David Rodigan wins Gold and Silver
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- David Rodigan wins Gold and Silver
- Canada Reggae Music Achievement Awards
- MUSIC N THE MENU: Wesley’s spirited musical journey
- Empire Days reflects the reality of our history
- Learning from Bob Marley
- Who’s playing music and where in and around town this week
- Beyond appearances
David Rodigan wins Gold and Silver
TropicalFete.com
David’s genuine enthusiasm for Reggae and Dancehall music make him a master craftsman of the genre. Presenting Reggae and Dancehall on London’s famed KISS FM for the past 20 years David was inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in 2006. About David Rodigan:David Rodigan was born June 24th 1951 on a military base in Hanover Germany who says his passion for Reggae music was cemented when he saw Millie Small perform her 1964 hit “My Boy Lollipop” at the Rock Steady Go TV show in London. At the age of 15 David began collecting music and was DJ’ing at school dances and youth clubs. In 1970 he studied economics and pursued an acting career while keeping his musical dream alive. His Since his teen years David became a music presenter on Radio London Capital 95. 8 Kiss 100FM BFBS Radio 1 and Irie Jam Radio based in New York.
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Canada Reggae Music Achievement Awards
TropicalFete.com
“The committee made these selections based on the industries musical activity in 2008 going into 2009″ said Awards CE Mr. “The fans are really looking forward to this years ceremony and performances!” Nominees have begun campaiging for fan votes which have resulted in over 1000 votes being cast in one week. Held at the Crowne Plaza – Airport on June 14th 2009 Canada’s brightest stars will shine! Tickets are available at.
MUSIC N THE MENU: Wesley’s spirited musical journey
The Weekender
“It was actually one of the first Grateful Dead tributes” recalls Wesley with a smile. “There really wasn’t any such thing at that time but we were about as close as you can get. Wesley says that right around the same time he began to fully discover the sounds of Bob Marley and reggae music. It would change his life forever. “It was positive rhythms and he was speaking a Jah” he says adding that he found the spiritual aspects of the music equally appealing. “I loved the music and I wanted to play it. And everybody around me was like ‘You’re a white guy from Pennsylvania.
Empire Days reflects the reality of our history
Canada.com
The celebration is an entertaining and educational glimpse into the history of the way of life and of the people in Nanaimo. Simon Schachner is putting on a protest rally with reggae music to encourage the name change because the Empire is associated with the mass assimilation of the native American people. It was actually the Canadian government who was responsible for most of this abuse of First Nations up until the early 1970s. Shall we now change the name Canada Day to “The North American Peoples Celebration?”I hate the people responsible for abusing the native Canadians but the majority of people past and present outside of government are not responsible for bad policies. I don’t want to hear Britney Spears or reggae but music that reflects European Native and Chinese music in Empire times. Holden SouthwardNanaimo© Copyright (c) Canwest News Service E-mail this Article.
Learning from Bob Marley
The Punch
He was just 36 but he had achieved enough to make him greater than most of his mates who would live up to 100 years. He had 12 kids; he had been awarded the Jamaica rder of Merit (the country?s third highest honour); he had recorded several bestselling albums and succeeded in rising from a poor kid with racial insecurities to one of the world?s most influential musicians and activists. But most importantly Marley put Reggae music and his country Jamaica a little Caribbean country of less than three million people on the world map. There were not many great reggae apostles before him and there have not been many since his departure. Not even his colleagues Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh were able to near his achievements. Marley was a messenger of love hope and freedom and paradise. Even though his father was white he chose to identify with the emancipation struggles of the blacks and his lyrics often campaigned for the cause of the black nation.
Who’s playing music and where in and around town this week
Philadelphia Inquirer
Easy Dub All-Stars: The collective’s spaced-out island-flavored remake of "Dark Side of the Moon" spent five years on the reggae chart. Then came "Dubside with Radiodread" a remake of Radiohead’s "K Computer. " Now what’s really killin’ us is their newly toked-up echo-enhanced rub-a-dub rendering of "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club. " Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad opens.
Beyond appearances
Bangkok Post
It was yet another new trend from the seemingly bottomless supply of hybrid music that musicians in Kinshasa have created. After all this is the city that gave us rumba Congolais (and the golden era of that wonderful genre in the ’60s and ’70s) and dances like the soukous the boucher the kiri-kiri and ndambolo. Congolais music trends have swept across Africa at regular intervals and the new band that is sitting on top of the European Broadcast Union’s World Music charts for April Staff Benda Bilili is the next in line to emerge from Central Africa. The band’s name means “look beyond appearances” and refers to the fact that all the band members are paraplegic; they get around Kinshasa on customised vehicles similar to those you see here in Thailand.
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