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APACHE INDIAN CALLS FOR A TRUCE BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM GANGS!
The 47-year-old singe hopes the Burger Bar Boys and Johnson Crew can bring deadly inner city violence to an end. By Roz Laws— Apache Indian at The Drum, launching the Simmer Down Festival in Handsworth Park. Reggae star Apache Indian wants Birmingham’s biggest gangs to agree a truce – and to declare it at today’s Simmer Down festival in the city’s Handsworth Park. The 47-year-old singer, whose hits include Boom Shack-A-Lak and Arranged Marriage, hopes the Burger Bar Boys and Johnson Crew can bring deadly inner city violence to an end. And he believes that the festival, staged annually to unite the community, is the ideal place to start bridging the divide. “I want the festival to bring people together,” explained the star whose real name is Steve Kapur, a former pupil of Handsworth Wood Boys’ School, and … Read entire article »
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BUNNY WAILER THE REGGAE WARRIOR, SPEAKS AGAIN!
Bunny Wailer says he is a survivor and the last keeper of the reggae flame, and he has little time for record companies, legal issues or stars such as Snoop Dogg Survivor: Bunny Wailer formed The Wailers in Kingston, Jamaica with his friends Bob Marley and Peter Tosh By Jim Carroll— There are certain things which get Bunny Wailer very angry, but we’ll come to them in a bit. Let’s start with the history lesson, one the man himself brandishes with great and warranted pride.Neville O’Riley Livingston is the last of the original tribe of men and women that emerged in Kingston in the early 1960s as The Wailers who is still making music. The others are either dead (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Cherry Smith) or are seemingly retired (Beverley Kelso), but Wailer continues … Read entire article »
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RICHIE SPICE TO DONATE PART PROCEEDS FROM HIS PERFORMANCES TO “FOOD FOR THE POOR” JAMAICA!
Richie Spice– International reggae singer and songwriter, Richell ‘Richie Spice’ Bonner, is to make available a percentage of the proceeds from his performances locally and overseas to charity organisation, Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica. The entertainer made the disclosure during a media and celebrity appreciation function hosted by the charity organisation at Usain Bolt’sTracks and Records recently, where he performed one of his popular songs, Jah Provide. “My music that I put out there is all about defending the poor, the less fortunate … Read entire article »
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“MY BOY LOLLIPOP” INTRODUCES TEENAGED-SINGER MILLIE SMALL TO THE WORLD!
Millie Small– By Shereita Grizzle– The year was 1964, the song was My Boy Lollipop, and the singer was a teenage Jamaican girl named Millie Small. The single was only a cover of Barbie Gaye’s 1956 hit, but it undoubtedly catapulted the young singer into the international spotlight and cemented her space in the musical history books forever. My Boy Lollipop, an Ernest Ranglin rearrangement, took the national and international music scene by storm, rapidly climbing to the top spots on various music charts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. It held the No. 2 spots on both the United Kingdom’s Singles Charts and US Billboard Hot 100, while in Canada, it held the No. 3 spot. The Gleaner was the premiere newspaper in existence during that period, and a publication dated September 26, 1964 … Read entire article »
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SALUTING VINCENT “RANDY” CHIN OF VP RECORDS!
By Howard Campbell— Vincent ‘Randy’ Chin— VINCENT ‘Randy’ Chin was trying to establish himself as a music producer in January 1962 when he first met a Trinidadian singer named Lord Creator at the Havana nightclub in Kingston. Accompanying him that evening was journalist Raymond Sharpe. After the show, Lord Creator recalls Chin and Sharpe coming backstage with a business proposition that would benefit both of them. “He asked if I could compose a song for him about Jamaica’s Independence. … Read entire article »
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REMEMBERING NOTED JAMAICAN PHOTOGRAPHER KEN RAMSAY!
Top: Sample of work of Ramsay on display Bottom: From left: Clyde McKenzie, Howard Hamilton and Earl Witter exchange pleasantries at the opening of the exhibition. A small group gathered at the Redbones Blues Café in St Andrew on Thursday evening to pay homage to noted Jamaican photographer, the late Ken Ramsay. The event was the opening of an exhibition at Redbones featuring some of Ramsay’s most iconic works. Ramsay’s nephew Anthony Bailey told the Sunday Observer that the … Read entire article »
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AN UPSET SANCHEZ WALKS OFF REGGAE SUMFEST STAGE!
‘Wild’ Sanchez— MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — An upset Sanchez walked off stage after complaining about the quality of the sound coming from his microphone on International Night 2 of Reggae Sumfest in the resort town. The singer who consistently complained to the engineers to “set the mike”, temporarily left the stage much to the chagrin of his numerous fans. However he returned shortly after to continue his performance, to the delight of the Sumfest crowd. … Read entire article »
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ACTOR JAMES GARNER OF “THE ROCKFORD FILES” FAME, DIES AT 86!
| By LYNN ELBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor James Garner, whose whimsical style in the 1950s TV Western “Maverick” led to a stellar career in TV and films such as “The Rockford Files” and his Oscar-nominated “Murphy’s Romance,” has died, police said. He was 86. He was found dead of natural causes at his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles Saturday evening, Los Angeles police officer Alonzo Iniquez said early Sunday. Police responded to a … Read entire article »
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BOUNTY KILLER SUPPORTS THE CHURCH’S OBJECTION TO REPEALING THE BUGGERY LAW IN JAMAICA!
Supports anti-gay stance Lashes out at Alkaline Bounty Killer— By Claudia Gardner— Deejay Bounty Killer says he is throwing his full support behind the Church’s anti-homosexuality stance and its objection to the repealing of the buggery act. Bounty Killer made his comments during an interview with THE STAR shortly after his performance at Reggae Sumfest’s Dancehall Night on Thursday, during which he used the opportunity to reiterate his disapproval of the homosexual lifestyle, even if he would be barred from future shows. “Some people always … Read entire article »
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