Train To Skaville
by Brian Tomsic
Train To Skaville originates at WCBN-FM in Ann Arbor, Michigan. DJ Brian Tomsic on air since 1987 bringing musical treasures of Jamaican music of the 60s and 70s. Ska, rocksteady, early reggae, dub, DJ sounds and more from a vast collection of hits and collectible obscurities. The show is now broadcast on over 20 community community radio stations across the US and Canada and we're always looking for new stations worldwide to share our love of these irresistible sounds! We'll be uploading new shows weekly, and an occasional bonus episode form the archives. Check out traintoskaville.org for earlier episodes
Episodes
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Train To Skaville - November 3, 2026
| delroy wilson | someone's gonna cry | john dizzy moore/skatalites | sudden destruction | joe white | bad man | royals | pick out me eye | carlos malcolm & his afro jamaican rhythms | skamania | im & david | cadid i | Set Break: Set Break | dobby dobson | cry a little cry | dandy | there is a...
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Train To Skaville - October 27, 2026 - Tribute to Derrick Harriott
| derrick harriott | walk the streets | derrick harriott | do i worry | derrick harriott | derrick! | jiving juniors | over the river | jiving juniors | lollipop girl | derrick harriott | brown baby | keith & tex | stop that train | big youth | cool breeze | Set Break: Set Break | augustus…
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Train To Skaville - October 20, 2026
| prince buster | deliver us from our enemies | roland alphonso | jah shakey | paragons | happy go lucky girl | dandy | come on home | gaylads | tell the children the truth | upsetters | tidal wave | Set Break: Set Break | wailers | african herbsman | west indians | lonely nights | laurel aitken…
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Train To Skaville - October 13, 2026
| justin hinds & the dominoes | over the river | derrick morgan | father killam | derrick harriott | the loser | roy shirley/glen adams | rocksteady train | del davis | baby don't wake me | federals | wailing festival | tennors | traitor | roland alphonso | dream land | dave barker | my cup |...
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Train To Skaville - October 6, 2026
| lord tanamo | i am holding on | termites | rub up push up | phyllis dillon | midnight confession | ken boothe | morning | lloyd robinson | trouble trouble | maytones | billy goat | roy shirley | jamaican girls | treasure isle all stars | i shave the barber | u roy | love i tender | scotty | jam...
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Train To Skaville - September 29, 2026
| mellow cats/count ossie's wareikas | rock a man soul | desmond dekker | madgie | maytals | bla bla bla | errol dunkley | you'll never know | slim smith | if it don't work out | dave & ansel collins | glory of love | reggae boys | the wicked must survive - organ mix | upsetters | foundation…
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Train To Skaville - September 22, 2026
| black brothers | why oh why | byron lee | ska dee wah | millicent todd | give love a try | theophilus beckford | now that you're dead | delroy wilson | conquer me | willie francis | motherless children | rhythm rulers | power pack | Set Break: Set Break | slim smith | gypsy woman | ken boothe |...
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Train To Skaville - September 15, 2026
| alton ellis | going back to africa | owen & leon | how would you feel | tartans | it's not right | dandy | my kind of love | heptones | in love with you | prince buster | the baddest | peter tosh/bunny lee all stars | crimson pirate | Set Break: Set Break | peter tosh/wailers | 400 years |...
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Train To Skaville - September 8, 2026
| slim smith | the beatitude | maytals | the preacher | king stitt/don drummond | the shock | duke white | you are mine | tony brevett | staircase of time | carl cannonball bryan | run for your life | Set Break: Set Break | david isaacs | what's wrong with you | dandy | touch of poison | junior...
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Train To Skaville - September 1, 2026
| jamaicans | feel the festive spirit | gaylads | chi chi bud | derrick & patsy | are you going to marry me | wailers | i made a mistake | roland alphonso | whiter shade of pale | winston mullings | why girl | ansel collins/hippy boys | my last walk | Set Break: Set Break | cornell...
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Train To Skaville - August 25, 2026
| justin hinds & the dominoes | king samuel | soul dimension | rocking sweet pea | ken boothe | artibella | melodians | little nut tree | lloyd & robin | gawling come down | paragons | i want to go back | dave & ansel collins | impossible mission | Set Break: Set Break | rad bryan | girl you rock...
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Train To Skaville - August 18, 2026
| Linton Kwesi Johnson | Want Fi Goh Rave | roland alphonso | easter bonnet | pioneers | rudies are the greatest | rudy mills | long story | delroy wilson | gonna make it | john holt | a love i can feel | john holt | strange things | alton ellis | can i change my mind | sound dimension | forgive...
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Train To Skaville - August 11, 2026
| dandy | we are still rude | henry iii | with a girl like you | gaylads | charley marley | derrick & patsy | oh my love | basil gabbidon | independence blues | rupie martin's all stars | death in the arena | Set Break: Set Break | john holt | ali baba | pluto | i man born ya | ken boothe | whole...
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Train To Skaville - August 4, 2026
| techniques | remember i told you | gaylads | brown skin gal | don d junior (vin gordon) | heavenless | dandy | gumption feeling | maytals | give peace a chance | winston wright | top secret | Set Break: Set Break | dennis alcapone | rocking to ethiopia | heptones | why did you leave me to cry |...
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Train To Skaville - July 28, 2026
| byron lee/ska kings | last night ska | derrick morgan/pauline | you never miss the water | maytals | sweet & dandy | slim smith | i'm lost | slim smith | slip away | ken boothe | now i know | winston wright & the rulers | bratah | Set Break: Set Break | alton ellis | willow tree | silvertones |...
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Train To Skaville - July 21, 2026
| soulettes | friends & lovers | baba brooks band | teenage ska | prince buster | gun the man down | theophilus beckford | now that you're dead | slim smith | try again | slim smith | love & devotion | roland alphonso | goodnight my love | Set Break: Set Break | tennors | cleopatra | gaylads |...
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BONUS EPISODE - Mystic Sounds, WFMU, July 5, 2026
Subbing on WFMU's Mystic Sounds program, featuring 3 hours of 80s & 90s classics. sammy levi – five pound box of dubs don carlos / papa tullo – pass me the razor blade gregory isaacs – cool ruler come again lone ranger – fist to fist days done admiral tibbet / shabba ranks / ninjaman – serious…
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Train To Skaville - July 14, 2026
| roy shirley | more black love | jackie mittoo | what that | king stitt/joe higgs | dinah | gaylads | boogaloo | dave & ansel collins | i the third | eric donaldson | come a little closer | gg all stars | bonanza | Set Break: Set Break | johnny lynch | don't believe him donna | ken boothe | why…
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Train To Skaville - July 7, 2026
| stranger cole/gladstone anderson | just like a river | stranger cole/gladstone anderson | seeing is knowing | stranger cole | rough & tough | stranger cole | oh how i need you | overtakers | beware | delroy wilson | riding for a fall | alton ellis | can i change my mind - instrumental | Set...
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Train To Skaville - June 30, 2026
| rulers | be good | lynn tait/baba brooks band | magnificent ska | dandy | have your fun | dynamites | mister midnight | prince buster | don't you know i love you so | busty brown | just as long as you need me | g.g. all stars | 1,00 tons of tnt | Set Break: Set Break | ken boothe | my love |...
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Train To Skaville - June 23, 2026
| roland alphonso | a shot in the dark | melodians | little nut tree | paragons | only a smile | heptones | glory land | ken boothe | give it to me | jackie edwards | i do love you | dandy | music doctor | Set Break: Set Break | ken parker | my whole world is falling down | black harmony | don't...
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Train To Skaville - June 16, 2026
| derrick morgan | i am the ruler | slim smith | facts of life | delroy wilson | run for your life | silvertones | endlessly | delroy wilson | gave you my love | sound dimension | don't fight it version | Set Break: Set Break | hopeton lewis | boom shack a lack | clancy eccles | festival '68 |...
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Train To Skaville - June 9, 2026
| summertaires | stay | roland alphonso | peace & love | raymond harper | safari | gaylads | what is wrong | tennors | hopeful village | slickers | mother matty | derrick morgan | horse dead, cow fat | val bennett | judgement warrant | Set Break: Set Break | cat campbell | by the river brown…
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Train To Skaville - June 2, 2026
| lyrics | music like dirt | derrick & patsy | raindrops falling | merlene webber | how nice it is | slim smith | the beatitude | ken boothe | give it to me | little des | somebody's baby | dave & ansel collins | monkey spanner | Set Break: Set Break | winston shand | time is the master | david...
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Train To Skaville - May 26, 2026
| prince buster | the baddest | prince buster | cincinnati kid | joe white | rudies all around | desmond dekker | honour your father & mother | derrick & patsy w/drumbago & his orchestra | baby please don't leave me | lloyd robinson | they got to move | val bennett | collecting coins | Set Break:...
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Train To Skaville - May 19, 2026
| delroy wilson | you bend my love | king stitt/maytals | love divine | maytals | thy kingdom come | dandy | puppet on a string | ken boothe | that's the way nature planned it | lloyd charmers | dollars & bonds | johnny moore/supersonics | sound & soul | Set Break: Set Break | trinity | owner fi…
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Train To Skaville - May 12, 2026
| carlos malcolm & his afro-jamaican rhythms | bonanza ska | carlos malcolm & his afro-jamaican rhythms | run for cover | yvonne harrison | take my hand | alton ellis | feeling inside | heptones | sad songs | philip samuel | musical dove | winston wright/dynamites | mother prayer | Set Break: Set...
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Train To Skaville - May 5, 2026
| winston richards | lo ki | justin hinds & the dominoes | botheration - ska version | paragons | on the beach | pioneers | money day | gaylads | hard to confess | marva moore & the gaysters | great '68 | upsetters | dig your grave | Set Break: Set Break | dandy | everybody loves a winner | roy...
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Train To Skaville - April 28, 2026
| jackie opel | you're too bad | roland alphonso | do it good | roland alphonso | charade | uniques | out of love | delroy wilson | ungrateful baby | stranger & ken | we are rolling | im & david | black is black | Set Break: Set Break | john holt | strange things | treasure isle all stars | love...
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Train To Skaville - April 21, 2026
| laurel aitken | if you need me | clive & doreen | what more can i do | clancy eccles | sweet jamaica | teddy charmer | all in my life | ken boothe | get close to you | tennors | run come | cedric brooks/sound dimension | more soul | Set Break: Set Break | rupie edwards | promoters grouse |…
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Train To Skaville - April 14, 2026
| hortense ellis | i'm just a girl | slim smith | a place in the sun | melodians | come ethiopians come | clancy eccles | freedom | henry buckley | beware of rude boys | tommy cowan | house in session | hippy boys | death rides | Set Break: Set Break | delroy wilson | till i die | john holt | a...
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Train To Skaville - April 7, 2026
| lester sterling/baba brooks band | so long | little freddie | i'm too young to love | winston & george | keep the pressure on | dandy | east of suez | three tops | do it right | three tops/phyllis dillon | do it right - soul take | boris gardiner/love people | don juan | Set Break: Set Break |...
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Train To Skaville - March 31, 2026
| hopeton lewis | let me come home | king edwards | russian roulette | gaylads | something is wrong somewhere | versatiles | time has come | winston heywood | i'll never fall in love again | john holt/joya landis | i'll be lonely | wailing souls | without you/version | Set Break: Set Break | judy...
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BONUS EPISODE - Dancehall/Reggae Show archive from 1990
This is an unedited tape of a show from 1990 | johnny osbourne | for a few dollars more | home t | could it be love | pinchers | my heart is booked | wayne wonder | you me & she | frankie paul | i want to rock with you | barrington levy | too experience | tristan palmer | entertainment | lady ann…
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Train To Skaville - March 24, 2026
| derrick morgan | do the beng beng | derrick morgan | lover boy | soul brothers | sugar cane | maytals | feel so good | melodians | rock it with me | roy shirley | don't be afraid (of the dark) | treasure isle all stars | silver hour | Set Break: Set Break | ethiopians | what a pain | dandy |...
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Train To Skaville - March 17, 2026
| king stitt/ | rock away | derrick morgan | love not to brag | stranger cole/ken boothe | hush | ken boothe/soul vendors | home home home | slim smith/uniques | my conversation | roland alphonso | stream of life | Set Break: Set Break | silvertones | teardrops | delroy wilson | true believer in...
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Train To Skaville - March 10, 2026
| skatalites | don d lion | don drummond | machine shop | emotions/lynn taitt band | gypsy | delano stewart | stay a little bit longer | ken boothe | now i know | winston williams | still water version | upsetters | big noise | Set Break: Set Break | tennors | sufferer | reggae boys | dolly house...
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Train To Skaville - March 3, 2026
| tommy mccook/soul brothers | bond street special | millicent todd | you took my love | roy shirley | i am the winner | maytals | bim today (bam tomorrow) | john holt | stealing stealing | lord creator | passing through | jackie mittoo | black organ | delroy wilson | funky broadway | hugh…
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Train To Skaville - February 24, 2026
| lord tanamo | i had a dream | heptones | ain't that bad | eric monty morris/roy panton | since you left me | lloyd robinson | no more troubles | ethiopians | i'll never get burnt | lloyd charmers/soul stirrers | come see about me | im & david | money maker | Set Break: Set Break | ken parker |...
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Train To Skaville - February 17, 2026
| lloyd charmers/hippy boys | look a py py | bruce ruffin | ooh child | wailers | and i love her | slim smith | everybody needs love | silvertones | whoo baby | kilowatts | (what a) wonderful world | winston wright | tonight | Set Break: Set Break | prince buster | dark end of the street | carl...
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Train To Skaville - February 10, 2026
| blues blenders | girl next door | baba brooks & his band | the clock | bruce ruffin | the bitterness of life | jackie mittoo/soul brothers | home made | prince buster | got to be free | dandy | meeting over yonder | studio one rockers | brentford rock | Set Break: Set Break | ken boothe | i'm…
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Train To Skaville - February 3, 2026
| wailers | sunday morning | king edwards | russian roulette | eric morris | festival time | stranger cole | boy blue | uniques | let me go girl | justin hinds/dominoes | botheration | treasure isle all stars | the attorney | Set Break: Set Break | gaylads | someday I will be free | roy shirley |...
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Train To Skaville - January 27, 2027 - Tribute to Sly Dunbar
| dave & ansell collins | double barrel / version | culture | two sevens clash | mighty diamonds | have mercy | revolutionaries | m.p.l.a. | peter tosh | equal rights | black uhuru | plastic smile | revolutionaries | stand up to your judgement verison | Set Break: Set Break | tamlins | baltimore…
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Train To Skaville - January 20, 2026
| third world | satta massagana/kumina | ethiopians | no baptism | maytals | revival reggae | slim smith/uniques | people rocksteady | stranger cole/patsy todd | tom dick & harry | laurel aitken | lucille | treasure isle all stars | many questions | Set Break: Set Break | roland alphonso | sock…
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Train To Skaville - January 13, 2026
| king stitt/lord creator | beyond | skatalites | street corner | delroy wilson | troubled man | termites | do it right now | tennors | massi massa | ernie smith | bend down | sound dimension | le arab | ansell collins / hippy boys | joe gibbs' mood | Set Break: Set Break | ken boothe | freedom...
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Train To Skaville - January 6, 2026
| lloyd clarke | love me or leave me | derrick harriott | it's all right | king rocky & the willows / tommy mccook | you are the one | freddie mckay | sweet you sour you | delroy wilson | mother nature (it's the way nature planned it) | dave & ansell collins | secret weapon | clancy eccles &…
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Train To Skaville - December 20, 2025 - Tribute to Artists Who Passed in 2025
| jimmy cliff | ska all over the world | owen & leon | love me or leave me | owen & leon | fits is on me | owen gray | they got to move | owen gray | owen gray's greatest hits pt 1 | Set Break: Set Break | romeo & the emotions | rude boy confession | emotions | don't want to let you go |…
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Train To Skaville - December 23, 2025
| rico rodriguez | silent night skank | don drummond/skatalites | thoroughfare | hopeton lewis | run down | roy shirley | golden festival | dandy | till death do us part | techniques | there comes a time | the corporation | walking thru jerusalem | Set Break: Set Break | lord creator | kingston...
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Train To Skaville - December 16, 2025
| rico rodriguez | silent night skank | don drummond/skatalites | thoroughfare | hopeton lewis | run down | roy shirley | golden festival | dandy | till death do us part | techniques | there comes a time | the corporation | walking thru jerusalem | Set Break: Set Break | lord creator | kingston...
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Train To Skaville - December 9, 2025
| king stitt/tommy mccook | sauvito | charmers | blessed be | helmsley morris | love is strange | kingstonians | merry christmas | selected few | selection train | slim smith | time has come | Set Break: Set Break | duke reid/u roy | studio break | u roy | rock away | ethiopians | i'm a believer…
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About this show
Train To Skaville originates at WCBN-FM in Ann Arbor, Michigan. DJ Brian Tomsic on air since 1987 bringing musical treasures of Jamaican music of the 60s and 70s. Ska, rocksteady, early reggae, dub, DJ sounds and more from a vast collection of hits and collectible obscurities. The show is now broadcast on over 20 community community radio stations across the US and Canada and we're always looking for new stations worldwide to share our love of these irresistible sounds! We'll be uploading new shows weekly, and an occasional bonus episode form the archives. Check out traintoskaville.org for earlier episodes
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Brian Tomsic