Another aspect of the Pop Chronicles this week - music as political tool. Peter Tosh was an outspoken critic of racism, oppression and the suppression of human rights. Where fellow founding member of The Wailers, Bob Marley spoke of peace and universal brotherhood, Tosh was a revolutionary and he used his gifts to spread his message as a call to arms to end racial oppression. Certainly on the same page, Tosh and Marley went about conveying their messages differently - although the end result was the same; trailblazing an awareness and a universal condemnation of those forces of oppression and racism.

Tosh met a needless and violent death and Marley died of a prolonged illness. Their music and message still live on though, and this documentary produced by BBC Radio 4 sheds some light on who Peter Tosh was; what kind of person and what kind of artist he was.

Another chronicle of popular culture.

I realize I've been a little lax in my Bob Marley postings of late. Not for any good reason. Things just get buried under other things and they slowly fade from view after a while.

Well, hopefully to try and remedy that, I'm posting a live session they did for the BBC on November 26, 1973.

Here's what they play:

1. Kinky Reggae
2. You Can't Blame The Youth
3. Get Up Stand Up

In the odd event you aren't in the mood for anti-road rage and a little Satie to go along with the evening, here is something that should shake it all loose for you.

You just never know.

Some Reggae tonight by way of Third World and a concert recorded by the BBC at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1982.

Certainly as popular in the States as they are in the UK and of course their native Jamaica, Third World have had string of hits going back to the early 1970's.

They're still going strong today. But I managed to grab this concert from 1982 to get you up to speed in case you missed any of the earlier stuff.

Never too late to make a discovery if you haven't already this week.

I eluded to getting into an 80's frame of mind this coming week, and to test the waters I thought I'd toss on some UB40. Although Reggae is timeless, UB40 were one of the bands closely identified with the 80's, just because they offered a refreshing alternative to what was becoming rapidly over-produced image driven groups.

Tonight's track, Cherry Oh Baby, opens their Labour Of Love album, which was a huge hit for them in 1983 with the hit single "Red Red Wine", coming from that album.

Perhaps you remember it?

Bob Marley & The Wailers this weekend. A live show via the BBC from 1978 (no exact date though, but I'm sure the Marley experts in the audience will have exact dates and times, no?).

Good music to kick it on a weekend.

Enjoy.

(Rox - Soul/R&B/Reggae - Jamaica by way of Tehran, expressing in London)

Something a bit different tonight and something new coming out of the UK. Rox is half Iranian and Jamaican and she grew up in London. She's been gigging around a lot this past year and has signed a deal with Rough Trade and releasing new material, as we speak.

I don't know where this track, No Going Back is from, but it's good and well produced and shows off some considerable vocal skill on Rox's part.

Definitely someone to watch over the coming months.

Good stuff to put in your weekend.