Remembering Zion in streaming audio ...

There's a little Canadian streaming audio station with a decidedly non-commercial playlist of Jamaican music from the 50s on. It's called SCRATCH ... mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae & dub. The name comes from Jamaican producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. Says website host Chris Azevedo:

The format ranges from late-1950s mento (Stanley Beckford), Jamaican-boogie (Laurel Aitken) into 60's ska (with the likes of The Skatalites, Laurel Aitken, Prince Buster and Theophilus Beckford), through the rocksteady years and on to reggae and dub.
There is no rap or hip-hop in the playlist - just some fine toasting from the likes of King Stitt, Prince Jazzbo, U-Roy and Big Youth (to name a few).

The playlist is updated weekly.

Also information on Rasta, dub, etc. And a quote from the Melodians' song "Rivers of Babylon ... where we wept / When we remembered Zion."

As far as I can tell, Azevedo is an amateur in the best sense of the word, someone who does something because he loves doing it. He has a personal website, with vacation and cat pictures but no commercial gimmickry. Just a deep appreciation for the music.

A couple of other streaming audio links I might not be able to find again --

Irish traditional music at liveireland.com on "Live Ireland." Has both traditional and contemporary streams, as well as features and a "shop Ireland" store.

Triple J or 2JJJ is "Australia's youth radio station," according to the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp.) tease on Google.