Ziggy Marley: Passing the music to the kids
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- Ziggy Marley: Passing the music to the kids
- Project Ahimsa Presents ‘Global Lingo’
- Sean Bones ‘Dance Hall’ (Bodega Girls Remix) — Exclusive Download
- DIGICEL continues sponsorship of WCMF
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- More than a Tease
- John Legend: Evolution of a Legend
Ziggy Marley: Passing the music to the kids
San Jose Mercury News
Reggae music people people who play it people who listen to it always would pass the music to their kids you know?”"It came to me that it’s time that we did music especially directed to children and we started to write the songs. I think — thinking much deeper into it — it’s a way for me to connect with the audience if we can connect to them in this early stage in their lives the changes that we want to see in this world is more possible than if we just making music for people who are already kind of set in their ways. “I think that was the reason why this was put into my lap to do this. Because the message was for the children it’s really the children who have the open-mindedness it’s the children that can make the changes we are talking about today happen. “We can inspire them you know?”And what changes are we talking about?”Love and peace and happiness and joy and unity and environmental all of the good stuff you know?” Marley said.
Project Ahimsa Presents ‘Global Lingo’
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“Global Lingo” is available for purchase on. The album is currently #8 on the iTunes Reggae Music Charts. 4) 75 TAGS:.
Sean Bones ‘Dance Hall’ (Bodega Girls Remix) — Exclusive Download
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“There’s a lot of reggae music being made that is not my cup of tea” the 27-year-old warns diplomatically. “This album is as influenced by Jamaican music as it is by English music. I made the record I wanted to make. It’s an honest approach to reggae music and the way it influenced me personally. ” ‘Dance Hall’ despite its Jamaican music name check is one of the more obviously Britpop influenced songs.
DIGICEL continues sponsorship of WCMF
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00 for the staging of the 13th annual WCMF set to key off in Dominica at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium on ctober 30. Among some of the major artists who are expected to perform at the event are MAXI Priest a Reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing Reggae music with an R&B influence. Maxi Priest is the second youngest of nine children. His parents moved to England from Jamaica to provide more opportunity for their family and he grew up listening to gospel reggae R&B and pop music. His music is sometimes closer to R&B and pop than to reggae music itself. His uncle Jacob Miller a reggae icon was the frontman in the popular reggae group Inner Circle and his son Ryan Elliott was a member of the boy band Ultimate Kaos.
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His performance certainly justified the loud roar and applause that met his arrival on stage. Enoch also had to justify his stay in the competition and he did that very well as he performed ?Different colors? also by Lucky Dube. The reggae segment ended with a wonderful rendition of TK?s ?Footprints? by Akosua indeed the best was saved for last. When the music genre was changed the whole atmosphere in the auditorium changed as well. The SF contestants brought the beauty of highlife back to life. George Darko will be very proud when he hears how excellently his ?Ako te brofo? was sung by Bertha. The audience was kept on their feet as Nyaneba kept the tempo going when she performed Alhaji K.
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There is a difference between the real dancehall and afro dancehall. When you ask a typical dancehall artist what kind of songs they do they’ll tell you they do Afro dancehall or afro hip hop. If you want to do hip hop let it be straight hip hop. If you want to do reggae music do it and key it down like a true reggae artist. If you want to do rock know there is nothing like afro rock. If you want to do Afro beat you have to do it like Fela Kuti. Dancehall music is not an easy genre to dabble into or you will end up breaking a whole lot of rules which won’t get the message to the corner you want to pass it to.
John Legend: Evolution of a Legend
The Gazette (Montreal)
André took it to a whole other level because of his energy wit and all that. ?Elsewhere on the album Legend dabbles in hip-hop (with pal Kanye West) reggae (with British protégé Estelle) and his trademark swooning piano balladry. Though his specialty is the soulful torch song the 30-year-old singer has always made a point of bringing other things to the table. ?I always felt I was more than the stereotype of me? he said. ?Green Light was so successful as a single it highlighted that difference. My albums are all pretty well-rounded but most people know me for (Legend?s Grammy-winning breakout hit the soaring love song) rdinary People.
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