Song: Mr. Vegas - Mus Come A Road

Jamaican music has always been known for innovative use of previously recorded music, be it recording versions of American or British hits, giving Jamaican music the dub treatment or recording new vocals over old instrumental riddim tracks.

The last couple of years there has been a couple of examples of a new way to recycle old songs - laying new vocals over remixed classics. In 2002, Mark Ronson chopped up the intro from the classic
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
on the I'm Still In Love With You riddim, and turned it into
Sean Paul & Debbie Nova - International Affair

Today's song, Mus Come A Road from 2008, uses a slightly different approach. The

Album: Easy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band

Imagine a parallel universe where John, Paul, George and Ringo were born in Kingston, Jamaica. Maybe they would have started off as a ska group, developing up through rock steady and reggae. And maybe they would have kept the band together for long enough to link up with King Tubby and take part in the creation of dub music. And (heretic alert!) maybe that version of The Beatles would have sounded even better than the Liverpool band.

The third album by Easy Star All-Stars, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, might be as close we can get to how the Jamaican Beatles would sound like. They are a Jamaican/American band specialising in reinterpreting classic albums. Easy Star released their