Pismo Beach, CA -- Legendary Jamaican-born reggae producer and musician Mikey Dread is teaming up with Insomnia Radio Network, a worldwide podcast and distribution network with a focus on independent and unsigned music.
Dread has a deep and productive history in the music industry, known for producing the first dedicated reggae show, “Dread At The Controls,” for Jamaican Radio in 1976. He also produced The Clash's breakout hit “Bankrobber” as well as working with and performing on several Clash tracks in 1980-1981.
Since then, Dread has nurtured his own successful record label, appeared live next to Bob Dylan and Carlos Santana, produced dozens of successful albums for high profile musicians, and worked for several TV networks and radio shows across the globe.
More recently, he was a featured artist alongside Seal for the song “Lips Like Sugar,” which appears on the Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore film “50 First Dates.”
While podcasting is still relatively new, Dread is optimistic about this exploding medium. “This is a great opportunity for me to introduce the real and authentic reggae sounds on a global level from a Jamaican point of view,” a statement quoted him as saying. “Being a pioneer in Reggae broadcasting I can authenticate the time line of reggae development and identify the actual “who is who” in reggae as I am a part of this development.”
Insomnia Radio sprung from host Jason Evangelho's desire to highlight music that simply wasn't being heard, typically by unsigned and independent musicians. Since October 2004 Insomnia Radio has grown from 10 listeners to over 50,000 per month in 60 countries, and expanded from a single show into several regional-specific shows, company officials say.
