Music Box: Don’t miss Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Friday …
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- Music Box: Don’t miss Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Friday …
- Music by the Lake at BRCC on Sunday
- Reggae Sumfest Facilitating Easier Access to Hotel Rooms
- The AZ of Island Records at 50
- Damien Dempsey
Music Box: Don’t miss Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Friday …
Annapolis Capital
This was the trend of the times to re-produce songs from an artist's catalog re-creating them to appeal to Western ears. A large portion of Bob Marley's hits were previously recorded with Jamaican producers creating a more rootsy sound. Isaacs' hits include "Sinner Man" "My nly Lover" "Rumours" and one of reggae music's greatest songs "Night Nurse. " Easy Star All Stars opens the all-ages show at 8 p. Wednesday at Rams Head Live. Mississippi blues man Corey Harris uses his heritage of the blues as a jumping-off point for exploring a world of music.
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Music by the Lake at BRCC on Sunday
Asheville Citizen-Times
Their repertoire includes original positive music written by Ras B the leader of the band as well as the lead vocalist along with occasional covers written by other artists. With a firm spiritual foundation these talented musicians and singers are dedicated to sharing the message of Roots Reggae and believe strongly in advancing equality brotherhood and universal love. ReggaeInfinity’s music is suitable for all ages and will have everyone tapping their feet to the word sound and power that is Roots Reggae. They have been playing together for about three years and released their first compact disc ‘Vision’ in April of this year. Members of the band include Ras B lead vocals and bass Caution on percussion Big Will on keyboard and background vocals Jahson on guitar and background vocals and Matt on drums and background vocals. ReggaeInfinity will be joined by international Roots Reggae artist Zema who is one of today’s top female roots reggae vocalists. Currently residing in Kingston Jamaica she has performed in Israel Europe and throughout the United States as well as in Jamaica.
Reggae Sumfest Facilitating Easier Access to Hotel Rooms
CaribPR.com (press release)
Festival organisers say they are putting out extra effort to ensure that rooms are available for the thousands of international visitors expected for the entertainment explosion that is Jamaica`s best reggae festival. `This has become one of our priorities because we know that we attract a lot of visitors and that this festival fills many hotel rooms` says Johnny Gouzong Executive Director of Summerfest Productions. The world`s greatest showcase of reggae music will take place from July 19-25 in Montego Bay Jamaica. A beach party on the 19th followed by three days of epic live performances will captivate the thousands of tourists and Jamaicans alike who make the trek each year to the Mecca of reggae music festivals. As is the case each year Summerfest Productions is busy exploring ways of making Reggae Sumfest even better. `We`re working with a very experienced Tour perator who has negotiated excellent rates with the hotels in Montego Bay and we have established an email address for persons attending the Festival to contact the office in order to get information and help with booking rooms` he adde.
The AZ of Island Records at 50
The Sun
Her cool electro-pop hits like Nightclubbing and Slave To The Rhythm evoked sleaze and style in equal doses. H is for The Harder They Come. The soundtrack to a Jamaican gangster movie starring singer Jimmy Cliff is reggae’s defining album. Songs include You Can Get It If You Really Want and Many Rivers To Cross. I is for The Incredible String Band. Past their peak when they joined the label the Scots folk-rock oddballs were still incredible on Island record Liquid Acrobat As Regards The Air.
Damien Dempsey
Sydney Morning Herald
“There are a lot of refugees coming to Ireland now over thelast 10 years and there has been a good bit of racism againstthem” he says. “But I think if the children knew their ownhistory then they’d realise we have a very similar history to theAfrican people coming in who were colonised as well and are stillsuffering civil war and the effects of colonialism. Unsurprisingly then Dempsey has more than a simple orstylistic reason for his striking blend of reggae and traditionalIrish music on his fourth album To Hell r Barbados from2007. “There’s ancient links between Ireland and Jamaica” he says. “In 1650 liver Cromwell an Englishman who came to subdue theIrish rebellion he sent about 50000 Irish people over to Barbadosas slaves mostly women and children whose husbands had been killedin the war. Their legacy lives on he says in many Irish place names andsurnames in Jamaica. More recently after Bob Marley played a Dublin soccer stadiumin 1980 (when Dempsey was 5) reggae enjoyed vast popularity.
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