Podcast

Train To Skaville

Music, Music History

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
100
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr
On air since
2025
Latest episode
2 days ago

Episodes

100 episodes, newest first

  1. Train To Skaville - October 27, 2026 - Tribute to Derrick Harriott

    Season 2, Episode 45

    Show notes

    | 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, derrick & fay | bedroom mazurka
    | keith & tex | tonight
    | rudy mills | long story
    | ethiopians | no baptism
    | scotty | i worry
    | ike bennett/crystalites | ilya kuryakin
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | derrick harriott | penny for your song
    | u roy | penny for your dub
    | derrick harriott | solomon
    | derrick harriott | since i lost my baby/version
    | derrick harriott | message from a black man

    1 hr
  2. Train To Skaville - October 20, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 44

    Show notes

    | 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 | la la la
    | john holt | my eyes
    | sticky/upsetters | move & groove
    | dynamites | mr. midnight
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | nicky thomas | i'll be waiting
    | jackie mittoo | lovers rock
    | big youth | wake up everybody
    | wailing souls | mr. fire coal man
    | bim sherman | mighty ruler
    | burning spear | old marcus garvey / farther east of jack

    1 hr
  3. Train To Skaville - October 13, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 43

    Show notes

    | 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
    | jackie bernard | heart made of stone
    | augustus pable / fay | bedroom mazurka
    | augustus pablo | bedroom mazurka version 2
    | big youth | foreman vs. frazier
    | big youth | round 2
    | jah stitch | king of the arena
    | max romeo | the coming of jah
    | dennis brown | vineyard
    | junior delgado | cry cry
    | third world | journey to addis

    1 hr
  4. Train To Skaville - October 6, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 42

    Show notes

    | 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 rock style
    | lloyd charmers | run joe
    | sons of light | land of love
    | glen brown | boat to progress
    | treasure isle all stars | sunshine version
    | jacob miller | lorraine dubwise
    | trinity | rock in the ghetto
    | michael campbell | proud to be black
    | junior delgado | armed robbery
    | charlie ace | country boy / version
    | leo graham / upsetters | black candle / version

    1 hr
  5. Train To Skaville - September 29, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 41

    Show notes

    | 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 solid - alt mix
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | george faith | i've got the groove
    | leo graham | wolf out deh
    | willie williams | amagideon time
    | upsetters | shepherd rod
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | linton kwesi johnson | fite dem back
    | ranking junior | love rastafari
    | dillinger | cocaine in my brain
    | prince jazzbo | black is power
    | prince jazzbo | mr. harry skank
    | revolutionaries | get up

    1 hr
  6. Train To Skaville - September 22, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 40

    Show notes

    | 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 | just another girl
    | ernie smith | one dream
    | pluto | ram goat liver
    | pioneers | na na hey hey (kiss him goodbye)
    | alton ellis | i'm still in love with you
    | dub specialist | saucy perila
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | meditators | king rasta
    | prince alla | gold diver
    | upsetters | set up yourself
    | big youth | love we a deal with
    | jah lion | wisdom
    | u roy | ain't too proud to beg

    1 hr
  7. Train To Skaville - September 15, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 39

    Show notes

    | 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
    | winston jarrett | why is it
    | john holt | change your style (hooligan)
    | Delroy Wilson | I'm Still Waiting
    | melodians | passion love
    | sound dimension | full version
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | b.b. seaton | lean on me
    | derrick harriott | over the river
    | gregory isaacs | loving pauper
    | maytones | judgement a come
    | neville grant | revelation time
    | i roy | monkey fashion
    | big youth/john holt | leave your skeng
    | revolutionaries | african spirit

    1 hr
  8. Train To Skaville - September 8, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 38

    Show notes

    | 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 byles | auntie lulu
    | ethiopians | throne of justice
    | dawn penn | don't sleep on the subway
    | king tubbys | king tubby's explosion dub
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | u roy | runaway girl
    | kojak & liza | one thousand gal
    | culture | two sevens clash/version
    | junior delgado | armed robbery
    | bunny & ricky | bushweed corntrash
    | johnny clarke | blood dunza
    | revolutionaries | ready to dub
    | burning spear | marcus say jah no dead

    1 hr
  9. Train To Skaville - September 1, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 37

    Show notes

    | 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 campbell/eternals | the sun
    | tennors | gee whiz
    | eric donaldson/west indians | caught you red handed
    | jackie edwards | who told you so
    | delroy wilson | stick by me
    | dub specialist | love of a dub
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | leo graham/upsetters | news flash/flashing echo
    | ken quatty | where it's at
    | dillinger | headquarters
    | big youth | give praises
    | im & david | black is black
    | dennis brown | emmanuel god is with us - extended mix

    1 hr
  10. Train To Skaville - August 25, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 36

    Show notes

    | 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 my soul
    | errol dunkley | just another girl
    | helmsley morris | little things
    | jimmy london | i'll never find another you
    | wailing souls | without you
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | delroy wilson | once upon a time
    | im & david | heavy beat
    | junior delgado | i am still thinking
    | johnny clarke | warrior - extended mix
    | prince fari | johnny reggae
    | hugh mundell | my mind / african dub
    | lee perry | curly locks

    1 hr
  11. Train To Skaville - August 18, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 35

    Show notes

    | 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 them version
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | roy shirley | wonderful people
    | karl bryan | hot shot
    | untouchables | can't reach you
    | upsetters | must reach you
    | lee perry | captive
    | tommy mccook | psalms 9 to keep in mind
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | gregory isaacs | dancing floor
    | gregory isaacs | don't go
    | i roy | no shadow
    | big youth | hotter fire
    | prince fari | tribute to bob marley
    | maroons | talkin' blues
    | rupie edwards all stars | revenge version ii

    1 hr
  12. Train To Skaville - August 11, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 34

    Show notes

    | 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 world's down on me
    | george faith | midnight hour/ya ya
    | niney & max | aily & ailaloo
    | val bennett | judgement warrant
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | u roy/upsetters | ok carrol
    | i roy | sufferer's psalm
    | prince jazzbo | imperial i
    | yabby you/jah walton | zambia dub
    | prophets/trinity | king pharaoh's plague - discomix
    | dillinger | mickey mouse crablouse
    | lee perry/upsetters | mengieb

    1 hr
  13. Train To Skaville - August 4, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 33

    Show notes

    | 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
    | charlie ace | musical challice
    | u roy | on top of the peak
    | ray i | dubwise shower
    | glen brown | glen brown at the crossroads
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | i roy | brother toby is a movie from london
    | i roy | flight 808
    | prince jazzbo | step forward youth
    | afriques | cool mi black brother
    | burning spear | give me/brain food
    | third world | cool meditation
    | upsetters | foundation solid

    1 hr
  14. Train To Skaville - July 28, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 32

    Show notes

    | 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 | endlessly
    | dave barker | build my whole world around you
    | frankie diamond | ja special
    | linval thompson | another man (good gracious)
    | freddie mcgregor | do good / judge not observer style
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | sugar minott | never gonna give jah up
    | junior delgado | fort augustus
    | jacob miller | zion city / zion city dubwise
    | i roy | frankie j & melinda
    | jah stitch | african queen
    | jah stitch | danger zone/version

    1 hr
  15. Train To Skaville - July 21, 2026

    Season 3, Episode 31

    Show notes

    | 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 | don't listen to the rumours
    | young souls | why did you leave me
    | techniques | travelling man
    | treasure isle all stars | dreads leaving babylon
    | treasure isle all stars | kiss me honey version
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | gregory isaacs | one one cocoa
    | trinity | three piece suit
    | trinity | every trick in the book
    | jimmy & glen | nine finger jerry lewis
    | enos mcleod | see it deh - 12" version
    | sly dunbar | mr. bassie
    | upsetters | black ants dub

    1 hr
  16. BONUS EPISODE - Mystic Sounds, WFMU, July 5, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 30

    Show notes

    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 time

    tony rebel / marcia griffiths – things not so right

    richie stephens / garnet silk – fight back

    setbreak

    luciano / terror fabulous / louie culture – in this together

    mikey simpson / ranking keeble – chant down babylon

    linval thompson – curfew

    cocoa tea / major danger – proud to be black

    setbreak

    roland burrell – johnny dollar

    sister bloss / echo general – flora lee

    general echo – Arleen

    big youth – all nation bow

    garnet silk / yasus afari – I can see clearly

    junior reid – bubblers

    johnny osbourne – reasons

    joseph cotton – half slim

    tristan palmer – take my hand

    lovindeer – man shortage

    barrington levy / ranking trevor – wife & sweetheart a friend

    delroy wilson – suspicion

    wayne wonder – you me & she

    lloyd parks – reservation for two

    setbreak

    heptones – ain’t no woman

    delroy wilson / dillinger – stop in the name of love

    hortense ellis / clint eastwood – which way you going natty

    carlton lewis – sweet soul rocking

    papa face / redman – dance pon the corner

    setbreak

    jackie robinson / counselor – in the rain

    sanchez – sad songs

    flourgon – big batty gal

    collin roach – champion sound

    selah collins – pick a sound

    courtney melody – lean on me

    tyrone taylor – members only

    tyrone taylor – coptic time

    little john – smoke ganja hard

    3 hr
  17. Train To Skaville - July 14, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 29

    Show notes

    | 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
    | maytals | thy kingdom come
    | lloyd charmers | pure fire
    | junior byles/versatiles | cutting razor
    | lee perry/upsetters | evil tongues
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | upsetters | pound get a blow
    | congoes | ark of the covenant
    | astley bennett | children of the ghetto
    | gregory isaacs | financial endorsement
    | dennis brown | if i had the world
    | cedric im brooks | picture on the wall
    | jay boys | splendour splash

    1 hr
  18. Train To Skaville - July 7, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 28

    Show notes

    | 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 Break: Set Break
    | cables | baby why
    | lloyd charmers | why baby why
    | delroy wilson | live & learn
    | John Holt | Happy Go Lucky Girl
    | dennis walks | the drifter
    | vin gordon | if you're ready (come go with me)
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | junior byles | bur-o-boy
    | pluto | boogie bump
    | prince alla | slave master
    | third world | freedom song
    | observer all stars/king tubbys | rebel dance
    | dub specialist | saucy perila

    1 hr
  19. Train To Skaville - June 30, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 27

    Show notes

    | 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
    | delroy wilson | dance with you
    | ken boothe | ooh wee baby i love you
    | derrick harriott | have you seen her
    | horace andy | you are my angel
    | jackie mittoo | mixing jackson
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | i roy | i man time
    | tappa zukie | living in the ghetto
    | u brown | live as one
    | junior byles | oh lardy dah
    | max romeo | public enemy number one
    | maytones | africa we want to go
    | tommy mccook/aggrovators | a version i can feel with love

    1 hr
  20. Train To Skaville - June 23, 2026

    Season 2, Episode 26

    Show notes

    | 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 let it go to your head
    | lee perry | call on me
    | roy shirley | who god bless no man curse
    | sir lord comic | jack of my trade
    | upsetters | ferry boat
    | Set Break: Set Break
    | culture | i'm not ashamed / version
    | althea | down town thing
    | barrington levy | my woman
    | revolutionaries | don't break this dub

    1 hr