Chris’ Blackwell Rum Music Mix
Listen to Chris’ Blackwell Rum Music Mix, curated monthly by the man himself. So, kick back, relax and soak up the vibe.
Hammock Time
Al Green
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?
Cisse Diamba Kanoute
Kanmiri
Grant Green
Lazy Afternoon
Gigi
Jerusalem
1 Giant Leap
The Way You Dream
Ash Walker
Afghanistan
Sugar Minott
Oppressors Oppression
Ray Charles
Blue Funk
Annie Flore Batchiellilys
Ni wu rondi
Nouvelle Vague
Guns Of Brixton
Dudley Sibley And The Soul Gang
Love In Our Nation
Bruce Springsteen
Reason to Believe
Billie Holiday
Easy Living
Salif Keita
Ana Na Ming (La Funk Mob Remix)
Sundowners
Grant Green
Idle Moments
Elwood
Sundown
Manu Dibango
Baobab Sunset
Don Redman
After Sundown
Charles Lloyd
Sunset
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
Land of Ra
Benny Goodman
Sundown Skip
Tommy Dorsey
Sundown Swing
Roxy Music
Sunset
Oscar Peterson
At Sundown
Various Artists
Sunset Jam
Happy Birthday Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin
Soul De Ern
Ernest Ranglin Trio
Wranglin'
Ernest Ranglin
Ernest's Tune
Ernest Ranglin
For Juni
Ernest Ranglin
Liquidation
Ernest Ranglin Trio
Linstead Market
Ernest Ranglin
Ernest's Delight
Ernest Ranglin
Dancehall Fever
Ernest Ranglin
D'accord Dakar
Ernest Ranglin & Monty Alexander
Double Barrel
St. Germain
Montego Bay Spleen
Ernest Ranglin
Surfin'
Ernest Ranglin
Up on the Downstroke
Ernest Ranglin
King Tubby Meets The Rockers
Ernest Ranglin
Lemon Tree
Ladies of Reggae
Sister Nancy
One Two
Dawn Penn
You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)
Lady Saw
Sycamore Tree
Millie Small
Walkin' To New Orleands
Judy Mowatt
Sisters' Chant
Phyllis Dillon
Woman In The Ghetto
Rosalyn Sweet & The Paragons
Blackbird Singing
Rosalyn Sweet & The Paragons
Blackbird Singing
Grace Jones
My Jamaican Guy
Marcia Griffiths
When Will I See You Again
Hortense Ellis
My Last Date
Dawn Penn
To Sir With Love
Barbara Jones
Changing Partners
Jenny Taylor
Come Lay Some Loving On Me
judy mowatt and the gaytones
I Shall Sing
Rita Marley And The Soulettes
My Desire
Spring Playlist
Sir Horace & His Merry Knights & Horace Abrahams
Mambo Jamaica
Sir Horace & His Merry Knights
Morgans Mento
The Tower Islanders & Hubert Porter
The Brown Skin Gal
George Moxey Quartet & Clyde Hoyte
Montego Calypso
Count Lasher & Charlie Biger's Six
Calabash
Chin’s Calypso Sextet & A. Bedasse
Give Her Love
The Wigglers & Denzil Laing
Limbo
Dan Williams & His Orchestra & Lord Fly
Calypso Whai Whai Whai
Lord Tickler & The Jamaican Calypsonians
Green Guava
George Moxey & His Calypso Quintet & Count Lasher
The Ole Man's Drive
Dan Williams & His Orchestra & Lord Fly
Transportation Kingston Style
Count Owen & His Calypsonians
Take Her to Jamaica
Lord Power & His Calypsonians
Special Amber Calypso
Reynold’s Calypso Clippers, Boysie Grant & Eddie Brown
Solus Market
Count Lasher's Calypso Quintet
Trek to England
The Jamaican Calypsonians & Lord Flea
Run Mongoose / Linstead Market
Local Calypso Quintet & A. Bedasse
Money Is King
The Tower Islanders & Hubert Porter
Hold 'Im Joe
ONE LOVE playlist
Chic
05.I Want Your Love
The Maytones
Born To Be Loved
John Martyn
Couldn't Love You More
Johnny Osbourne
All I Have Is Love
The Ronettes
Baby, I Love You
Teddy Wilson
Here's Love In Your Eyes
Third World
Now That We've Found Love
Cottonbelly
Gregory Isaacs: Night Nurse (Cottonbelly Remix)
John Holt & The Aggrovators
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine/Version
Frankie Paul
She Loves Me
Marvin Gaye
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Bryan Ferry
I Love How You Love Me
Leonard Cohen
Dance Me To The End Of Love
Ray Charles
Hallelujah I Love Her So
The Beatles
And I Love Her
New Year Playlist, 2023
Roland Alphonso
El Torro
Roy Richards
Contact
Don Drummond
Green Island
The Blenders
Decimal Currency
Silverstar
Last Call
Winston Wright
Heads or Tails
Carl Bryan
Way of Life
JJ All Stars
Memphis Underground
Winston Wright
Top Secret
Boris Gardiner
Scarface
The Upsetters
For a Few Dollars More
Val Bennett
Tons of Gold
Lloyd Chambers
In The Spirit
John 'Dizzy' Moore
Reflection of Don D
Augustus Pablo
East of the River Nile
Lester Sterling
Tribute to King Scratch
Herman Marquis
Tom's Version
Lyn Taitt & The Jets
Napoleon Solo
The Hippy Boys
Capo
Alternative Festive Playlist, December, 2022
Horace Tapscott
Noel, Noel
Shane Macgowan & The Popes
Christmas Lullaby
Leadbelly
On A Christmas Day
Marvin Gaye
Purple Snowflakes
The Fall
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Desmond Dekker & The Aces
Christmas Day
Miles Davis
Blue Xmas (Album Version)
Eek A Mouse
The Night Before Christmas
Sparks
Thank God It's Not Christmas
Basement 5
Last White Christmas
Duke Ellington
Sugar Rum Cherry (Album Version)
James Brown
Santa Claus Goes Straight To T
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong - Cool Yule
Tom Waits
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Yellowman
African Christmas
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
In memory of Lee “Scratch” Perry, November 2022
Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters
Black Vest
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Ooh La La Dub
Lee Perry & The Upsetters
Jungle Lion
Lee Scratch Perry
African Skank
Lee "Scratch" Perry
The Upsetter
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters
Freak & Skank
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Roast Fish and Corn Bread (JA Single Mix Version)
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Free Up The Prisoners
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters
Bionic Rats
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Dreadlocks In Moonlight
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Inspector Gadget
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters
People Funny Boy
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters
Black IPA
Bond’s 60th Anniversary playlist, October 2022
Shirley Bassey
Goldfinger
John Barry Orchestra
The James Bond Theme (From Dr. No)
Carly Simon
Nobody Does It Better
John Barry Orchestra
Under The Mango Tree
Lulu
The Man With The Golden Gun
Shirley Bassey
Diamonds Are Forever
Uptempo Players
007 In Africa
Louis Armstrong
We Have All The Time In The World
Dusty Springfield
The Look Of Love
Desmond Dekker
007 (Shanty Town)
Tom Jones
Thunderball
Matt Monro
From Russia With Love
John Barry Orchestra
Kingston Calypso
The Skatalites
James Bond Theme
John Barry Orchestra
James Bond Theme
September 2022
Prince Jammy
Shaolin Temple
Glen Brown & King Tubby
Lambs Bread Dubwise (CD Bonus Track)
Niney The Observer
Skank Dub
King Tubby
Conqueror Dub
The African Brothers
Lead Dub
Sub Dub
I & I Survive (Sub Dub Remix)
Bim Sherman
Ball Of Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Keep On Moving (Dub)
Burning Spear
Social Living (Extended Mix)
Sidestepper
Linda Manigua (Quantum Dub Force Mix)
Cornel Campbell & The Aggrovators
Reggay Train Dub
The Upsetters
Life Is Not Easy Dub
Sir Coxson Sound
King of the Dub Rock
Cottonbelly
Gregory Isaacs: Night Nurse (Cottonbelly Remix)
Sly & Robbie
Destination Unknown
August 2022
Jimmy Cliff
Sitting in Limbo
John Martyn
Solid Air
Junior Murvin
Police And Thieves
Ernest Ranglin
Below The Bassline
Melissa Etheridge
You Can Sleep While I Drive
Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombone
Toots and the Maytals
Monkey Man
The Spencer Davis Group
Keep On Running
Rico
Ramble
Robert Palmer
Addicted to Love
July 2022
Eric B. & Rakim
Paid in Full
U2
Bad "Live"
Aswad
Warrior Charge
Tom Tom Club
Wordy Rappinghood
Grace Jones
Walking in the Rain
Salif Keita
Folon
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby
Millie
My Boy Lollipop
Steel Pulse
Handsworth Revolution
Inner Circle & Jacob Miller
Everything Is Great
Womack & Womack
Conscious Of My Conscience
June 2022: Chris’ “sunny” playlist
The Ronettes
Everything Under the Sun
The Beatles
Here Comes The Sun
Sly & Robbie
Around the Sun (Featuring Killah Priest and Gigi)
Bill Withers
Ain't No Sunshine
Stuff Smith
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Sun Is Shining
Ella Fitzgerald
In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
Stan Getz
East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
War
L.A. Sunshine
Manu Dibango
Baobab Sunset
The Paragons
Island In The Sun
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Sun Is Shining
Playlist dedicated to Robbie Shakespeare (Sly & Robbie)
In honor of Robbie Shakespeare (Sly & Robbie), the following music playlist has been curated by Chris Blackwell.
Beenie Man
Crazy baldhead Ft. Luciano
The Tamlins
Baltimore
Chaka Demus & Pliers
Tease Me
Sly & Robbie
Unmetered Taxi
Grace Jones
Pull Up To The Bumper
Gwen Guthrie
It Should Have Been You
Dennis Brown
Sitting and Watching
Ini Kamoze
World-A-Music
Sly & Robbie
Is This Love (Feat. Gwen Guthrie)
Sly & Robbie
Boops (here to go)
Sly & Robbie & The Taxi Gang
Theme from Mission: Impossible (feat. Neville Hinds)
Sugar Minott
Herbsman Hustling
Beenie Man & The Taxi Gang
Foundation
Rum Love, One Heart
Our Founder, Chris Blackwell, has curated an exclusive playlist in celebration of Bob Marley and his works with The Wailers. The playlist also features Stephen Marley and Ziggy Marley. Listen below!
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bend Down Low
Bob Marley & The Wailers
The Heathen
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Crazy Baldhead (Groucho Mix)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Who the Cap Fit (Full Version)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jammin' (12" Mix)
Bob Marley And The Wailers
Selassie Is The Chapel
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Could You Be Loved (12" Mix)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Redemption Song (Live in Pittsburgh)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Blackman Redemption
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Pimpers Paradise
Bob Marley
Concret Jungle / Live 1973
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Rastaman Chant (Traditional)
Exodus / Live
Prefer to listen on Spotify? Not all of Chris’ preferred remixes and track versions are available on Spotify, so we have adapted the playlist on the platform based on the tracks that are.
December 2021
November 2021