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"Broken Shells" Oct 11, 2022

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In this Bonus Episode "Broken Shells," Narrator Henry K questions if we really do get wiser as we get older? He also updates the "Rootsland Gang" on when to expect the Season 4 Debut, and plays a song by Tanya Stephens one of Jamaica's very finest female vocalists.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor, Adam "Teacha" Barnes , Steve Briskman.

music production and sound design by Henry K

‎Broken People - Single by Tanya Stephens on Apple Music

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The Rootsland Gang: Fighting Babylon since 1991 featuring Wayne Armond, Edi Fitzroy, Luciano, and Deadly Headly Bennett
Various Artists - Rootsland Gang: Fighting Babylon Since 1991
The Rootsland (Original Podcast Soundtrack) featuring timeless reggae tracks performed by Wayne Armond, Bob Andy, Deadly Headley Bennett, Garnett Silk, Halfpint is available everywhere you download and stream music
Various Artists - Rootsland (Original Podcast Soundtrack)
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Blood and Fire Chapter 7: "Police & Thieves" Sep 13, 2022

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In the Season 3 Finale, "Police and Thieves" Henry and Brian discover that Kingston is a city whose story always starts and ends the same way, the only thing that changes are the players... the police and thieves, the gangsters and civilians, the saints and the sinners.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Introduction by: Michelle "Kim" Yamaguchi

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor, Adam "Teacha" Barnes , Steve Briskman.

music production and sound design by Henry K

additional music under license from artlist.io and beatstars.com

Episode Photo (C) Brian Jahn (@brianjahnphoto) • Instagram photos and videos

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The Rootsland Gang: Fighting Babylon since 1991 featuring Wayne Armond, Edi Fitzroy, Luciano, and Deadly Headly Bennett
Various Artists - Rootsland Gang: Fighting Babylon Since 1991
The Rootsland (Original Podcast Soundtrack) featuring timeless reggae tracks performed by Wayne Armond, Bob Andy, Deadly Headley Bennett, Garnett Silk, Halfpint is available everywhere you download and stream music
Various Artists - Rootsland (Original Podcast Soundtrack)
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Blood and Fire Chapter 6: "Life And Death Association"(LADA) Aug 30, 2022

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Grants Pen has been called a "depressed area, where death is disseminated with unfeeling frequency," not the kind of neighborhood you want a tire blowout out at 3:00 AM. The time of the night when the scavengers come out , and fiends desperate for their next fix emerge unnoticed from the shadows. The Armour Heights Crew gets a ride out of dodge but not without a cost.

Join Us for the Season 3 Finale will air on September 13, 2022.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Introduction by: Michelle "Kim" Yamaguchi

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor, Adam "Teacha" Barnes , Steve Briskman.

music production and sound design by Henry K

additional music under license from artlist.io and beatstars.com

Episode Photo (C) Brian Jahn (@brianjahnphoto) • Instagram photos and videos

Support Rootsland by Downloading our albums
The Rootsland Gang: Fighting Babylon since 1991 featuring Wayne Armond, Edi Fitzroy, Luciano, and Deadly Headly Bennett
Various Artists - Rootsland Gang: Fighting Babylon Since 1991
The Rootsland (Original Podcast Soundtrack) featuring timeless reggae tracks performed by Wayne Armond, Bob Andy, Deadly Headley Bennett, Garnett Silk, Halfpint is available everywhere you download and stream music
Various Artists - Rootsland (Original Podcast Soundtrack)
contact us: Rootslandpodcast@gmail.com
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Blood and Fire Chapter 5: "Outta Road" (In the Street) Aug 23, 2022

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Dancehall culture and the street dances that inspired it can be traced back the 1950’s to poorest and most marginalized areas in Kingston. Attended by residents who lived on gully banks and sustained themselves by sifting through garbage dumps. These were people so broke couldn't afford to go out on the town, and frankly weren’t invited , or wanted at the party. So they threw their own inner city street dances that became safe spaces within the concrete jungles, where underprivileged youth could converge and express their individuality through music fashion art and, dancing. Free from a judgmental middle class and popular culture that looked down on the ghettos viewed them as a depraved underworld on the fringes of society. .

This Chapter contains language that may be offensive as it depicts actual events that occurred with real people, and is meant to be as realistic as possible.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Introduction by: Michelle "Kim" Yamaguchi

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor, Adam "Teacha" Barnes , Steve Briskman. Michael G.

music production and sound design by Henry K

additional music under license from artlist.io and beatstars.com

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Blood and Fire Chapter 4: "Inna Di Yaad" (Chilling at Home) Aug 16, 2022

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Once the phone started ringing at Brian & Henry's "Dread & Breakfast" their quiet spot in the hills became the Kingston base for dozens of reggae tourists from all over the globe. Music business people, journalists, singers, musicians. Most of them very dedicated to the genre looking to contribute music’s international growth and brand, others, Not so Much. These were selfish, self cent “so called” artists, who were all about themselves, traveling to the island in search of fame and fortune and willing to do whatever it took to achieve it. This was the new dancehall "mix tape" generation that grew up on a cliff note version of the music and new nothing of the genres history

This Chapter contains language that may be offensive as it depicts actual events that occurred with real people, and is meant to be as realistic as possible.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Introduction by: Michelle "Kim" Yamaguchi

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor, Adam "Teacha" Barnes , Steve Briskman. Michael G. music production and sound design by Henry K

additional music under license from artlist.io and beatstars.com

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Blood and Fire Chapter 3: "Pon Di Corna" (On the Corner) Aug 09, 2022

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Hanging out on a dusty, hot New Kingston street corner breathing in taxi exhaust fumes surrounded by street youth juggling dime bags of sinsemilla, isn't exactly listed as an attraction in the Jamaican guidebooks. Yet, Brian and Henry are quickly learning that hanging on the corner is where 90% of Jamaican life take place. its where culture and politics and music and art, joy and pain all collide and creates a terrestrial big bang that gives the streets a life of their own.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Introduction by: Michelle "Kim" Yamaguchi

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor Adam "Teacha" Barnes

music production and sound design by Henry K

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Blood and Fire Chapter 2: "Kingston Red Hot" Aug 02, 2022

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The Kingston adventure begins for Henry and Brian with a dire warning from their long time taxi driver, a meeting with a top reggae power player. and a run-in with one of Kingston's "Rude Boy" Gangsters. That was just the first day.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Introduction by: Michelle "Kim" Yamaguchi

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor Adam "Teacha" Barnes music production and sound design by Henry K

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Blood and Fire Chapter 1: "History meets Destiny" Jul 26, 2022

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As Henry and Brian are touching down, in Kingston so is an army of foreign invaders. Record Companies, music executives, publishers, mangers all looking to cash in on dancehall's recent waive of international popularity, Most were opportunists looking to take advantage of what they perceived as uneducated 3rd world artistes. Yet as greedy and ruthless as these international companies were, they had no idea of what kind of resistance they would encounter when they reached the island’s tropical shores. The Jamaican establishment, the same power hungry consortium that controlled the Islands resources and products for centuries, they also saw in dancehall as a commodity, they could exploit.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Introduction by: Michelle "Kim" Yamaguchi

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor Adam "Teacha" Barnes

music production and sound design by Henry K

additional music under license from artlist.io and beatstars.com

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Home | ROOTSLAND Reggae Music, Podcast & Merchandise "Wear Your Culture" Various Artists - Rootsland Gang: Fighting Babylon Since 1991 Various Artists - Rootsland (Original Podcast Soundtrack)

Disclaimer: Rootsland features dramatic recreations based on real events and features actors playing the roles of the characters on the show . These are stories and opinions told for entertainment and education from memory and the host assumes no liability for any omissions or errors. Any use of material not owned by Rootsland is covered Under section 107 of US copyright law of 1976 in which allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research, in these cases all credit is given to the owner of the work.

"Back Home with Rootsland" Jul 12, 2022

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People Get Ready and Enjoy the Season 3 Trailer of Rootsland to start off this Bonus Episode. Once the vibe is nice, kick back and listen to our tribute to Reggae Superstar Bob Andy. The show features special guest Wayne Armond live at the Rootsland Studios, performing his rendition of the song "I've got to go Back Home" the Bob Andy classic. Wayne is the singer/guitarist for the band Chalice, celebrating 40 years together of making timeless reggae, and the writer of countless hit songs. Remember, Season 3 "Blood and Fire" debuts in 2 weeks on July 26th 2022 wherever you listen to and subscribe to podcasts.

Rootsland is produced by Henry K Productions Inc. in association with Voice Boxx Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Introduction by: Michelle "Kim" Yamaguchi

Guest Vocals by: Patrick "Curly Loxx" Gaynor Adam "Teacha" Barnes

music production and sound design by Henry K

additional music under license from artlist.io and beatstars.com

Home | ROOTSLAND Reggae Music, Podcast & Merchandise "Wear Your Culture"

"Packing for the Promised Land" Mar 15, 2022

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On April 3, we commemorate the anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" Speech, given 54 years ago in Memphis. In this Bonus Episode of Rootsland, host Henry K explores if Moses, Bob Marley and MLK all packed the same essentials for the journey to the Promised Land.

You can support the Show by purchasing The Rootsland (Original Podcast Soundtrack) featuring timeless reggae tracks performed by Wayne Armond, Bob Andy, Deadly Headley Bennett, Garnett Silk, Halfpint http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1612330205?ls=1&app=itunes