BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 27 December, 2025

My pick of the best new reggae releases of 2025, as aired on Babylon Burning. 2025 was a strong year for reggae music, with many excellent album releases. My pick for album of the year is Chronixx’s “Exile”, which comes as a bit of a surprise – partly because he has been notably absent in recent years, but also because I found the album a bit underwhelming on first listen. Somehow I came to enjoy it more and more on repeated listens, until it became a favourite. It’s not exactly the album I was hoping for, as it’s a different Chronixx sound compared to that of 10-12 years ago, but I love how it hearkens back to older eras of reggae music – some songs sound like they could have been produced by Joe Gibbs in the mid 70s, while others sound like they could have come from an Island-era Wailers session or even an early 80s Roots Radics-backed rub-a-dub session. I found his 2017 album “Chronology” a bit overproduced, but “Exile” goes the other direction, and I think the more raw approach works here – it’s a great album and a welcome return from one of modern reggae’s greatest.

My other favourite albums this year were Rik Jam’s “The Genesis”, Lutan Fyah’s “Strength & Resilience”, Keznamdi’s “Blxxd & Fyah”, Lila Ike’s “Treasure Self Love”, Yeza’s “Star of the East” and Perfect Giddimani’s “Sibusiso”. I mentioned Rik Jam as a breakthrough artist in 2024, and it was great to see him follow up with more great material in 2025. If I was pressed to pick a single song as my favourite for the year, his song “Give Praise” would probably be it.

Dahvid Slur has also been around for a few years now, but he stepped it up again this year, and his great EP “Give It Your All” also deserves mention. Both he and Perfect Giddimani benefited from sweet riddims from Spain’s Sinky Beatz, who has really cemented his place as a top-tier reggae producer.

Speaking of top-tier producers, Laurent “Tippy” Alfred from the small island St Croix produced Lutan Fyah’s album “Strength & Resilience”, which I rate as the best LP of Lutan’s decades-long career. Bucking the common trend of reggae artists dropping off as they age, Lutan Fyah seems to be aging like a fine wine, getting better if anything.

Lila Iké’s “Treasure Self Love” was a long time coming – a full 5 years since her debut “The ExPerience” – but it didn’t disappoint. Not every song connected for me personally, but there were enough that did, and on a dancehall tip as well as reggae. Lila’s musical mentor Protoje had a fairly quiet year, but his tune “Big 45” was a proper modern roots hit. Fellow “reggae revival” heavyweight Kabaka Pyramid didn’t release much either, but his “Show Love” was a lyrical favourite of mine. UK artist YT also penned some serious lyrics in 2025, and he was one of the few artists in reggae to directly address the ongoing genocides in Gaza, Sudan and the Congo.

Dezarie’s album “Guardian” actually came out in late 2024, but it somehow went under the radar for me last year. Her song “Hold On” was a huge favourite for me this year, so I had to include it, despite it technically being a 2024 release.

THE BEST REGGAE OF 2025 as put to air on BABYLON BURNING on Dec 27, 2025:

MORTIMER – Burn It To The Ground (Tampa riddim: Paris La Mont)
CHRONIXX – Exile (Exile: Forever Living Original)
CHRONIXX – Don’t Be Afraid (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
CHRONIXX – Keep On Rising (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
CHRONIXX – Family First (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
LUTAN FYAH & CHRONIXX – Freedom Sound (Strength and Resilience: I Grade)
LUTAN FYAH – Leader Before Me (Strength & Resilience: I Grade)
LUTAN FYAH – Strength and Resilience (Strength & Resilience: I Grade)
DEZARIE – Hold On (Guardian: Dezarie)*
RIK JAM – Give Praise (The Genesis: Irie Yute Tapes)
LILA IKÉ – Scatter (Treasure Self Love: Wurl Iké Records & In.Digg.Nation Collective)
LILA IKÉ – Too Late To Lie (Wurl Iké Records & In.Digg.Nation Collective)
ABIJAH – Warrior Mode (Vibes Man riddim: Tads)
PERFECT GIDDIMANI, PRESSURE BUSSPIPE, YOUNG SHANTY – Ibrahim Traore (Giddimani Records)
KEZNAMDI – Colonial Bondage (Blxxd & Fyah: Keznamdi Music Group)
KEZNAMDI, MAVADO, MARLON ASHER – Bun Di Ganja (Roots Version) (Blxxd & Fyah: Keznamdi Music Group)
ROE SUMMERZ & BOOSTIVE – I Smoke Pot (Green Lion Crew)
PERFECT GIDDIMANI, YOUNG SHANTY, SKILLIN JAH – High Grade Weed (Africa Works riddim: Giddiamani Records & Sinky Beatz)
REVELATION DA ROYAL – Pretty Marijuana Buds (Africa Works riddim: Giddiamani Records & Sinky Beatz)
RAS FRASER JR – Jah A Ruler (Africa Works riddim: Giddiamani Records & Sinky Beatz)
SHENNELL & MESH MARINA – Joke Dem A Joke (SRO Dimension Music)
PROTOJE – Big 45 (In.Digg.Nation Collective)
IRIE SOULJAH & KABAKA PYRAMID – World Citizen (World Citizen: Ineffable Records)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Show Love (Young Pow)
YT & THE YOUNG CULTURE BAND – Lately (Young Culture Records)
MORTIMER – Round and Round (Zion I Kings)
BUSY SIGNAL – The Days (Zion I Kings)
YEZA – Road Runner (Rorystonelove)
DRE ISLAND – Cold World (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
RANDY VALENTINE – The Prayer (Burn Out)
DAHVID SLUR & KARON – Do Jah Works (Give It Your All: Marily Gustus Music)
HAILE CELESTIAL, KABAKA PYRAMID, IOTOSH – Walking Parable (DubShot Records & Haile Celestial)
CLAYE & GENTLEMAN – Nature (I Am Here Now) (Prawley-Mae Music)
ARRISE – Changes (Scotch riddim: Treydrumz & BlakYaad Productions)

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-12-27/17-00-00

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Songs that didn’t make the “best of” program but deserve recognition.

ALBOROSIE – Calling Selassie (Nine Mile: VP Records)
ALBOROSIE – Zombies (Nine Mile: VP Records)
ALETHIA & JAHWISE – Waiting For Your Love (Jahwise Productions)
ANTHONY B – Keep It Burning (High Peak riddim: Oneness Records)
ANTHONY B – Rude Bwoy (Born Fire Music)
AUTARCHII – Rastafari’s Call (Red A Red Music Group & Colonel Records)
BABY CHAM, DAMIAN MARLEY, STEPHEN MARLEY – Hustling In My Blood (Lawless Army Productions)
BELLY & JAHWISE – Looking For A Reason (Jahwise Productions)
BIG YOUTH, SANGIE DAVIS, MISTA SAVONA – Travelling Man (Mista Savona)
BUGLE & AGENT SASCO – Upliftment (Derrick Sound & Evidence Music)
CATHY MATETE – We Won’t Be Silent (Nature’s Way Entertainment)
CHEZIDEK – More Ganja (Evidence Music)
CHEZIDEK – Wasp Nest (Irie Ites)
CHRONIC LAW – Loveless (Red Fyah riddim: Romeich)
CHRONIXX – I and I (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
CHRONIXX – Love Is On The Mountain (Exile: Forever Living Original)
CHRONIXX – Market (Exile: Forever Living Original)
CHRONIXX – Pain In Your Heart (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
CHRONIXX – Saviour (Exile: Forever Living Original)
CHRONIXX – Scheming (Exile: Forever Living Originals) –request
CHRONIXX – Sweet Argument (Exile: Forever Loving Originals)
CLAYE – Rumours (Prawley-Mae Music)
CLAYE – Holy Water (Prawley-Mae Music)
CLAYE – Money Can’t Buy (Prawley-Mae Music)
CLAYE & LUTAN FYAH – System (Prawley-Mae Music)
COLLIE BUDDZ & BUSY SIGNAL – Spark Up (Harper Digital)
DAHVID SLUR – Don’t Give Up On Love (Marily Gustus Music & Sinky Beatz)
DAHVID SLUR – The Psalm 23 (Give It Your All: Marily Gustus Music)
DAHVID SLUR & JAH VEZI – This Morning (Give It Your All: Marily Gustus Music)
DANIEL RISING & JEMERE MORGAN – Real Life (Bost & Bim)
DANNY RED – What A Deal (Sasquatch Sound)
DERAJAH – Justice (Littlerock Sound)
DERAJAH & MYSTIC FIRM – Chant (Baco Music)
DEZARIE – Criminal (Guardian: Dezarie)*
DEZARIE PHOENIX – Snaking (Itzayoung Boy Productions)
DOUGY – Feel The Vibration (Still & Solid: Evidence Music)
DOUGY – Look Inside (Still & Solid: Evidence Music)
DRE ISLAND – Mr Politician (Jam 2)
EARL SIXTEEN & THE CO-OPERATORS – Country Living (Concrete Rockers: Waggle Dance Records)
EARL SIXTEEN & THE CO-OPERATORS – Smile On Your Face (Concrete Rockers: Waggle Dance Records)
FIKIR AMLAK – Hold The Vibe (Zion Higher Realm: Arkstarr Records)
FIKIR AMLAK – Rasta Live (Zion Higher Realm: Arkstarr Records)
FIKIR AMLAK & KING ALPHA – Serious Time (Children of ~war~ Hope: Shades of Red)
GROUNDATION, MICHAEL ROSE, ALPHA BLONDY – The Youth (Candle Burning: Baco Music)
HAILE – Half Way (HaiVi)
HAILE – Ms Gina (HaiVi)
HAILE – Robin Hood (Spare Room: Hai\i/a)
HAILE – Sativa (HaiVi)
HECTOR ROOTS LEWIS, BUSY SIGNAL, THE MOVEMENT – Dangerous (Cre8ive Tribe)
HIRIE – Elevation (Easy Star Records & Controlled Substance Sound Labs)
I MAN CRUZ, ROBERTO SANCHEZ, LONE ARK RIDDIM FORCE – Follow Unfollow (In A Mission: A-Lone)
IFFA CUSH & T’JEAN – Motivation (Iffa Cush Muzik)
IMERU TAFARI – Armageddon Trod (Rebellion City Productions)
INDRA & KRIS KEMIST – Crying Out (Children of ~war~ Hope: Shades of Red
INEZI – Social Mess (Addis Records)
INNA VISION & INI KAMOZE – Keep Distance (Reggae Lives)
INTRESTT – Today Fi Me, Tomorrow Fi You (Hits 38 Production & King Jammys)
IOTOSH & PANA – Righteous (Sound Ting)
IRIE SOULJAH – Blaze Up The Fire (World Citizen: Ineffable Records)
IRIE SOULJAH – Bout Ya (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
J WRITTEN – Celestial (Scotch riddim: Treydrumz & BlakYaad Productions)
JAH IZREHL – Pon A Plane (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
JAH LIL – Hold Corner (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
JECK PILPIL & PEACEPIPE – Vitamin Sea (Reggae Soul Medication: Manila Vibration)
JESSE ROYAL – Art of Love (No Place Like Home: Easy Star)
JESSE ROYAL – No Place Like Home (No Place Like Home: Easy Star)
JESSE ROYAL – Just Another Day (Soul Remedy riddim: Natural High)
JESSE ROYAL & KABAKA PYRAMID – Jungle Justice (No Place Like Home: Easy Star)
JESSE ROYAL, MEDISUN, BERES HAMMOND – Born In Jamaica (Easy Star)
JHAZAHRA – Dat Mi Like (Scotch riddim: Treydrumz & BlakYaad Productions)
JHAZAHRA – Wickedness (Jhazahra Music)
JHAZAHRA – Pardon Me (The Reggae Repository)
JOE YORKE – Walking In The Air (Rhythm Steady & Big Chip)
JOE YORKE & L’ENTOURLOOP – Rocksteady (Face B)
JOHNNY OSBOURNE, TARRUS RILEY, DEAN FRASER – We Need Love (Maximum Sound & VP Records)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Jamaica (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
KA$E & HECTOR ROOTS LEWIS – Hunting Season (Ineffable Records)
KELISSA – Way You Make Me Feel (Kelissa Music)
KELLY SHANE – Don’t Let Me Down (Celebrating Jamaica 63: Tads)
KENYA EUGENE – I and I (You Are I: Zion I Kings)
KENYA EUGENE – Lift Up My Head (You Are I: Zion I Kings)
KENYA EUGENE – You Are I (You Are I: Zion I Kings)
KEZNAMDI & KELISSA – I Am (Blxxd & Fyah: Keznamdi Music Group)
KHALIA – This I Know (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
KIMECO – Jah Love (One Love Records)
KING ALPHA – Serious Dub (Children of ~war~ Hope: Shades of Red)
KUMAR – Message in a Bottle (Clive Hunt)
KY-MANI MARLEY, IBA MAHR, LUTAN FYAH – Love and Energy (Konfrontation Muzik & DubShot Records)
LILA IKÉ – Love In Lovely Way (Treasure Self Love: Wurl Iké Records & In.Digg.Nation Collective)
LILA IKÉ – Serious (Treasure Self Love: Wurl Iké Records & In.Digg.Nation Collective)
LUTAN FYAH – Drain The Swamp (Strength & Resilience: I Grade)
LUTAN FYAH – Warning Dem (Strength & Resilience: I Grade)
LUTAN FYAH – Propaganda On Dem Airwaves (Primetime Music)
LUTAN FYAH & AKAE BEKA – Just The Time (Strength & Resilience: I Grade)
MARCUS I & THE 18TH PARALLEL – Wax Box (Fruits Records)
MARCUS I, aDUBta, BLACK OAK ROOTS ALLSTARS – Mr Money Man (F-Spot Records)
MARINA P & THE CO-OPERATORS – Step Back (Know Nothing About: Waggle Dance Records)
MARLON ASHER & MASICKA – In The Hills (VAS Productions)
MEDISUN – Clean Up (Bost & Bim)
MEDISUN & THE AUTOS – Inna Earth (Easy Star Records)
MELLOW MOOD & ROMAIN VIRGO – Pull Up (La Tempesta Dub)
MICAH SHEMAIAH – When Yuh Right (JahSolidRock Muzik)
MICAH SHEMAIAH – Not For Sale (JahSolidRock Music)
MICAH SHEMAIAH & THE AUTOS – Immorality (Easy Star)
MIKE LOVE & NAYA ROCKERS – Long Way Down (Higher Education: Naya Records)
MR G – Two Side Mouth (CD Master & Inna Mi House Music)
MYKAL ROSE – Murderer (JahWise Inna Jamrock: JahWise Productions)
NAOMI COWAN & JOHNNY OSBOURNE – Version (Welcome to Paradise: Easy Star)
NATTALIE RIZE – Fear and Dread (Rize Nation)
NINJA FORD – Da Song Deh (AC Records)
NYLE BANKS & LUTAN FYAH – Glass House (Rock & Come In: Nyle Banks Music Group)
PERFECT GIDDIMANI – Selassie White Horse (Giddimani Music & Sinky Beats)
PERFECT GIDDIMANI – Ganja Fi Bun (BAKE: Giddimani Music & Sinky Beatz)
PERFECT GIDDIMANI – High Grade Mi Love (Giddimani Music & Sinky Beats)
POPCAAN – We Alright (Nothing Without God: Unruly Ent)
PRESSURE BUSSPIPE & CAPLETON – Gunman Town (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
QRAIG VOICEMAIL & SINGER J – Real Vibez (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
QUEEN OMEGA – Touch Ina Di Place (Bun Dem riddim: Irie Ites)
RAPHA PICO – Dem Greedy (Sasquatch Sound)
RAS ATTITUDE & AKAE BEKA – Light Up (Partii Animalz Global)
RAYVON – Fortress (GTC Entertainment)
RENIGAD – Anti Social Media (Country Man riddim: Blaqk Sheep Music & Jahkader Production)
RIK JAM – Book of Life (The Genesis: Irie Yute Tapes)
RIK JAM – Gwan Walk (Jonquan & Easy Star)
RIK JAM – Hail The King (The Genesis: Irie Yute Tapes)
RIK JAM – Stronger (The Genesis: Irie Yute Tapes)
RIK JAM & ERIC RACHMANY – Stereo (The Genesis: Irie Yute Tapes)
RIK JAM & MEDISUN – Cry Blood (The Genesis: Irie Yute Tapes)
RIK JAM & TAYE LOUISE – Fight With You (The Genesis: Irie Yute Tapes)
ROE SUMMERZ & DUB SHEPHERDS – Strongest Soldier (BAT Records)
ROYAL BLU & PROTOJE – Life From Kingston (Easy Star)
ROYAL BLU & RUNKUS – 911 (Spain Root: G.Wav & Easy Star Records)
RUBI DU – Played Me (Low Key Source)
SAM GARRETT & MARCUS GAD – Salam Alekum (One Family: Ram Ram Records)
SAMORY I – Babylon Is Burning (JahWise Inna Jamrock: JahWise Productions)
SEJ – Bad Man (Compound Entertainment)
SKIP MARLEY – In Our Sight (Def Jam)
STEPHEN MARLEY & NAYA ROCKERS – The Right Path (Higher Education: Naya Records)
T’JEAN – 400 Years (Yaadman Records)
TARRUS RILEY – You + Me = Good Life (XTM.Nation)
TARRUS RILEY & TOK – Call Mi (Vigilanti Ent)
THE CO-OPERATORS & DENNISON JOSEPH – More Fire (Sounds from the Fridge: Waggle Dance Records)
WILLI WILLIAMS & LONE ARK – Don’t Show Off (Glory to the King: A-Lone Productions)
YAKSTA – Pon Di Island (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
YANISS ODUA – Lighta (Caan Dun Music)
YEZA – Edge Control (Star Of The East: RoryStoneLove & Black Dub Music)
YEZA – Heavyweight (Star Of The East: RoryStoneLove & Black Dub Music)
YEZA – Ism Schism (Star Of The East: RoryStoneLove & Black Dub Music)
YEZA – Likkle Wine (Star Of The East: RoryStoneLove & Black Dub Music)
YEZA – Piss Up (Star Of The East: RoryStoneLove & Black Dub Music)
YEZA – Preacher Man (Star Of The East: RoryStoneLove & Black Dub Music)
YEZA – Star of the East (Star of the East: RoryStoneLove & Black Dub Music)
YT – Weapon of Choice (Superchip Music)
ZIKKI – Know Yourself (Angaza: Bost & Bim)
ZIKKI – Love and Wars (Angaza: Bost & Bim)
ZIKKI – Trouble (Angaza: Bost & Bim)

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 20 December, 2025

Featuring new music from Yeza, Akae Beka, Marcus I, I Man Cruz, Roberto Sanchez and Lone Ark; revisiting the Rootsman riddim by special request; and some serious roots classics.

NICK SEFAKIS, TRIBAL SEEDS, EUREKA SOUND – Fire Burning (In Time: Nick Sefakis)
BUNNY WAILER – Armagideon version (Anti-Apartheid) (Solomonic)
TYRONE TAYLOR – Life Table (Wolf)
THE WEST MOLITES – I See A Sign (Big Dread)
ASWAD – Not Guilty (Hulet: Island)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Guiltiness (Exodus: Island)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Rat Race version (Tuff Gong)
TRADITION – Everybody’s Looking At Me (Alternative Routes: RCA)
THE MYSTIC EYES – Forward With Love (Warrior Records)
KNOWLEDGE – Human Rights and Justice (Tamoki Wambesi Dove)
THE UNTOUCHABLES – Help Us Jah (Phase One)
PABLO MOSES – I Love I Bring (Revolutionary Dream: Jigsaw)
THE SONS OF LIGHT – Land of Love (Black Art)
ERIC DONALDSON – Say A Little Prayer (Upsetter)
MARCUS I, aDUBta, BLACK OAK ROOTS ALLSTARS – Mr Money Man (F-Spot Records)
I MAN CRUZ, ROBERTO SANCHEZ, LONE ARK RIDDIM FORCE – Follow Unfollow (In A Mission: A-Lone)
LONE ARK & ROBERTO SANCHEZ – On That Day (Singers & Players: A-Lone)
YT – Weapon of Choice (Superchip Music)
YEZA & BLACKOUT JA – Deadly (Superchip Music)
YEZA – Piss Up (Star of the East: RoryStoneLove & Black Dub Music)
REEMAH – Judgement Red (Check Your Words: Feel Line)
GROUNDATION – Silver Tongue Show (Hebron Gate: Young Tree)
MIDNITE – Seek Knowledge Before Vengeance (Seek Knowledge Before Vengeance: Afrikan Roots Lab)
AKAE BEKA – Intertwine (Rebellion City)
ELASTICA DUB & SAROD MYSTICS – Akashvani (Tales of the Raj: Dubophonic)
FIKIR AMLAK & BRIZION – Eastern Star (Akashic Records)
JOSHUA HALES & BRIZION – Diamonds (Passing Through: Lumosapien Records & DubStrand Music)
DAMIAN MARLEY – Gunman World (Rootsman riddim: Overstand Entertainment) –request
JESSE ROYAL – Modern Day Judas (Rootsman riddim: Overstand Entertainment) –request
CHRONIXX – Here Comes Trouble (Rootsman riddim: Overstand Entertainment) –request
IBA MAHR – Great Is HIM (Rootsman riddim: Overstand Entertainment) –request

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-12-20/17-00-00

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 13 December, 2025

Featuring some serious new tunes from YT; new vintage-sounding music from Joe Yorke, Marina P & The Co-operators, Roberto Sanchez & Lone Ark, and Ines Pardo; a new album from Nick Sefakis; some classics on the Entertainment riddim; and some oldies from Stranger Cole ahead of his Melbourne show.

LITTLE ROY – Ticket To Zion (Prophesy: Tafari)
VAL BENNETT – Judgement Rock (GGs)
STRANGER COLE – When I Get My Freedom (Lee’s)
STRANGER COLE & GLADDY – Just Like A River (Amalgamated)
STRANGER COLE & JIMMY RILEY – Voice of the People (Pressure Beat)
JOE HIGGS & JIMMY CLIFF – Sound of the City (Captivity: Sunpower)
LITTLE YOUTH – Guiding Red (Giant)
LLOYD HEMMINGS – Africa (Spiderman)
LIVINGSTON HURLOCK – Notty Become A Hurricane (Black Fighting Heritage)
CORNEL CAMPBELL – If You Want To Cry (Gorgon Records) –request
LITTLE JOHN & TOYAN – Jah Guide I (Greensleeves)
TRISTON PALMER – Entertainment (Midnight Rock)
JAH THOMAS & TOYAN – Two Bad DJ Haffi Talk (Midnight Rock)
ASSASSIN – Mix Up (Germaica Digital)
GARNETT SILK – Cry of my People (El Paso)
SUPER CAT – Them No Care (Wild Apache)
SUPER CAT – Learn Fi Ride (Techniques)
ROCKLAND & MARK 10 – Champion Sound (Chant Down dubplate special)
SHUGA – Force Ripe (Chant Down dubplate special)
JOE YORKE – Walking In The Air (Rhythm Steady & Big Chip)
MARINA P, JOE YORKE & THE CO-OPERATORS – Kung-Fu Blues (Know Nothing About: Waggle Dance Records)
MARINA P & THE CO-OPERATORS – Step Back (Know Nothing About: Waggle Dance Records)
LONE ARK & ROBERTO SANCHEZ – King’s Stone (Singers & Players: A-Lone Productions)
INES PARDO & ROBERTO SANCHEZ – My Time (My Time: A-Lone Productions)
NICK SEFAKIS, MELLOW MOOD, EUREKA SOUND – Guiding Star (In Time: Nick Sefakis)
NICK SEFAKIS, DEZARIE, EUREKA SOUND – Lift Up Your Head (In Time: Nick Sefakis)
YT & THE YOUNG CULTURE BAND – Lately (Young Culture Records)
YT – Weapon of Choice (Superchip Music)
DAMIAN MARLEY, BLACK AM I, BIGGZ GENERAL, JO MERSA, ILLESTR8 – The Living Breed (Ghetto Youths International)
NORRIS MAN – I Know (I Know riddim: Jah Scout)
TURBULENCE – Hail King Rastafari (I Know riddim: Jah Scout)
ANTHONY B – Send Off (I Know riddim: Jah Scout)
DAVE – The Boy Who Played The Harp (The Boy Who Played The Harp: Dave & Neighbourhood Records)

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-12-13/17-00-00

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 22 November, 2025

Paying respect to the legendary Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) who passed away on 24 November at the age of 81. Plus new music from Kabaka Pyramid, Khalia, Richie Spice, Haile, Buju Banton and Vybz Kartel; and a spotlight on Badda General ahead of his performance next weekend at the Jamaican Music and Food Festival.

JIMMY CLIFF – Bongo Man (Give Thankx: Warner Brothers)
COUNT OSSIE – Whispering Drums (Moodisc)
JIMMY CLIFF – Trust No Man (Beverley’s)
JIMMY CLIFF – Never Too Old To Learn (Beverley’s)
ROLAND ALPHONSO – Look Away Ska (Studio One)
JIMMY CLIFF – Hard Road To Travel (Beverley’s)
JIMMY CLIFF – Vietnam (Island)
JIMMY CLIFF – The Harder They Come (Island)
JIMMY CLIFF – Born To Win (Unlimited: EMI)
JIMMY CLIFF – I’ve Been Dead 400 Years (Music Maker: Reprise Records)
JIMMY CLIFF – Sooner or Later (Struggling Man: Island)
JIMMY CLIFF – Money Won’t Save You (Music Maker: Reprise Records)
JIMMY CLIFF – I’m No Immigrant (Beverley’s)
JIMMY CLIFF – Wonderful World, Beautiful People (The Best of Jimmy Cliff: Island)
JIMMY CLIFF – Wanted Man (Give Thankx: Warner Brothers)
JIMMY CLIFF – Piece of the Pie (The Power and the Glory: CBS)
JIMMY CLIFF – World Upside Down (Rebirth: Universal, Sunpower, Hip-O)
JIMMY CLIFF – Many Rivers To Cross (Island)
MIDNITE – Pagan, Pay Gone (Ras Mek Peace: Wildchild)
ABJA – War (In A Red I Hour: I Grade)
DEZARIE – Criminal (Guardian: Dezarie)
INEZI – Social Mess (Addis Records)
KATCHAFIRE – Frisk Me Down (Lion House)
STEPHEN & DAMIAN MARLEY – Tight Ship (Ghetto Youths International)
KAHLIA – Miracle (Natural High Music)
RICHIE SPICE – Energy (Natural High Music)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Show Love (Young Pow)
HAILE – Robin Hood (Spare Room: Hai\i/a)
BADDA GENERAL – Sound Check (Blacker Shade riddim: Real Squad Records)
WAYNE WONDER & BADDA GENERAL – Sound Check (Blacker Shade riddim: Real Squad Records)
BADDA GENERAL – See The Hypocrites (Evidence Music)
BADDA GENERAL – Badness (Ride Di Vibes & Ingenius Bastardz)
BUJU BANTON & TRIBAL KUSH – 16 Shots (How You Bad Suh: Basshall Movements)
VYBZ KARTEL & KALASH – X-Rated (TJ Records)

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-11-29/17-00-00

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 22 November, 2025

Featuring new music from Popcaan, Perfect Giddimani, Chronixx, Jahzara, Roe Summerz, Rik Jam, Roberto Sanchez and nuff more… plus the usual vintage classics in the first hour.

LEROY SMART – So Strong (Ossie Sounds)
THE TWINKLE BROTHERS – Distant Drums (Love: Twinkle)
RAS MICHAEL & THE SONS OF NEGUS – In Zion (Rastafari: Top Ranking)
RAS MICHAEL & THE SONS OF NEGUS – A New Dub (Rastafari)
JOHN HOLT & TYRONE EVANS – Equality and Justice (Trojan)
THE PARAGONS – My Satisfaction (Coxsone)
CULTURE – Zion Gate (Joe Gibbs)
CULTURE – Play Skillfully (More Culture: Joe Gibbs)
CORNEL CAMPBELL – Follow Instruction Version (New Star)
LLOYD CLARKE – Hell and Heaven (Super Star)
SENYA – Roots Man (Impact)
BUNNY BRISSETT – Better Safe Than Sorry (Rockers International)
LLOYD PARKS – Mafia (Parks)
GREGORY ISAACS – Lonely Teardrops (Willow Tree: Jamaica Gold)
GREGORY ISAACS – Permanent Lover (PRE Records)
CHRONIXX – Sweet Argument (Exile: Forever Loving Originals)
KA’IKENA SCANLAN – Utu Bang Bang (Spoon Meat Entertainment)
ROOTS ARCHITECTS, ROOTS RADICS, DEAN FRASER, DWIGHT PICKNEY – 45 Charles Steet (From Then ‘Til Now: Fruits Records)
JECK PILPIL & PEACEPIPE – Vitamin Sea (Reggae Soul Medication: Manila Vibration)
RAS MUHAMAD & KUNOKINI – Leluhur (Salam: Oneness)
SKYGRASS – Think Again (Maroon Song) (Walking On Water: Skygrass International)
SKYGRASS & MICHAEL ROSE – Sensi (Walking On Water: Skygrass International)
ROE SUMMERZ & DUB SHEPHERDS – Strongest Soldier (BAT Records)
JHAZARA – Pardon Me (The Reggae Repository)
LONE ARK & ROBERTO SANCHEZ – Singers and Players (A-Lone Productions)
RIK JAM – Gwan Walk (Jonquan & Easy Star)
PERFECT GIDDIMANI – Ganja Fi Bun (BAKE: Giddimani Music & Sinky Beatz)
PERFECT GIDDIMANI – Weed We Want (BAKE: Giddimani Music & Sinky Beatz)
POPCAAN – We Alright (Nothing Without God: Unruly Ent)
POPCAAN – Nothing Without God (Droptop Records & Unruly Ent)
POPCAAN – Unruly Prayer (Unruly Entertainment)
POPCAAN – City (Eternal riddim: Not Nice)
VYBZ KARTEL – Life Goes On (Eternal riddim: Not Nice)
JAH VINCI – Mamma Love (Eternal riddim: Not Nice)

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-11-22/17-00-00

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 8 November, 2025

Featuring the Scotch riddim from Treydrumz & BlakYaad Productions, and new music from Chronixx, Alborosie, Eesah, Bugle, Agent Sasco, and more…

CORNEL CAMPBELL – Keep My Fire Burning (Gorgon Records)
JOE HIGGS – Invitation to Jamaica (Elevation)
JACKIE BROWN – People of Today (Doctor Bird)
ERROL DUNKLEY – Darling Ooh (Attack) –request
I ROY – Dread Hold The Handle (GGs)
ERIC CLARKE – Tug O War (GGs)
JOHNNY CLARKE – Enter Into His Gates With Praise (Striker Lee)
ZAP POW – True Love (Wham-Pac)
JENNIFER LARA – Woman of the Ghetto (Dub Store Special)
BIG YOUTH – Who Laughed Last (The Chanting Dread Inna Fine Style: Negusa Negast)
BIG YOUTH – The Killer (Gussie)
HORACE ANDY – New Broom (Studio One)
ALTON ELLIS – Almost Anything (Coxsone)
LIBERATION GROUP – Namibia (Winro)
MICHAEL ANTHONY – Living In Sorrows (Third Generation)
DENNIS BROWN – Some Like It Hot (Observer)
ASSASSIN & FREDDIE McGREGOR – Youths Well Cold (Some Like It Hot riddim: Penthouse)
TORCH – So Let It Be (Some Like It Hot riddim: Penthouse)
QUEEN IFRICA – What Is Life (Some Like It Hot riddim: Penthouse)
ROBERTO SANCHEZ & LONE ARK – Rowing Boat (Singers & Players: A-Lone Productions)
THE FLYING VIPERS – Mushrooms and Wallabies (World Inversion: Easy Star)
CHRONIXX – Pain In Your Heart (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
CHRONIXX – Family First (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
SAM GARRETT & MARCUS GAD – Salam Alekum (One Family: Ram Ram Records)
DAHVID SLUR – The Psalm 23 (Scotch riddim: Treydrumz & BlakYaad Productions)
J WRITTEN – Celestial (Scotch riddim: Treydrumz & BlakYaad Productions)
ARRISE – Changes (Scotch riddim: Treydrumz & BlakYaad Productions)
JHAZAHRA – Dat Mi Like (Scotch riddim: Treydrumz & BlakYaad Productions)
EESAH – After The Storm (King-Ivier Music & Loud City)
TARRUS RILEY & TOK – Call Mi (Vigilanti Ent)
ALBOROSIE – Zombies (Nine Mile: VP Records)
BUGLE & AGENT SASCO – Upliftment (Derrick Sound & Evidence Music)
BUJU BANTON – Hills and Valleys (Penthouse) –request
JAH LIL & JAHMIEL – One Gift (Out Deh Records) –request

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-11-08/17-00-00

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 1 November, 2025

Paying respects to the late singer Vivian Jones (1957-2025), and legendary Jamaican broadcaster Barry G (1955-2025). Also featuring a heap of Echo Minott ahead of his Melbourne show, and new music from the likes of Skygrass, Busy Signal, Buju Banton, Bounty Killer, Naomi Cowan, Ka$e, Hector Roots Lewis, Ras Teo, Iotosh, Inna Vision & Ini Kamoze.

VIVIAN JONES – Who’s Gonna Get Caught (Virgo Stomach)
VIVIAN JONES – Red Eyes (Jah Shaka 12″)
VIVIAN JONES – Ites Green and Gold (Jah Works: Jah Shaka Music)
VIVIAN JONES – Trust In Jah (Jah Works: Jah Shaka Music)
< excerpt from BARRY G vs DAVID RODIGAN radio clash – February 1985 >
ECHO MINOTT – Lazy Body (Black Scorpio)
ECHO MINOTT – Follow Me (Music Master)
ECHO MINOTT, SLY & ROBBIE – Tribulation (Showcase: Jam Can Records)
ECHO MINOTT, SLY & ROBBIE – You Have Fe Move (Showcase: Jam Can Records)
ECHO MINOTT – Youth Man (Jammys)
ECHO MINOTT – Living In The Ghetto (Jammys)
JUNIOR REID – Boom Shak A Lak (Jammys)
INI KAMOZE – World A Music (Taxi)
TAJ WEEKES – Rainstorm (Pause: Jatta Records)
MIDNITE & RAS BATCH – Weather The Storm (Beauty for Ashes: I Grade)
LUTAN FYAH – Perfect Storm (I Grade)
SKYGRASS & JESSE ROYAL – Walking on Water (Walking on Water: Skygrass International & DubShot Records)
SKYGRASS – Dreadful (Walking on Water: Skygrass International & DubShot Records)
RAS TEO – Alive and Well (Deh Pon Dem: Forward Bound Records)
KA$E & HECTOR ROOTS LEWIS – Hunting Season (Ineffable Records)
MORTIMER – Round and Round (Zion I Kings) –request
BUSY SIGNAL – The Days (Zion I Kings)
INNA VISION & INI KAMOZE – Keep Distance (Reggae Lives)
IOTOSH & PANA – Righteous (Sound Ting)
NAOMI COWAN & JOHNNY OSBOURNE – Version (Welcome to Paradise: Easy Star)
AGENT SASCO & LILA IKÉ – Everything and Anything (Daseca) –request
BUJU BANTON & TRIBAL KUSH – 16 Shots (How Yuh Bad Suh: Basshall Movement)
BOUNTY KILLER, KALASH, BUSY SIGNAL, BARRINGTON LEVY – 90s (How Yuh Bad Suh: Basshall Movement)

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-11-01/17-00-00

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 25 October, 2025

Featuring more from the new Chronixx album Exile; new tunes from Alborosie, Micah Shemaiah, and Medisun; the Golden Hour riddim from Bambino Musik; and revisiting the Nylon riddim from Juke Boxx productions by special request.

LEON HYATT – Time Ago Tell (Hit)
CARL MALCOM – No Jestering (Impact)
GREGORY ISAACS – Thief A Man (Advance)
GREGORY ISAACS – Rasta Business (African Museum)
FRED LOCKS – True Rastaman (Jahlovemuzik)
JUNIOR BYLES – Bur Boy (Knotty Vision: Nighthawk)
ECHO MINOTT – Ting Ling (African Symbol)
YELLOWMAN – Natty Sat Upon The Rock (Mister Yellowman: Greensleeves)
YELLOWMAN – Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt (Nobody Move: Greensleeves)
RANKING DREAD – Dread Inna Captivity (2 Dread Inna Babylon: Silver Kamel)
EARL SIXTEEN – Songs For A Reason version (Wambesi)
DENNIS BROWN – The Creator (The Promised Land: Emmanuel)
BURNING SPEAR – Throw Down Your Arms (Dry and Heavy: Island)
CULTURE – Iniquity Worker (Joe Gibbs)
CHRONIXX – Don’t Be Afraid (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
CHRONIXX – Keep On Rising (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
CHRONIXX – Scheming (Exile: Forever Living Originals) –request
CHRONIXX – I and I (Exile: Forever Living Originals)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Jamming version (Island)
ALBOROSIE – Calling Selassie (Nine Mile: VP Music)
MEDISUN & THE AUTOS – Inna Earth (Easy Star Records)
MICAH SHEMAIAH – Not For Sale (JahSolidRock Music)
YAKSTA – Unite (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
ALAINE – Rock Me So (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
YAADCORE – Mr Pointing Finger (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
JESSE ROYAL – All For Themself (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
RICHIE SPICE – Real For Ever (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
SPRAGGA BENZ – Hallelujah (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
CHINO – Rise Up (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
BUGLE, DAMIAN MARLEY, BUJU BANTON – Thank You Lord (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
RAS SHILOH – Life Means Everything (Golden Hour riddim: Bambino Musik)
BUSY SIGNAL – Trading Places (Nylon riddim: Juke Boxx) –request
TARRUS RILEY – Start A New (Nylon riddim: Juke Boxx)
ETANA – Loose Talking (Nylon riddim: Juke Boxx)
SIZZLA – Chillin’ In Chile (Nylon riddim: Juke Boxx)
QUEEN IFRICA – Dem Nah Learn (Nylon riddim: Juke Boxx)
AGENT SASCO – Only God Knows (Nylon riddim: Juke Boxx)
BADDA GENERAL – Heavy Congress custom dubplate special
SIZZLA – Rise To The Occasion (Don Corleon) –request

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-10-25/17-00-00

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 18 October, 2025

A special outside broadcast of Babylon Burning from the courtyard of the Collingwood Yards as part of the Stay Soft market, featuring guest sets from Bellyas and DJ Outsider. Plus the long-awaited new Chronixx album Exile, and new tunes from Alborosie and Vybz Kartel.

DON CARLOS – In Pieces (Harvest Time: Negus Roots)
BARRINGTON LEVY – Stray Away Girl version (Volcano)
REBEL REGULARS – Jah Love (Greensleeves)
DENNIS BROWN – Life’s Worth Living (DEB)
LEROY SMART – Get Smart (Vivian Jackson)
LARRY MARSHALL – It Dread In A Rome (Amanda)
LARRY MARSHALL – Rub Babylon (Studio One)
LARRY MARSHALL – I’ve Got To Make It (Studio One)
JACKIE MITTOO – Henry The Great (Studio One)
< Guest DJ set from Bellyas >
ALKALINE – In This World (7th Heaven riddim: DJ Frass)
CHRONIXX – Exile (Exile: Forever Living Original)
CHRONIXX – Saviour (Exile: Forever Living Original)
CHRONIXX – Love Is On The Mountain (Exile: Forever Living Original)
RIK JAM – Give Praises (The Genesis: Irie Yute Tapes)
ALBOROSIE – Trench Town Legend (VP Records)
LILA IKÉ – Too Late To Lie (Wurl Iké Records & In.Digg.Nation Collective)
SEJ – Bad Man (Compound Entertainment)
DEMARCO – Don A Yard (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
LUTAN FYAH – Common Sense (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
IMERU TAFARI & IYANSA – Jah Sound (Pon Di Island riddim: Bebble Rock)
< Guest DJ set from DJ Outsider >
VYBZ KARTEL – Nawmal Again (Greedy Lion & Vybz Kartel Muzik)

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-10-18/17-00-00

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 4 October, 2025

Revisiting Penthouse’s classic General riddim, with new cuts from Romain Virgo, RC and Exco Levi; new herb tunes from Mesh Marina, Akae Beka & Ras Attitude; new dancehall from Busy Signal and Major Lazer; the Marshall riddim from Hits 38 & Jammys; and the usual roots and rocksteady classics.

CORNEL CAMPBELL – If A Fire, Mek It Come (Gorgon Records)
DENNIS BROWN – My Time (Observer)
DENNIS BROWN – I Am The Conquerer (Observer)
THE SONS OF SELASSIE – I Man A African (Observer)
AUGUSTUS PABLO – East of the River Nile (Message)
AUGUSTUS PABLO & KING TUBBY – Corner Crew Dub (King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown: Rockers) –request say so paul blackman
THE UPSETTERS – Super Ape (Super Ape: Black Art & Island) –request
WAYNE SMITH – Double Wrong (Smoker Super: Jammys)
WAYNE SMITH – Trid In Trid Out (Smoker Super: Jammys)
AZA LINEAGE – Watch Out (The Marshall riddim: Hits 38 Production & Jammys)
MEDISUN – Rather Lose You (The Marshall riddim: Hits 38 Production & Jammys)
CLAIRE ANGEL – Wine Up Your Waist (The Marshall riddim: Hits 38 Production & Jammys)
COCOA TEA – The Marshall (The Marshall riddim: Hits 38 Production & Jammys)
SUGAR MINOTT & BOUNTY KILLER – Give The People What They Want (Hits 38 Production & Jammys)
SUGAR MINOTT – Jail House (Black Roots: Island/Gorgon)
THE MEDITATIONS – Babylon Trap Them (Message from the Meditiations: Ballistic)
THE WAILERS – Craven Choke Puppy Version (Tuff Gong)
PETER TOSH – Maga Dog (Joe Gibbs)
PAT KELLY & THE TECHNIQUES – The Time Has Come (No Love) (Techniques)
LLOYD ANDERSON & GERALD – Thy Man Look Into Thyself (Studio One)
THE WAILERS – Soul Captives (Beverley’s)
JEMENIAH – Walk On The Wild Side (Serpent)
RAS ATTITUDE & AKAE BEKA – Light Up (Partii Animalz Global)
MORGAN HERITAGE – Nice Up Your Medi (Three In One: VP Records)
MESH MARINA & SHENNELL – Joke Dem A Joke (SRO Dimension Music)
YT – Sound System (Heavy Congress dubplate special)
MELLOW MOOD & ROMAIN VIRGO – Pull Up (7: La Tempesta Dub)
DERAJAH – Justice (Littlerock Sound)
DOUBLE TIGER, SLY & ROBBIE – Yearning (Easy Star)
TENOR SAW – Lots of Sign (Youth Promotion)
ROMAIN VIRGO – Run De Place Red (General riddim: Penthouse)
EXCO LEVI – City Life (General riddim: Penthouse)
RC – Pressing On (General riddim: Penthouse)
GARNET SILK – Lion Heart (General riddim: Penthouse)
TERRY GANZIE – Want De Loving (General riddim: Penthouse)
TONY REBEL – One Day (General riddim: Penthouse)
TERROR FABULOUS – Order (General riddim: Penthouse)
AGENT SASCO & BUJU BANTON – Tell Me Now (General riddim: Penthouse)
BUJU BANTON – Pedal Pusher (Island Breeze riddim: Madd Spider)
WAYNE WONDER – Run Out Pon Dem (General riddim: Penthouse)
TARANCHYLA – Turn It Up (General riddim: Penthouse)
BUSY SIGNAL, MAJOR LAZER, DIPLO, KYBBA – Gangsta (Mad Decent) –request

listen online at https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/babylon-burning/2025-10-04/17-00-00