Website http://www.reggaecentral.org/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/reggaecentralkpfk
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reggaecentralkpfk/
Chuck Foster hosts Reggae Central Sundays from 2-5 PM on KPFK. He features ska, rocksteady, dub, local and international reggae and dancehall with a special emphasis on roots music. Chuck is the author of Roots Rock Reggae: An Oral History of Reggae Music From Ska To Dancehall (Billboard Books, 1999) and The Small Axe Guide To Rockstedy (Muzik Works, 2009, updated 2016). He wrote the Reggae Update column for Beat Magazine for two decades and currently writes the Reading and Reasoning column for Reggae Festival Guide. Chuck started playing reggae on the radio in Southern California in 1982 and began hosting Reggae Central in 1997. Live guests on the show over the years include Dennis Brown, The Mighty Diamonds, Burning Spear, Alton Ellis, Etana, Stranger Cole, Freddie McGregor, Phyllis Dillon, Lucky Dube, Morgan Heritage, The Expanders and many, many more.
Contact email: cfoster907@yahoo.com
Archives of this show can be heard here: https://archive.kpfk.org/index_one.php?shokey=reggaecent
Aired Sunday September 13 2-5 PM on KPFK
Toots Hibbert, lead singer of the classic Reggae group Toots & the Maytals passed on September 11 from complications of Covid-19. His contribution to reggae music was enormous including the first single with the word "Reggae" in the title in 1969 and a ground-breaking tour with The Rolling Stones in the 70's that helped introduce Reggae to America to Grammy-winning releases and his latest album "Got To Be Tough" which came out just last week. Chuck Foster will be hosting a three hour special dedicated to the music of Toots Hibbert
Listen to the archive here - https://archive.kpfk.org/index_one.php?shokey=reggaecent
Reggae Central Playlists
Current Playlist
Previous Playlists: (select date)
7:00am - 9:00am
Folk and roots music and more, sundry sounds from bluegrass to bebop and beyond.
10:00am - 11:00am
Interviews from a Black woman's perspective with Angela Birdsong
11:00am - Noon
A Hilarious LIVE Conversation With Mel Brooks July 27, 2024 Peacock Theater At L.A.LIVE + A 50th Anniversary Screening Of Blazing Saddles 7:30pm
at Peacock TheaterFestival Of Tabla: July 27 & 28, 2024 Soka Performing Arts Center Concert Hall Alison Viejo, CA
at Soka Performing Arts CenterCelebrating Palestinian Culture In Time Of War Sunday July 28 2024 All-Saints Episcopal Church Pasadena 3-5pm
at All Saints Episcopal ChurchOUTLAW FEST Featuring Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Brittney Spencer + Many More Wednesday July 31, 2024 Hollywood Bowl 5pm
at Hollywood BowlUB40 Red Wine Tour Wednesday July 31, 2024 LIVE At The Greek Theatre With Special Guests The English Beat 7pm
at Greek TheatreSunny intervals
High: 82°F | Low: 63°F
82°F
81°F
82°F
84°F