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JAMAICA’S MARLON JAMES WINS THE BOOKER PRIZE FOR BOOK ON BOB MARLEY!
Marlon James (Photo: AP)– Marlon James became the first Jamaican winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday with a vivid, violent, exuberant, and expletive-laden novel based on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley. Michael Wood, chairman of the judging panel, said “A Brief History of Seven Killings” was “the most exciting book on the list” and a novel full of the “sheer pleasure” of language. “One of the pleasures of reading it is you turn the page and you are not sure who the next narrator will be,” said Wood, a professor emeritus of English at Princeton University. He said the book had been the unanimous choice of the five judges. James, 44, was awarded the 50,000 pound (US$77,000) prize during a black-tie dinner at London’s medieval Guildhall. “A Brief History of … Read entire article »
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FABIAN MARLEY IS OFF TO EUROPE!
Singer Fabian Marley— SINCE 2013, Fabian Marley has made headlines with claims that he is the first son of reggae icon Bob Marley. This has not gone down well with the Marley family who have refused to acknowledge his sensational pronouncements which have also overshadowed his fledgling music career. Marley, who is in his late 40s, is scheduled to leave for France tomorrow on a promotional campaign for songs he did with producer Clive Hunt and Massive B Entertainment out of New York. The roots-reggae songs, Through the Fire and Nah Sey wi Poor, were recently released. Hunt, whose resume includes work with The Abyssinians, Jimmy Cliff, Mystic Revealers, Etana and French singer Pierpoljak, said he knew nothing of the diminutive Marley when Clayton Thomas, head of of Massive B Entertainment, approached him … Read entire article »
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HISTORY MAN SPREADING THE WORD ON EUROPEAN TOUR!
Informative Historyman— FOR over 40 decades, the roots-reggae banner has held sway in Europe. The music of legends like Bob Marley and Burning Spear may still dominate the airwaves, but ‘warriors’ like the Informative Historyman keep the flame burning in the underground. ‘Historyman’ recently returned to Jamaica from a month-long tour that saw him performing in Europe, as well as Israel and Colombia. It was his most productive time on the road since he began touring Europe in 2008. “Is the first I cover so many countries. It was my eighth time in Europe an’ normally I do Germany, Belgium an’ France but we expanded this time,” said Historyman. The tour started September 1 in France where he did five shows. Historyman then moved on to Portugal and Italy before closing that leg of the … Read entire article »
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BOB MARLEY’S 70th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CONTINUES WITH THE RELEASE OF TWO BOX SETS OF VINYL ALBUMS!
Bob Marley—- REGGAE king Bob Marley’s year-long 70th birthday celebration continues with the release of two box sets, The Complete Island Recordings and The Complete Island Recordings: Collector’s Edition. Each set features 11 vinyl albums spanning a decade of Bob Marley & The Wailers releases on Island Records and includes all nine studio albums recorded for Island Records. “Vinyl is enjoying a global resurgence. The Marley catalogue has always been available on vinyl, but the collector’s box set is something new. Just as with Songs of Freedom back in the ’90s, we offer a limited edition version of the vinyl box set. It is exciting to report that the limited edition version has already sold out at the pre-order stage! Once we deliver those to customers, it will no longer be available in … Read entire article »
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NADINE SUTHERLAND GOES DUB WITH “INNA ME BLOOD!”
Nadine Sutherland—- Singer Nadine Sutherland is preparing to leave for the United Kingdom in a few weeks to do promotional work on her latest single Inna Mi Blood. Released two weeks ago, Inna Mi Blood is a dub track produced by Guyana-born producer Mad Professor. She also said an album was in the works. “Recording with the Mad Professor, who is a kind of dub music king, opened my eyes to the possibilities in that area. He has a whole network in England and the wider European continent and so we are seeing the early stages of what we hope will be something truly great. He and I have decided that this is not going to be a three-month song. For us, it is a classic in the making, so we are doing … Read entire article »
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DANCEHALL SINGER DARRIO, FEELS THE LOVE IN AFRICA!
Singer Darrio performing in Kenya—- Africa has become one of dancehall music’s most vibrant markets, especially in the last five years. Among the artists making a mark there is singer Darrio. Next week, the 29-year-old heads to the Motherland for his fourth visit. On October 7, he deejays Delus and Konshens perform in Juba in the Sudan. The following day, he and Delus are scheduled to perform at the Skyluxx Nightclub in Nairobi, Kenya. It is Darrio’s second trip to Africa this year, having worked in Kampala, Uganda in August. “Africa is a high-energy place, the people feel strongly about the music an’ Jamaican culture. Is definitely a different kinda love,” he told the Observer. The Trelawny-born vocalist first visited Africa in 2011 for gigs in Nairobi. He said dancehall has picked up considerably on the … Read entire article »
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SECURITY GUARD ASSAULTS BUNNY WAILER AT THE BOB MARLEY MUSEUM IN KINGSTON!
By Vernon Davidson—- WAILER… this guy was actually chucking me out—- REGGAE icon Bunny Wailer said he was yesterday assaulted by a security guard and told to leave the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, a property that the only living member of the world-famous Wailers said he normally accesses without hassle. Wailer, known to many people as Jah B, went to the museum with England-based attorney Simon Vumbaca, who has been retained by the Rastafari Millennium Council on a matter relating to the indigenous rights of Rastafarians. “I never expected anything like that because I just visited the place with the brethren. He wanted to go. He paid the fee. I was just there with him,” Wailer told the Jamaica Observer. According to Wailer, who along with Marley and Peter Tosh formed the group responsible … Read entire article »
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THE ANTIGUAN GOVERNMENT TO FUND MOVIE ABOUT BOB MARLEY!
By Howard Campbell— Rudy Langlais—- A Bob Marley movie focusing on his relationship with American impresario Danny Sims and singer Johnny Nash is to be funded by the Antiguan government. Rebels is the title of the film which will be produced by Golden Island Filmworks, an independent company recently formed by St Kitts-born producer Rudy Langlais. Langlais’ credits include movies like The Hurricane (starring Denzel Washington) and Sugar Hill which had Wesley Snipes in the lead role. His main partners in the venture are entrepreneur Valmiki Kempadoo, producer Don Allan and veteran film executive Neil Sacker. The terms of their deal with the Antiguan government sees the latter investing US$125 million in five feature films to be shot on the island. Each film will have budgets ranging from US$20 million to US$80 million. The agreement was announced … Read entire article »
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“MORE WORK TO BE DONE” SAYS RITA MARLEY!
Rita Marley—- RITA Marley, singer and wife of reggae king Bob Marley, received her African Women of Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award at a glitzy ceremony at the Warwick Hotel in New York, recently. The event was hosted by the African Union Diaspora Africa Forum in collaboration with the United Nations. The Marley family matriarch was bestowed the honor for her philanthropic works in Africa and Jamaica through the Rita Marley Foundation. “I want to show some love to Africa, Jamaica and our ancestors. As Bob Marley said: ‘Africa Unite’, ’cause we’re treading on the winepress for far too long. United we stand, divided we fall,” she told the gathering. “All of us gathered here this evening still have a great deal of work ahead of us; because, right now in Africa, young girls and women … Read entire article »
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TODAY (SEPT 11) MARKS THE 28th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF PETER TOSH!
Peter Tosh– TODAY marks the 28th year since reggae’s most famous rebel, Peter Tosh, was brutally murdered at his upper St Andrew home. The incident occured on Friday, September 11, 1987. Interestingly, it happened like this year, on the day the Rastafari community to which he was firmly committed celebrates the Ethiopian New Year. “As one of reggae’s chief standard bearers for over two decades, Peter Tosh developed a reputation as the ultimate rebel of an indigenous Third World music form that has gained widespread international acceptance,” wrote the late journalist Fitzroy Nation for the now defunct St Catherine Reporter. Nation stated that on that fateful night, almost three decades ago, the 43-year-old Tosh became the latest victim in a seemingly unending cycle of violence. The following day police reported that Tosh was only … Read entire article »
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