THE ROOTSLAND SHOP

Season 3

July 26, 2022

Blood and Fire Chapter 1: "History meets Destiny"

As Henry and Brian are touching down, in Kingston so is an army of foreign invaders. Record Companies, music executives, publishers, mangers all looking to cash in on dancehall's recent waive of international popularit…
Aug. 2, 2022

Blood and Fire Chapter 2: "Kingston Red Hot"

The Kingston adventure begins for Henry and Brian with a dire warning from their long time taxi driver, a meeting with a top reggae power player. and a run-in with one of Kingston's "Rude Boy" Gangsters. That was just the fi…
Aug. 9, 2022

Blood and Fire Chapter 3: "Pon Di Corna" (On the Corner)

Hanging out on a dusty, hot New Kingston street corner breathing in taxi exhaust fumes surrounded by street youth juggling dime bags of sinsemilla, isn't exactly listed as an attraction in the Jamaican guidebooks. Yet, Br…
Aug. 16, 2022

Blood and Fire Chapter 4: "Inna Di Yaad" (Chilling at Home)

Once the phone started ringing at Brian & Henry's "Dread & Breakfast" their quiet spot in the hills became the Kingston base for dozens of reggae tourists from all over the globe. Music business people, journalists, singe…
Aug. 23, 2022

Blood and Fire Chapter 5: "Outta Road" (In the Street)

Dancehall culture and the street dances that inspired it can be traced back the 1950’s to poorest and most marginalized areas in Kingston. Attended by residents who lived on gully banks and sustained themselves by sifting th…
Aug. 30, 2022

Blood and Fire Chapter 6: "Life And Death Association"(LADA)

Grants Pen has been called a "depressed area, where death is disseminated with unfeeling frequency," not the kind of neighborhood you want a tire blowout out at 3:00 AM. The time of the night when the scavengers come out …
Sept. 13, 2022

Blood and Fire Chapter 7: "Police & Thieves"

In the Season 3 Finale, "Police and Thieves" Henry and Brian discover that Kingston is a city whose story always starts and ends the same way, the only thing that changes are the players... the police and thieves, the ga…
Oct. 11, 2022

"Broken Shells"

In this Bonus Episode " Broken Shells ," Narrator Henry K questions if we really do get wiser as we get older? He also updates the " Rootsland Gang " on when to expect the Season 4 Debut, and plays a song by Tanya Stephens…