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Podcast: Life Elsewhere
Episode: Life Elsewhere Music Vol 316 - La Femmes De Reggae Special
Description: For this volume, we take a slight diversion from brand-new releases to celebrate the wonderful women of Reggae. Cover versions have always played an important part in the output from the Reggae hubs of Jamaica and London. Often a Reggae cover version is equal to if not considerably better than the original. There are far too many examples to illustrate that notion, but you are advised to check out a Reggae cover anytime you come across one. We begin with what could arguably be classified as a superior cover of Anita Ward’s 1979 hit, Ring My Bell. Almost immediately af...