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STEVIE WONDER “MASTER BLASTER JAMMMIN” TO REGGAE MUSIC!
By Howard Campbell—– February is officially Black History Month in the United States. Throughout the month, the Jamaica Observer will acknowledge the contribution of African-Americans to Jamaican pop culture. Stevie Wonder JUST about every big artiste in the music business experimented with reggae in the early 1970s. The Staples Singers cut the massive I’ll Take You There while Paul Simon recorded Mother and Child Reunion. The emerging sound also caught the ears of one Stevie Wonder, the American wunderkind … Read entire article »
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THE DOCUMENTARY “SCRATCH” HITS FINANCIAL SNAG!
By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston GERMAN film-maker Volker Schaner is seeking additional funding to complete his documentary on legendary Jamaican music producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. Schaner, 45, placed Vision Of Paradise (the name of the project) on the kickstarter.com website — an online platform for funding creative projects — hoping to attract investors. Top: Director Volker Schaner… we are very close to the finale Bottom: Lee Scratch Perry To date, the director says he has achieved a quarter of his US$20,000 target. “We … Read entire article »
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ZIGGY MARLEY IS PLEASED WITH THE ACCOLADES FOR THE DOCUMENTARY “MARLEY!”
By Richard Johnson—– For Ziggy Marley, the accolades for the 2012 documentary Marley, which looks at the life of his iconic father Bob, are welcome. The film by Scottish director Kevin MacDonald is vying for a number of awards. It is nominated for a BAFTA (the British Academy Awards) in the category Best Documentary. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has Marley as a nominee for its Image Award in the category Best … Read entire article »
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ZIGGY MARLEY SEES “NO MORE GLORY DAYS FOR REGGAE MUSIC!”
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL— IF there are reggae fans who believe the music will one day return to its classic period of the 1970s, Ziggy Marley is not one of them. In an interview for the latest issue of Spinner magazine, Marley said it is foolhardy to think the music his father Bob Marley and contemporaries like Jimmy Cliff made 30-odd years ago can be replicated. MARLEY… it is foolhardy to think the music his father Bob Marley and … Read entire article »
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MATISYAHU – ONE YEAR AFTER THE INFAMOUS HAIRCUT!
By Steve Karras—- Photo: Mark Squires— Much has been made of Matisyahu since he took clippers to his dangling beard and side-curls, 86’d the black fedora and shockingly emerged from his Hasidic outer shell one year ago. Recent photos of the international hip-hop, reggae sensation now reveal a clean-shaven, hip rocker, looking more like he came from a GQ photo shoot than the pages of a Roman Vishniac book about yeshivas in pre-war Poland. The artist’s brash identity makeover … Read entire article »
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DESMOND DEKKER FOUND HIS GENESIS IN THE VERSES OF EXODUS!
Desmond Dekker (left) and the Aces performing their 1968 Festival Song, ‘Intensified Festival’.— ‘Honour your Father and your Mother that your days may be long in the land’ – an excerpt from Exodus 20 verse 12, is one of the commandments handed down on tablets of stone to Moses by the Almighty. It must have occupied a very special place in the heart of a young Desmond Dacres, for him to choose that verse as the … Read entire article »
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WAS A NEW “PRINCE OF REGGAE” CROWNED IN BRIXTON, ENGLAND?
Richie Spice— By Curtis Campbell—- Reggae artist Richie Spice has been crowned the new Prince of reggae in Brixton, England. According to his manager, Sophia Campbell, Richie Spice, born Richell Bonner, was crowned after he pulled thousands of reggae fans to aconcert in Brixton and delivered two hours of captivating reggae music from his catalogue. For more than two decades, the reggae music fraternity has hailed the late Dennis Brown as The Crown Prince of Reggae. But with news of Spice’s alleged coronation in England, will the late icon be … Read entire article »
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“BOB MARLEY’S THREE LITTLE BIRDS HELPED ME COPE WITH THE PRESSURE OF THE OLYMPICS” SAYS MAYOR OF LONDON!
Jamaican high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Aloun Assamba, smiles with Mayor of London Boris Johnson (centre) and Trinidad and Tobago High Commissioner Garvin Nicholas, at a special reception hosted by the mayor at City Hall on Monday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Independence for both Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago—— Mayor of London Boris Johnson has credited Bob Marley’s song Three Little Birds for helping him to cope with the pressures surrounding the staging … Read entire article »
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PETER TOSH: THE LIFE OF A REVOLUTIONARY!
An album cover showing a young Bob Marley (left), Peter Tosh (right) and Bunny Wailer— Viewed by many as the uncompromising rebel who challenged the establishment without fear or favour, the announcement of an Order of Merit being conferred on Peter Tosh has been met with detractions from various quarters. The recognition of Peter Tosh for his work in the field of music, by way of an Order of Merit (OM) – the nation’s third highest honour … Read entire article »
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CELEBRATIONS FOR PETER TOSH TO BENEFIT HIS ESTATE, MUSEUM AND CHARITIES!
Peter Tosh— Celebrations planned to mark a number of milestones in the Peter Tosh legacy, will be highlighted by a star-studded concert on Thursday, October 18 at the Pulse Centre, Studio 38, beginning at 8 p.m. The celebrations consist firstly of the posthumous award of the Order of Merit to Tosh this National Heroes Day, October 15, followed by a private reception in his honour immediately after the ceremony. They then culminate with the concert on October … Read entire article »
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