{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"WPKN Music, Arts, and Culture Podcast","title":"Larry McDonald (the Skatalites, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Gil Scot-Heron) interviewed by WPKN's Amy Wachtel aka DJ Night Nurse (Rockers Arena)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/89796c40\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2781,"description":"For the first edition of “Rockers Arena” of the new year, the Night Nurse, Amy Wachtel, invited her long-time friend, Jamaican percussionist Larry McDonald to sit in with her and shoot the breeze.\nThey spent much of the time reviewing Larry’s long and illustrious career, including time with Taj Mahal and his almost 30 years with Gil Scot-Heron.\nThe loquacious octogenarian is currently a member of the Legendary/Legacy JA ska band, the Skatalites, touring regularly world-wide. Larry Mac, as he is affectionately called, is also a part of the NYC Ska Orchestra, Dave Hillyard & the Rocksteady Seven, Sub-Atomic Sound System, and an on-going project he co-leads with sax player Anant Pradhan.\nRockers Arena with the Night Nurse can be heard first and third Fridays, 12noon-3pm on WPKN. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FdmGv2jxGLo0wYLp7DvpinRaB8uGqFPw1SpFmAQ6D_0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85OTRi/ZmEzZDgzZWZlZGNm/MWM1ODc5NzE5NDE3/MGUyMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}