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THE WAILERS’ “CATCH A FIRE” TOPS MOJO MAGAZINE’S TOP 50 ALBUM LIST!
No.3 The Harder They Come— CATCH A Fire, the sensational 1973 album by The Wailers, has been chosen best reggae album by Britain’s influential MOJO Magazine. It topped a list of 50 albums, many of which helped introduce Jamaican popular culture to an international audience. Catch A Fire was The Wailers’ (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny ‘Wailer’ Livingston) first album for Chris Blackwell’s Island Records. It contained the title song, Concrete Jungle, Slave Driver and 400 Years. … Read entire article »
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ETANA, MR. VEGAS, MAXI PRIEST FOR NEW YORK CITY’S GRACE JAMAICAN JERK FESTIVAL JULY 20!
Etana performing at Best of the Best show at Bayfront Park, Miami, Florida on Sunday, May 25, 2014. – Gladstone Taylor/Photographer—– By Leighton Levy— Live performances from entertainers Etana, Mr. Vegas and Maxi Priest, organisers have said, are a sure bet to make the 2104 Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival one of the most memorable events. The 14-year-old event is set for the Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York on Sunday, July 20, and the organisers are promising that the family-oriented event will be better than ever. “Our primary focus is to heighten the experience of our patrons, and we have introduced a new layout of the event to allow for easy access into the festival,” said founder Eddy Edwards, who, along with Sydney Roberts, staged the festival for the first time at the C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines, … Read entire article »
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“GUSSIE PRESENTING THE RIGHT TRACKS” A GREATEST HITS COLLECTION FROM PRODUCER GUSSIE CLARKE, DROPS JULY 22!
Augustus “Gussie” Clarke— GUSSIE Presenting The Right Tracks, a multi-song collection of producer Gussie Clarke’s work in the 1970s, is scheduled for release on July 22. It will be distributed by VP Records through its reissue subsidiary, 17 North Parade. The 40-track set contains songs by cutting-edge roots acts like Augustus Pablo, IRoy and Horace Andy as well as singers Jacob Miller, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown and Leroy Sibbles. There are also songs from founding Skatalites saxophonist Tommy McCook. An 11-track vinyl version of Gussie Presenting the Right Tracks will be simultaneously released. Gussie Presenting The Right Sevens, a collection of seven-inch versions of songs by The Mighty Diamonds, Roman Stewart and Mikey Dread, among others, is scheduled to be out on August 22. Clarke began his career while still a student at Kingston College in … Read entire article »
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SHANIQUE MYRIE IS FINALLY PAID BY THE BARBADIAN GOVERNMENT!
MYRIE… it was a long wait but finally it is over— AFTER a frustrating eight-month wait, Shanique Myrie has finally been paid by the Barbadian Government. However, the money is short of B$1,000, Myrie told the Jamaica Observer. Myrie was awarded damages in the sum of US$38,000 by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) after she filed a lawsuit claiming she was subjected to a dehumanising cavity search by a female immigration officer at Grantley Adams International Airport, locked in a filthy room overnigwht and deported to Jamaica in March 2011. “My lawyer called me this morning (Monday) and told me the money was in the account. It was a long wait but finally it is over,” Myrie told the Jamaica Observer. The CCJ had also ruled that Barbados should foot the bill of … Read entire article »
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WAYNE WONDER KICKS OFF HIS FIRST CANADIAN TOUR!
Wayne Wonder—— International Reggae recording artist Wayne Wonder kicked off his first-ever tour of Canada last Friday at the Estate Nightclub in Toronto. The seven-show tour, which runs until July 1, will see Wonder performing at a number of club venues, including Club XO in Edmonton on June 27 and the Karma Club in Winnipeg on June 30. Opening for Wonder on this inaugural tour will be Canada-based reggae singer Shalli, who is best known for her singles Show My Love and Down in Jamaica. Wonder is also set to release a new video for his single Many Reasons, which is featured on the Natural Juice rhythm. The video, which was directed by Chris ‘Icey Jace’ Campbell, was shot in Kingston and is the third official video release from Wonder since the start of the year. Other videos released earlier this year are currently … Read entire article »
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THE MILLION MAN MARCH COMES TO JAMAICA IN OCTOBER!
Imam David Muhammad, Eastern Caribbean representative of Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, speaks with Shanique Myrie after addressing issues related to reparations, contemporary black philosophy, and Caribbean unity at the Nation of Islam headquarters in Portmore, St Catherine, yesterday. – Rudolph Brown/Photographer—- For the first time since its inception in 1995, the Nation of Islam’s Million Man March will be held outside the United States in Jamaica. The 19th anniversary edition of the Million Man March, which commemorates the Nation of Islam’s commitment to engendering unity and family values among persons of African descent, is scheduled for the National Arena in October. Imam David Muhammad, Eastern Caribbean representative of Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, made the disclosure at the Nation of Islam’s local headquarters in Portmore, St … Read entire article »
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CELEBRITY CHEF AND GLOBE TROTTER ANTHONY BOURDAIN IS IN JAMAICA!
KINGSTON, Jamaica– — Celebrity chef and globe trotter Anthony Bourdain is in Jamaica on his worldwide trek to interesting places. Bourdain Tweeted Saturday that he was at Goldeneye, St Mary, the writing studio of James Bond creator Ian Fleming. The well travelled chef and television personality hosts CNN’s Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and was host of the Travel Channel’s culinary and cultural adventure programs. … Read entire article »
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CHICAGO’S WILD HARE REGGAE CLUB GETS OK TO HOST LIVE MUSIC, ENDING TWO-YEAR FIGHT!
By Paul Biasco—– Wild Hare LINCOLN PARK — Chicago’s famed Wild Hare reggae club finally has the OK to host live music at its new Lincoln Park location. The Wild Hare had been locked in a legal battle with the city for more than a year while attempting to get a license to host reggae bands at the new location. The once iconic Wrigleyville venue moved to Lincoln Park in early 2012 with the hopes of continuing the reggae tradition, but … Read entire article »
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VETERAN MUSICIAN LLOYD PARKES PRESENTS A BASS GUITAR TO KINGSTON’S PEMBROKE HALL HIGH SCHOOL!
By Basil Walters—- Lloyd Parkes presenting a bass guitar to Rachel Skyers of Pembroke Hall High—-. WINNERS of the inaugural Jamaica Best School Band (JBSB) Competition, Pembroke Hall High School, are the recipients of a new bass guitar from veteran bassist Lloyd Parkes. The presentation was made recently at the school’s Kingston location. Parkes, who started the We The People Band in 1974, was one of the competition’s judges. He urged the school band to keep practising and be disciplined. The 16-member Positive Vibrations (name of the Pembroke Hall band) won the JBSB competition in May at the Countryside Club. Cornwall College, Dinthill Technical High School and Wolmer’s Boys School, finished runners-up, third and fourth, respectively. … Read entire article »
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