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The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as charts in Denmark and New Zealand, reaching No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640706, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640706/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T11:05:10-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/714b0a39-adc0-4553-be32-71823d2cdcc6/39332304206-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/714b0a39-adc0-4553-be32-71823d2cdcc6/39332304206-250.jpg", "song": "Bush Doctor", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0b095b6e-159c-4bc0-9080-b51102e86c5c", "artist": "Peter Tosh", "artist_ids": [ "7db6aae5-6644-4513-9bfc-ca2e79d4469c" ], "album": "Bush Doctor", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "8bb0a3e8-3f24-36c1-b968-c226be6736c8", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1978-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Bush Doctor\" is a 1978 reggae song by Peter Tosh (from his album of the same name) advocating for the legalization of marijuana in Jamaica. The track positions Tosh as a \"bush doctor\" (a healer utilizing natural herbs), claiming cannabis cures illnesses like glaucoma and asthma while calling to end police brutality and illegal humiliation.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640705, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640705/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T11:03:13-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3640704, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640704/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:58:23-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/c3a34cfd-e931-43ca-acbb-f0a820cd9340/5164390856-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/c3a34cfd-e931-43ca-acbb-f0a820cd9340/5164390856-250.jpg", "song": "Sinsemilla", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "0ea0405f-0e6c-4e40-984d-a9f20cfaeea3", "artist": "Black Uhuru", "artist_ids": [ "8ee00333-ec2c-439b-a619-ae160aca2a15" ], "album": "Sinsemilla", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e97fa205-6cde-35ea-9a3b-c92b4781e95e", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1980-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Off the third full-length from the Kingston-based group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vCumnMX1HU", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640703, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640703/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:55:01-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/3f1a1e09-b61d-4562-845a-7971da4c8c71/11950203445-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/3f1a1e09-b61d-4562-845a-7971da4c8c71/11950203445-250.jpg", "song": "Wa-Do-Dem", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "4689f4c5-1624-49e7-acc0-1c9d681861dd", "artist": "Eek‐A‐Mouse", "artist_ids": [ "c7e31260-7372-46dc-adf1-bd6e3e983e32" ], "album": "Wa-Do-Dem", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "6df8e144-a05c-3f77-b57c-ebad7fcb8928", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1981-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Ripton Joseph Hylton, known artistically as Eek-A-Mouse, is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is one of the earliest artists to be described as a singjay. He is known for pioneering his own style of scatting, differing from the-then toasting deejays in the 1980s.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640702, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640702/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:51:58-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/a8a0fdc6-def3-4338-aa42-5affbfa8b22b/4777570128-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/a8a0fdc6-def3-4338-aa42-5affbfa8b22b/4777570128-250.jpg", "song": "Big Big Pollution", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "713e9ebc-145b-4161-86e5-2fa0c34eb5b6", "artist": "Barry Brown", "artist_ids": [ "57b5be7d-237a-4d6d-bf5c-a0e9a70d8fb0" ], "album": "Mr. Moneyman", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "8c2d68c5-2aa8-4da6-a806-7c2f03463a0b", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1993-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Barry Brown (c. 1962 – May 29, 2004) was a seminal Jamaican roots and dancehall singer prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Known for his soulful, plaintive tenor and socially conscious lyrics, he hit early with classics like “Step It Up Youthman”. Working with producers like Bunny Lee and Linval Thompson, he bridged the gap between roots reggae and the early dancehall era.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640701, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640701/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:46:45-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3640700, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640700/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:43:52-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Me Name Jr. Gong", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "9a413a1e-70c2-446c-87a1-0833dfaf2470", "artist": "Damian Marley", "artist_ids": [ "cbfb9bcd-c5a0-4d7c-865f-2c641c171e1c" ], "album": "Me Name Jr. Gong", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "45d618a0-425f-3952-8941-f37dfd62b1e8", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1998-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": null, "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640699, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640699/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:40:44-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/9264f2b4-e0f7-3693-b550-c8c012fb2fa1/2063249382-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/9264f2b4-e0f7-3693-b550-c8c012fb2fa1/2063249382-250.jpg", "song": "Natty Dread", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "ff458801-e81e-460a-b3d7-6e32172cdda0", "artist": "Bob Marley & The Wailers", "artist_ids": [ "c296e10c-110a-4103-9e77-47bfebb7fb2e" ], "album": "Natty Dread", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "e776533c-4132-3b63-bfaa-94fe901951b5", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1974-10-25", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": null, "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640698, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640698/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:36:40-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e3bf73bf-3366-4300-8d0c-8c47b1cf5464/10004130826-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e3bf73bf-3366-4300-8d0c-8c47b1cf5464/10004130826-250.jpg", "song": "1865 (96 Degrees in the Shade)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "00912189-7946-4db6-8612-10193a113564", "artist": "Third World", "artist_ids": [ "a9355030-319f-4d1b-8798-adaf43f85112" ], "album": "The Best of Third World", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "3efc5a23-5da8-3101-9392-017ac3df5acb", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1993-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The History Behind Third World's '1865 (96 Degrees In The Shade)'\n\n'1865 (96 Degrees In The Shade) is a dramatic and musically powerful retelling of the events of the October1865 Morant Bay Rebellion, headed by Baptist deacon and preacher Paul Bogle who led an armed group against the British authorities in Jamaica with his attack against the town of Morant Bay.\n\nThe scene that the song dramatizes is such a central one in Jamaican history. The band identifies with Bogle, the main figure in the insurrection. Even though this is a song that looks at history, it achieves exactly what the best reggae songs do: it brings history home. The song is based on a historical fact, but it is never overt: at no point does it mention Bogle or Morant Bay. The year is the major clue to the poem’s meaning. The listener has to do some work.\n\nAlthough the rebellion failed, as \"1865 (96 Degrees in the Shade)\" makes clear, Bogle's actions reverberated across Jamaican history, sparking further revolts until the island finally won independence. Bogle is considered one of Jamaica's greatest heroes and he is forever memorialized by the song which is among Third World's most popular..\nNow for some important historical context. Slavery ended in Jamaica on August 1, 1834 with the passing of the British Emancipation Act, when exactly four years later former slaves became free to choose their employment and employer. On paper, former slaves gained the right to vote; however, most blacks remained desperately poor, and a high voting fee effectively excluded them from the franchise. During the elections of 1864, the ratio of black Jamaicans to white was 32 to 1, but out of a population of over 436,000, fewer than 2,000 were eligible to vote, nearly all of them white.\n(performance by: @thirdworldband )\nhttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=327829612432950", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640697, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640697/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:31:45-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3640696, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640696/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:28:49-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/02e6b538-7358-4c06-8a48-2bb3859ff62d/12266553194-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/02e6b538-7358-4c06-8a48-2bb3859ff62d/12266553194-250.jpg", "song": "Drum Song", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "7063417f-67f2-4ff7-b400-758468e156ca", "artist": "Jackie Mittoo", "artist_ids": [ "a4b3fb24-a04e-4249-9fa5-5a198ca9d73c" ], "album": "Drum Song", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "7e24b21f-ae8e-4910-b6ee-20e959f259d9", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2003-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Jackie Mittoo (1948–1990) was a Jamaican keyboard virtuoso, songwriter, and musical director at Studio One, often revered as a key architect of ska, rocksteady, and reggae. As a founding member of The Skatalites and arranger for countless hits, he shaped the sound of Jamaican music before later influencing the Canadian reggae scene from Toronto.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3640695, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3640695/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-11T10:24:43-07:00", "show": 66424, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66424/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/d838ae56-a088-44c9-a0e9-040a47a85fce/35325129907-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/d838ae56-a088-44c9-a0e9-040a47a85fce/35325129907-250.jpg", "song": "Throw Away Your Gun", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "1b9d9c89-a24d-4876-b965-7ac525a4e484", "artist": "Prince Far I", "artist_ids": [ "86f26c3e-c6ac-4829-ac22-f1a2133d4ffe" ], "album": "Dubwise", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "02315199-d3c3-37b9-ab76-44bda7d56343", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1991-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Prince Far I (Michael James Williams, 1945–1983) was a foundational Jamaican roots reggae chanter and producer known for his deep, resonant voice, often called \"The Voice of Thunder.\" Emerging from the Kingston sound system scene, he broke through with albums like Psalms for I and Under Heavy Manners, featuring a unique, slow-spoken \"toasting\" style.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
