Reggae on the mountain
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- Reggae on the mountain
- College Arts & Lecture Series Kicks ff With Reggae Music
- Reggae-jam band Roots of Creation goes for shared experience
- Worried businesses close during Texas Relays
- Los Cadillacs Roar Back and Pick Up New Fans
- Sugarloaf to celebrate 21st Reggae Festival
Reggae on the mountain
SunJournal.com
All outdoor music is free and open to all ages. Renowned throughout the reggae world for his traditional roots-reggae style and lively performances Cutta has been hailed as "Canada’s Top Reggae Act" by the Canadian Reggae Music Association. He has shared the stage with many of the biggest names in reggae music including Buju Banton Toots and the Maytals Peter Tosh The Wailers and Beenie Man. His latest full-length album "Whagwan" was released in March 2007. Cutta will headline the Saturday night show in the King Pine Room along with Rebel Fire a New York-based band featuring roots reggae with politically inspired lyrics and eloquent songwriting. Westbound Train a seven-member Boston-based band featuring modern reggae and ska music will headline Friday night’s show in the King Pine Room. The band has toured throughout the United States and Europe since its inception in 2001 and has shared stages with big names like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Rancid.
College Arts & Lecture Series Kicks ff With Reggae Music
WMFD.com
As part of the hio State University-Mansfield and North Central State College Arts and Lecture Series The Ark Band “Roots Reggae” kicked off the series of events Wednesday night at the Eisenhower Student Union at the SU-Mansfield Campus. Staff Member at the Child Development Center at NCSC Monica Durham says since people are on a budget and can’t afford to travel for Spring Break they brought the Carribbean to them. The event was free and open to the public. For more information about upcoming events you may contact their ffice of Campus Life at 419-775-4314.
Reggae-jam band Roots of Creation goes for shared experience
Steamboat Pilot
?There?s a bunch of bands that combine reggae with rock but I?ve never seen a band that combines improvisational elements with reggae. ? Some DJs will mix jungle with dancehall reggae but still there?s not much improvisation and jam thrown in there. 4 PINTS: Why do you think that hasn?t been done before?BW: A lot of reggae music is specifically song-based with three- or four-minute songs and is really focused on what the musicians are saying and keeping it simple and really not wanting to stray from that. ?But really where (the combination of styles) makes sense is that we do a lot of dub music and dub mixes really well with electronic music; they have similar elements of pulling instrumentals in and out and having heavy bass. 4 PINTS: Do the lyrics still play an important role in your songs?BW: I?d say we do 65 percent lyrics-based songs with a little bit of an instrumental section in them and then we have a bunch of instrumental songs that we throw in the mix. 4 PINTS: Why the mix?BW: If you play too much instrumental stuff it can be overwhelming for people and it might not connect as much but it depends on what kind of audience we?re playing for. ? They?re two separate things but I think they go really well together.
Worried businesses close during Texas Relays
Houston Chronicle
The Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at the University of Texas bring high school and college track athletes to town and there are also numerous private parties at hotels restaurants that attract mostly black attendees. Police have said the event does not draw any more crime than other large events here. Emo’s Austin a live music venue in downtown’s Sixth Street district will be closed as will Flamingo Cantina a premier Austin club for reggae music. It’s the first time Sixth Street businesses have ceased operations during the Relays. Highland Mall also will close early Saturday. “It’s counterproductive for us to even be open because of the craziness downtown” said Angela Gillen owner of Flamingo Cantina. “It’s kind of dangerous and the staff doesn’t want to work.
Los Cadillacs Roar Back and Pick Up New Fans
New York Times
” Sergio Rotman the saxophonist added: “This was an obvious and necessary crisis but it wasn’t set off by anything particular like one guy falling in love with another guy’s wife. We had families and children and we just needed to stop and see where we were going. ” In its heyday Los Fabulosos Cadillacs was a pioneering band and not just because its music mixed ska punk reggae salsa and funk in unpredictable ways. Its quick embrace of MTV Latino as soon as that channel went on the air in 1993 led to a string of powerful videos charged with political imagery and the recording of MTV Latino’s first “Unplugged” helping make it one of the first rock en Español bands to become popular throughout Latin America rather than just in its native country. But the six core Cadillacs are returning to a musical landscape that changed enormously while the band was dormant. In addition to the different economics and technology of the music business the Latin music market is now dominated by genres that barely existed in 1999 or were of minimal importance like reggaetón and cumbia. With another group that might raise questions about the ability to remain relevant.
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Sugarloaf to celebrate 21st Reggae Festival
MaineToday.com
Also appearing throughout the weekend will be Maine base bands EastWave Radio and Stream Reggae as well as The Cool and Deadly Big Takeover Kabbalist the Royal Hammer and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. The Widowmaker Lounge will also feature DJs John Lee Yellow Fever and Punani Soundsystem. Friday night’s show in the King Pine room headlines Westbound Train a seven part Boston based band featuring modern reggae and ska music. Westbound Train has toured throughout the United States and Europe since its inception in 2001 and has shared stages with big names bands. They will also appear on the Beach on Saturday April 18. A number of different ticket options are being offered by Sugarloaf. For $40 guests can purchase a “Good Vibes” pass that guarantees admission to both the Friday and Saturday night King Pine Room shows.
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