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From Ska to Roots – The Trailblazing Legacy of a Studio Queen

Sonia Pottinger holds a unique place in Jamaican music history. As the country’s first female record producer, she not only broke barriers but helped shape the very sound of ska, rocksteady, and reggae from the 1960s to the 1980s.


PLAYLIST

(The mix includes songs she produced, released, or has been part of in some manner)

  1. Delano Stewart – Tell Me Baby

  2. The Ethiopians – The Whip

  3. Brent Dowe – It Cool

  4. The Ethiopians – I Need You

  5. Delano Stewart – That's Life

  6. Federals – Wailing Festival

  7. The Melodians – No Nola

  8. Ken Boothe – Have I Sinned

  9. Marcia Griffiths – Survival

  10. Judy Mowatt – Way Over Yonder

  11. Sonya Spence – When

  12. Culture – Stop The Fussing And Fighting - 2000 Digital Remaster

  13. The Twinkle Brothers – A New World Order

  14. Reggae George – Fig Root

  15. Bob Andy – Ghetto Stays in the Mind

  16. Tony Tuff – Round the World

  17. Ranking Joe – Shine Eye Girl

  18. Jah Thomas – Righteous Train