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Songs From the Yard Ep 9

Alight, Jah is in the house. And the house has a tin roof. It’s time for some reggae, people. It’s episode 9 of Songs from the Yard, our testament to the music of the emerald isle called Jamaica. In this installment we spin two hours worth of the dankest dub, rocksteady, dancehall, and ska you […]

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Songs From The Yard Ep 8

There’s far too much that can be said for Reggae music that the only that we can do is just give you some really good tunes. For Episode 8 of Songs From The Yard we give you pop tunes, dank grooves and all the dub to smoke you under the table. Say no more. Time […]

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Songs From the Yard Ep 7

If you know someone who doesn’t like reggae music, give them this show. Seriously. If you know someone who’s a total dick and doesn’t like reggae music, give them this show. In episode 7 of our reggae testament Songs From the Yard we pull out all the stops and give you two hours of the […]

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Songs From The Yard Ep 6

Alright, people . . . it is time to get ourselves together. Look busy, man. Jah is coming. Here it is, episode 6 of our testament to the music of the island, Songs From the Yard. Roll up a spleef, crack that bottle of Red Stripe, it’s time for some fuckin’ reggae. You should probably […]

Reggae People Doing Reggae Things

Songs From the Yard Ep 5

Five hundred miles off the tip of the Florida Keys (on the other side of Cuba), is Jamaica, birthplace of a little something called reggae. Every once and a while we at The Balcony grab a trade wind and point our spliffs straight for Kingston. Join us for episode five of our testament to Jah […]

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Songs From the Yard Ep 4

Every once in a while we here at the Balcony take a little boat ride down to the islands . . . it takes about ten months each time. It’s a l-o-n-g ass boat ride. In episode four of Songs From the Yard — our toast to reggae, ska, dancehall, lover’s rock, dub,  and rocksteady […]

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Songs From the Yard Ep 3

Balcony Radio is unofficially sister cities with Kingston . . . we’re just waiting on some formal paperwork we need to get notarized . . . and for someone in Jamaica to acknowledge us . . . In episode three of Songs From the Yard, we give tribute to Jah with two hours of Jamaica’s […]

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Songs From The Yard Ep 2

Hello and welcome to our second excursion into the music genre that has more sub-genres than you can shake a spliff at. Smile and dance, children . . . We really tried shaking a spliff at this show. We tried hard. Now, click on the link here and check out the songs from this show:  […]

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Songs From The Yard Ep 1

Roll on up to the islands with your friends at The Balcony . . . We love reggae so much we’ll give you two hours of it with no Bob Marley. In this show we play jams stanky enough to give you a contact high. Do yourself the favor of picking up some reggae. Click […]