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
96 episodes
Train To Skaville - September 29, 2026
| 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 & ans...
Train To Skaville - September 22, 2026
| 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 | motherles...
Train To Skaville - September 15, 2026
| 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&...
Train To Skaville - September 8, 2026
| 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...
Train To Skaville - September 1, 2026
| 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 m...
Train To Skaville - August 25, 2026
| justin hinds & the dominoes | king samuel | soul dimension | rocking sweet pea | ken boothe | artibella | melodians | little nut tree | lloyd & robin | gawling come down | paragons | ...
Train To Skaville - August 18, 2026
| 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...
Train To Skaville - August 11, 2026
| 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 | d...
Train To Skaville - August 4, 2026
| 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
Train To Skaville - July 28, 2026
| 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 kn...
Train To Skaville - July 21, 2026
| 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 ...
BONUS EPISODE - Mystic Sounds, WFMU, July 5, 2026
Subbing on WFMU's Mystic Sounds program, featuring 3 hours of 80s & 90s classics.sammy levi – five pound box of dubsdon carlos / papa tullo – pass me the razor bladegregory isaacs – cool ruler come againlone rang...
Train To Skaville - July 14, 2026
| 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<...
Train To Skaville - July 7, 2026
| 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 | bewar...
Train To Skaville - June 30, 2026
| 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 lo...
Train To Skaville - June 23, 2026
| 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 | d...
Train To Skaville - June 16, 2026
| derrick morgan | i am the ruler | slim smith | facts of life | delroy wilson | run for your life | silvertones | endlessly | delroy wilson | gave you my love | sound dimension | don't fight i...
Train To Skaville - June 9, 2026
| summertaires | stay | roland alphonso | peace & love | raymond harper | safari | gaylads | what is wrong | tennors | hopeful village | slickers | mother matty | derrick morgan | ...
Train To Skaville - June 2, 2026
| lyrics | music like dirt | derrick & patsy | raindrops falling | merlene webber | how nice it is | slim smith | the beatitude | ken boothe | give it to me | little des | somebody's baby
Train To Skaville - May 26, 2026
| prince buster | the baddest | prince buster | cincinnati kid | joe white | rudies all around | desmond dekker | honour your father & mother | derrick & patsy w/drumbago & his orchestra | b...
Train To Skaville - May 19, 2026
| delroy wilson | you bend my love | king stitt/maytals | love divine | maytals | thy kingdom come | dandy | puppet on a string | ken boothe | that's the way nature planned it | lloyd charmers ...
Train To Skaville - May 12, 2026
| carlos malcolm & his afro-jamaican rhythms | bonanza ska | carlos malcolm & his afro-jamaican rhythms | run for cover | yvonne harrison | take my hand | alton ellis | feeling inside | heptones...
Train To Skaville - May 5, 2026
| winston richards | lo ki | justin hinds & the dominoes | botheration - ska version | paragons | on the beach | pioneers | money day | gaylads | hard to confess | marva moore & the gay...
