Rootsland "Stories that are Music to your ears"

Seventeen years ago, Sia received a second chance at life.
In this special birthday episode, she and Henry revisit a remarkable chapter of their journey and reflect on the surprising ways that old memories, old dreams, and old songs can return when least expected.
Reggae for the Child in us All by Ivori I. - DistroKid
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Produced by Henry K in association with Voice Boxx Studios Kingston, Jamaica
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Reggae Around the World Produced and Written by Ivori I.

December 3rd, 1976.
Two days before the historic Smile Jamaica concert, gunmen stormed Bob Marley’s home at 56 Hope Road and opened fire.
He performed anyway.
In this remixed, remastered, and newly revoiced Producer’s Cut of one of Rootsland’s most listened-to early episodes, Henry K retraces the assassination attempt that changed reggae history forever — and the deeper story of exile, Exodus, resistance, and the spiritual force behind Bob Marley’s music.
From the ghettos of Kingston to the suburbs of Long Island… from Tuff Gong Studios to the Bob Marley Museum… this episode explores how reggae became more than entertainment for an entire generation searching for truth, identity, freedom, and hope in a divided world.
Now featuring updated narration, enhanced sound design, and expanded visual elements.
The remastered audio edition is available on Apple Podcasts, while the full visual version featuring new visualizer elements and imagery is available on Spotify Ambush in the Night "Producer's Cut" - Episode - Rootsland "Stories that are Music to your ears" & YouTube Bob Marley Assassination Attempt Revisited | Ambush in the Night — Rootsland Producer’s Cut
Stories that are music to your ears.
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Produced by Henry K in association with Voice Boxx Studios Kingston, Jamaica
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featuring "Catch a Fire" performed by Wayne Armond

A forgotten cassette demo from forty years ago leads Henry K back to the first song he ever sold… and three simple words that shaped his life: Just keep trying.
What begins as a lighthearted reaction to an old recording slowly opens into something deeper — a meditation on parenting, loneliness, success, happiness, and the voices that stay with us long after childhood ends.
Featuring rare early recordings, memories from New York’s legendary D&D Studios, and reflections and lessons that every parent and grandparent will connect with.
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Produced by Henry K in association with Voice Boxx Studios Kingston, Jamaica
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In the season finale of Rootsland, Henry K reflects on one of the oldest questions we carry through life.
What remains?
The journey begins with a ten-year-old boy in Kobe, Japan who raised butterflies and wondered about something simple: when they finally flew away… would they remember him?
That quiet question leads somewhere unexpected.
From childhood curiosity… to the words of a legendary singer from Kingston asking, “Could you be loved… and be loved?”
Along the way, the episode explores memory, instinct, and the invisible things we pass through life carrying — often without realizing it.
Because in the end, the answer may be simpler than we think.
Everything remains.
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Produced by Henry K in association with Voice Boxx Studios Kingston, Jamaica
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Still in the Game
After the emotional journey of Road to Zion, Rootsland takes a quieter turn.
A phone call from Kingston leads Henry K back to a forgotten corner of his own past — and a blue suitcase sitting inside a storage locker in South Florida.
Inside are decades of recordings — cassette tapes, DATs, rough mixes, and studio sessions from another era.
Among them are unreleased recordings from legendary Jamaican saxophonist Deadly Headley Bennett — a musician who helped shape the sound of reggae but, like many session players of his time, never owned a catalogue of his own.
In this episode of Rootsland, Henry K begins opening those tapes and starting the long process of bringing some of that music back to life — and inviting the Rootsland family to help finish a story that began in the studios of Kingston many years ago.
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Closing Song: Deadly Headley Bennett "Herb 'n Sunset" Henry K mix