~  “Fair As Equal”

19)  In Dynamics  ~  “Equal Ground”

20)  Howard Jones  ~  “Equality”

A Rigorous Retrospective Of Remarkable Reggae Songs, Vol. 1

Recently, I found myself craving some island flavor. And the best way I could figure to do that would be to listen to some good reggae music. I also noticed an appalling lack of representation of the genre on this blog over the past...well, forever, actually. So I enlisted the help of my friend Eric Murphy, a diehard reggae fan, to pick some of his favorite tunes/artists (all of which are included in this set), and added a lot more on my own that I liked and/or discovered along the way. The result is a 50-song collection (split up into two posts) of smooth jams that I had lots of fun compiling. I hope you'll enjoy them, too!  ~  JH

1)  Chronixx  ~  "Smile Jamaica"

2)  New Kingston  ~  "Life"

3)  Tribal Seeds  ~  "Moonlight"

4)  Stephen Marley ft. Capleton & Sizzla  ~  "Rock Stone"

5)  Sister Nancy  ~  "Bam Bam"

6)  Tarrus Riley  ~  "She's Royal"

7)  Peter Tosh  ~  "Downpressor Man"

8)  Eek-A-Mouse  ~  "Rude Boy Jamaican"

9)  Buju Banton  ~  "Murderer"

10)  Kabaka Pyramid  ~  "Worldwide Love"

11)  Protoje ft. Chronixx  ~  "Who Knows"

12)  Freddie McGregor  ~  "Push Comes To Shove"

13)  The Abyssinians  ~  "Satta Massagana"

14)  Johnny Clarke  ~  "Warrior"

15)  Bob Marley  ~  "No Woman, No Cry"

16)  Sara Lugo ft. Protoje  ~  "Really Like You"  (This is a fairly "poppy" reggae song, but it technically qualifies and I like it, so it's here.)

17)  Burning Spear  ~  "Slavery Days"

18)  Dennis Brown  ~  "Rocking Time"

19)  Max Romeo  ~  "Chase The Devil"

20)  Tanya Stephens ft. Sanjay  ~  "Corners Of My Mind"

21)   Gregory Isaacs  ~  "Tune In"

22)  Lady G  ~  "'Nuff Respect"

23)  Inner Circle ft. Junior Reid  ~  "Blood-A-Run"

24)  Chaka Demus & Pliers  ~  "Murder She Wrote"

25)  Shabba Ranks  ~  "Ting-A-Ling"