Below is the complete New York Times obituary for Gregory Isaacs, written by Rob Kenner, published on October 25, 2005.

Gregory Isaacs, reggae's "Cool Ruler," whose aching vocals and poignant lyrics about love and loss and ghetto life endeared him to fans of Caribbean music, died on Monday at his home in London. He was 60.

The cause was lung cancer, said his wife, June Isaacs, who lives in Kingston, Jamaica.

 Cat Coore, the guitarist and cellist for the seminal reggae band Third World, has called Mr. Isaacs "the Frank Sinatra of Jamaica" for his elegant vocal phrasing. But as the singer's friend and former manager Don Hewitt observed, "It goes further than that, because Sinatra was not a songwriter." [ CONTINUE ]

Tune eeeeen! Crazy tunes this week. Madhouse is back with a ridiculous new single called "Stronger" by Cham featuring Rodney Price and Mykal Rose. Equiknoxx has a brand new riddim called "Half A Bread" and a stack of fresh new singles by J.O.E., Kemikal, and Shanz Feat. Timberlee. Check out a wicked new Natalie Storm, "Feel Up", from her upcoming mix cd, New Chino, "Protect Your Life" produced by Di Genius, "Mad Vibez" riddim (Young Vibez), "Numbers" riddim (Bulby / Fat Eyes) and nuff more. CLICK HERE to listen through iTunes. If you enjoy the Federation Invasion Podcast and appreciate the time and effort that goes into it, please feel free to drop a little something in the cup on your way out by donating via PayPal.

Big up OriginalMadman for the post on DancehallReggae.com with all the old videos. Here's Super Cat's "Ghetto Red Hot". After you watch this it's definitely worth checking out the original thread HERE.

Fridays continue in NYC with reOPENed at Santos Party House. Extra madness this week all courtesy of special guests ?UESTLOVE, Tallpree, Nina Sky, D-Life and Junior Rodigan. Yes, guest hosts Reid & Rishi are bringing the Soca madness to the basement bashment.

Friday, October 22nd all Jersey crew, link up with Kenny Meez, Uni-T (Lonestar), Weed Kalogne and Lazy K at Sanai's in Jersey City.

Thursday, October 21st it's all about Steve Urchin's birthday bash at Brand New Machine NYC. Music by Max Glazer, DJ Autograph and DJ L. No cover. Good times. Kingston's Brand New Machine is now in NYC every Thursday at Happy Ending Lounge.

Cham. Rodney Price. Mykal Rose. Dave Kelly. Stronger.

Turn it up! Brand new "Champion-Ship" riddim (Di Genius), "Badda Don" (Baby G), "Basik Instink" (Madd Spider), "Trailer Reload" (SubKonshus), "Touch A Button (Sprite)" riddim (TJ), with dubs and remixes and new tunes from Chan Dizzy, Vybz Kartel, Chino, Flippa Mafia, Wayne Wonder, Demarco and more. CLICK HERE to listen through iTunes. If you enjoy the Federation Invasion Podcast and appreciate the time and effort that goes into it, please feel free to drop a little something in the cup on your way out by donating via PayPal.

Our sistren Tifa just dropped this brand new video for not 1, but 2 of her current singles... "Nah Stop Shine" from the Mento riddim and "Move Yuh Body" from ZJ Chrome's Smokin riddim. Watch it.

FEDERATION Presents The FLATLANDS Riddim Mix from KennyMeez at Letsmix.com.

CLICK HERE to listen and download this brand new Kenny Meez mix which features the Flatlands riddim, Smokin, Badda Don, and plenty more... While you're at Let's Mix check out the rest of the Kenny Meez/Federation mixes posted on the site.