I’m back’”says Ras Kimono
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- I’m back’”says Ras Kimono
- BENEFITS – New York Times
- Lend them your ears: Shakespeare readers aim for record
- Velocity Weekly – Louisville Kentucky
- Some SunFest artists unafraid to talk politics
- Back to Africa debuts in PHC
- Musical at The Playhouse QPAC sings Keating’s song
I’m back’”says Ras Kimono
Vanguard – Apr 26, 2008
Competition is quite tough here the youths seem to have taken over and Hip- Hop rules. Do you think what you have has the slightest chance of swaying the new generation to Kimono?Hear me out my brethren I’m not in competition with the new generation of musicians playing Hip-Hop because none of them is playing Reggae music. But my believe is that there more than one million Nigerians who are still in love with Reggae music in our society and I know these people will definitely follow Ras Kimono. So I’m not perturbed with what is going on back home. The first time I hit the music there big time musicians like Sonny kosuns liver De-Coque King Sunny Ade nyeka nwenu Christy Essien-Igbokwe and lots of other musicians but I still found my bearing in the market. So I will still bet here doing my thing while the younger ones do their thing too.
BENEFITS – New York Times
nytimes.com – Apr 26, 2008
Tickets $50 from (212) 662-9331. Museum Expansion June 24 — The Dia Center for the Arts will celebrate the acquisition of an additional building to house its collection of contemporary art. on the roof of the original site at 548 West 22d Street will be followed by a Caribbean buffet dancing and live reggae music at the new addition across the street at 545 West 22d Street. Tickets $75 from (212) 431-9232. Cruise for Northern Ireland June 24 — Each summer Project Children brings Protestant and Roman Catholic children from Northern Ireland to the United States in a personal approach to healing the bitter divisions in their homeland.
Lend them your ears: Shakespeare readers aim for record
AZ Central.com – Apr 26, 2008
There’s some pretty determined people up there” Cole said of his peers in the Southwest Shakespeare Company. “I mean I’ve seen them do 14-hour dress rehearsals. Not even the sound of reggae music or the voices of patrons leaving nearby bars could stop the actors at 1 a. Chris Wagener 19 of Scottsdale had heard about the marathon from friends. “It’s a really cool thing to see.
Velocity Weekly – Louisville Kentucky
Louisville Courier-Journal – Apr 26, 2008
Here’s his reply to my query:”I’d have to write a book to go into detail on this one. The problem being that I still listen to the same things. Music is more influential at 14. Between 13 and 15 for me was a huge shift in both local and Top 40 radio. Louisville was unique in having both diverse bands and All Ages venues. There was a real scene and it was thriving. So a lot of music came and went… It’s no wonder people of my generation have s**t for taste – as teenagers they were forced to listen to the Spin Doctors and 4 Non Blondes as soon as they woke up! Back to business. The Clash UK album had a profound effect on me. Might be because I had a cousin who was way older and way cooler than me and he was big into reggae. This was the first thing I’d heard that was along the lines of what I listened to but was well known for its reggae influence. r it could be because it was awesome. Which brings us to Bad Brains as I soon discovered. What’s that 3? I’m not owning up to Nevermind everyone else had it so I didn’t need to buy it or hear it any more than that.
Some SunFest artists unafraid to talk politics
Palm Beach Post – Apr 26, 2008
"There are a lot of musicians here that are really concerned with the direction this country is heading in and are really eager to express their opinion" said Franti who is one of the artists performing at SunFest this year interested in more than just hit singles. zomatli a Grammy Award-winning Latin hip hop and rock group got their start in 1995 during a labor rally in Los Angeles and have continued to promote social justice. Stephen Marley who won the 2008 Grammy Award for best reggae album is part of the famed Bob Marley family that has been in the forefront of socially conscious music for four decades. Even Sheryl Crow a pop music star for more than a decade has been outspoken against the war in Iraq and has anti-war and environmental messages on the home page of her Web site. Franti's group Michael Franti and Spearhead blends rock reggae and funk while sending a message with anti-war songs like Bomb the World and Light Up Ya Lighter with sarcastic and poignant lyrics about an Army recruiter's pitch to a susceptible teenager that goes "Here's what you get an M-16 and a Kevlar vest. You might come home with one less leg but this thing will surely keep a bullet out of your chest. "It's reminiscent of a different time when music helped drive the anti-war movement of the 1960s and Country Joe McDonald was singing "Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box.
Back to Africa debuts in PHC
The Tide – Apr 26, 2008
Precious rlu has come out with his debut album titled ?Back to Africa. ?Back to Africa is a Rhythm and Blues (R&B) with the infusion of hip hop and dance hall reggae. The 17 tracks album will be formally launched in August this year. The gbakiri Rivers State born music sensation who spoke with The Tide Entertainment recently said Back to Africa calls on Africans in Diaspora to come back home to take their rightful positions in the scheme of things rather than playing second fiddle in foreign lands… Precious rlu has come out with his debut album titled ?Back to Africa. ?Back to Africa is a Rhythm and Blues (R&B) with the infusion of hip hop and dance hall reggae. The 17 tracks album will be formally launched in August this year. The gbakiri Rivers State born music sensation who spoke with The Tide Entertainment recently said Back to Africa calls on Africans in Diaspora to come back home to take their rightful positions in the scheme of things rather than playing second fiddle in foreign lands. Precious rlu who is also a seasoned producer and song writer disclosed that he had written songs for top Nigerian musicians such as Daniel Wilson Samsung and Afy Douglas among numerous others before he decided to release his own album. The managing director of Groove Creek Entertainment said that he started music at the age of 18 years.
Musical at The Playhouse QPAC sings Keating’s song
NEWS.com.au – Apr 26, 2008
” Need I say his view of Keating! is a little partisan? Not to worry. Even those who are not true believers can revel in the energy wit and talent of this production. Australia’s best director Neil Armfield saw the potential in an embryonic version of the show and moulded it into a fantastic piece of music theatre _ part Greek tragedy part burlesque _ with handpicked musicians. Songs instead of dialogue take us on a journey of hope betrayal triumph hubris and downfall. The show gets off to a hilarious start with Terry Serio’s entry as a sozzled sentimental silver bodgie who reluctantly admits he owes his government’s success to his treasurer a young man with a midnight tan and a worryingly aristocrat taste in antiques and music. And speak of the devil there he looms on the outer reaches of the stage a lean grey wolf of a lad hungry for the reins and bitter at Bob Hawke’s prevarications. From his first number you know that Mike McLeish as Keating has the charismatic energy and vocal talents of a Peter Allen plus the versatility to handle every musical genre from the raunchily erotic I Want to Do You Slowly to rap rock and the gospel gymnastics of The Sweetest Victory… And speak of the devil there he looms on the outer reaches of the stage a lean grey wolf of a lad hungry for the reins and bitter at Bob Hawke’s prevarications. From his first number you know that Mike McLeish as Keating has the charismatic energy and vocal talents of a Peter Allen plus the versatility to handle every musical genre from the raunchily erotic I Want to Do You Slowly to rap rock and the gospel gymnastics of The Sweetest Victory. We watch his ascent to Top Banana in astonished admiration although we get a twinge of foreboding as he gets carried away in a paroxysm of power with the reggae number I am the Ruler of the Land. The song shows only too clearly how Keating’s dreams for a better Australia were moving too fast for a plodding populace "at the arse end of the world. " The production is so full of clever segues that there is barely a misjudged moment except perhaps for Brendan Coustley’s impersonation of Downer as Rocky Horror’s Frankenfurter which though brilliantly conceived becomes an overlong and gratuitous piece of audience manipulation. The rest of the production is as good as anything we used to get from the much missed Max Gillies shows and Serio’s final incarnation as John Howard is brutally funny. He gives us a self-styled “bloke” part chameleon part moral dwarf who will take Australia back to its comfort zone where xenophobia rules and Aborigines can take a back seat along with women and the arts.
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