Train To Skaville
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
66 episodes
Train To Skaville - March 17, 2026
| king stitt/ | rock away | derrick morgan | love not to brag | stranger cole/ken boothe | hush | ken boothe/soul vendors | home home home | slim smith/uniques | my conversation | roland alphon...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - March 10, 2026
| skatalites | don d lion | don drummond | machine shop | emotions/lynn taitt band | gypsy | delano stewart | stay a little bit longer | ken boothe | now i know | winston williams | still water...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - March 3, 2026
| tommy mccook/soul brothers | bond street special | millicent todd | you took my love | roy shirley | i am the winner | maytals | bim today (bam tomorrow) | john holt | stealing stealing | lor...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:00:03
Train To Skaville - February 24, 2026
| lord tanamo | i had a dream | heptones | ain't that bad | eric monty morris/roy panton | since you left me | lloyd robinson | no more troubles | ethiopians | i'll never get burnt | lloyd char...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - February 17, 2026
| lloyd charmers/hippy boys | look a py py | bruce ruffin | ooh child | wailers | and i love her | slim smith | everybody needs love | silvertones | whoo baby | kilowatts | (what a) wonderful w...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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59:52
Train To Skaville - February 10, 2026
| blues blenders | girl next door | baba brooks & his band | the clock | bruce ruffin | the bitterness of life | jackie mittoo/soul brothers | home made | prince buster | got to be free | d...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - February 3, 2026
| wailers | sunday morning | king edwards | russian roulette | eric morris | festival time | stranger cole | boy blue | uniques | let me go girl | justin hinds/dominoes | botheration |...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - January 27, 2027 - Tribute to Sly Dunbar
| dave & ansell collins | double barrel / version | culture | two sevens clash | mighty diamonds | have mercy | revolutionaries | m.p.l.a. | peter tosh | equal rights | black uhuru | plasti...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - January 20, 2026
| third world | satta massagana/kumina | ethiopians | no baptism | maytals | revival reggae | slim smith/uniques | people rocksteady | stranger cole/patsy todd | tom dick & harry | laurel a...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - January 13, 2026
| king stitt/lord creator | beyond | skatalites | street corner | delroy wilson | troubled man | termites | do it right now | tennors | massi massa | ernie smith | bend down | sound di...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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59:45
Train To Skaville - January 6, 2026
| lloyd clarke | love me or leave me | derrick harriott | it's all right | king rocky & the willows / tommy mccook | you are the one | freddie mckay | sweet you sour you | delroy wilson | mother nat...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - December 20, 2025 - Tribute to Artists Who Passed in 2025
| jimmy cliff | ska all over the world | owen & leon | love me or leave me | owen & leon | fits is on me | owen gray | they got to move | owen gray | owen gray's greatest hits pt 1 |
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:59
Train To Skaville - December 23, 2025
| rico rodriguez | silent night skank | don drummond/skatalites | thoroughfare | hopeton lewis | run down | roy shirley | golden festival | dandy | till death do us part | techniques | there co...
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Season 1
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Episode 53
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59:56
Train To Skaville - December 16, 2025
| rico rodriguez | silent night skank | don drummond/skatalites | thoroughfare | hopeton lewis | run down | roy shirley | golden festival | dandy | till death do us part | techniques | there co...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - December 9, 2025
| king stitt/tommy mccook | sauvito | charmers | blessed be | helmsley morris | love is strange | kingstonians | merry christmas | selected few | selection train | slim smith | time has come
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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59:59
Train To Skaville - December 2, 2025
| melodians | last train to expo '67 | stanger cole | run joe | roy panton & millie | we'll meet | soul vendors | high life | tartans | what can i do | dandy | running wild | john ...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - November 25, 2025 - Jimmy Cliff Tribute
| jimmy cliff | miss jamaica | jimmy cliff | miss universe | jimmy cliff | hurrican hattie | jimmy cliff/sonny bradshaw quartet | i'm sorry | jimmy cliff | dearest beverley | jimmy cliff | prod...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - November 18, 2025
| derrick morgan | conquering ruler - alternative version | raymond harper | ti pi tin | robert marley | judge not | roy shirley | on board | jackie edwards | miss black & beautiful | gayla...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - November 11, 2025
| slim smith | the new boss | jackie opel | you send me | tennors | grandpa | ernest wilson | private number | prince buster | clap your hands | delroy wilson | get ready | sound dimen...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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59:44
Train To Skaville - November 4, 2025
| prince buster | high blood pressure | silvertones | kiddy-o | stranger & gladdy | tomorrow | maytals | revival reggae | keith & tex | run to the rocks | desmond dekker & the aces ...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - October 28, 2025
| justin hinds & the dominoes | after a storm | bob andy | i've got to go back home | dave barker | Just My Imagination | desmond dekker | The More You Live | derrick harriott | tang! tang! festival...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - October 21, 2025
| peter tosh/wailers | i'm the toughest | roland alphonso | yard broom | peter tosh/wailers | sinner man | roland alphonso | guantanamera ska | diplomats/tommy mccook & the supersonics | going along...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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1:00:00
Train To Skaville - October 14, 2025
| maytals | joy & jean | rico rodriguez | luke lane shuffle | joe higgs | dinah | soul lads | funny | bruce ruffin | long about now | ethiopians | rub it down | sound dimension | j...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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59:48
