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Wednesday, 04 March 2015 14:48
Etana’s "Better Tomorrow" Selected as Campaign Anthem for STOP EBOLA & BUILD FOR THE FUTURE
Written by CPR Reggae On Monday, March 2, 2015 at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, Etana and her band took the stage at the private concert "Stop Ebola and Build For the Future" led by United African Congress, Give Them A Hand Foundation and the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation. She delivered a breathtaking set…
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Phyllis Dillon was born in 1944 in Linstead, St. Catherine, Jamaica, and attended the Linstead Primary School. Influenced by American singers Connie Francis, Patti Page and Dionne Warwick, she began singing in talent contests. It was during a performance at the Glass Bucket Club in Kingston, Jamaica with the group…
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Brooklyn, N.Y., March 3, 2015...The board of directors of the Coalition to Preserve Reggae (CPR) is pleased to announce International Women of Reggae - A Night of Hits, taking place on Saturday, April 25th from 8pm to 11pm at the Walt Whitman Auditorium, Brooklyn College, Campus Road and Nostrand Avenue…
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Dawn Penn is one of the original queens of reggae music. A native of Kingston, Jamaica, she grew up in a musical family, studying piano, classical violin and performing with her sisters Pat and Audrey in churches. Her first recording was “When I’m Gonna Be Free” was in 1966. She…
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Millicent Dolly May Small CD (born 6 October 1946), better known professionally as Millie Small and also known simply as Millie, is a Jamaican singer-songwriter, best known for her 1964 cover version of "My Boy Lollipop". Her other stage names include Little Millie Small. Born Millicent Dolly May Small in…
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Monday, 02 March 2015 11:20
CPR Celebrates Women in Reggae for Women's History Month
Written by CPR Reggae In honor of Women’s History Month, Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPR), the reggae lovers’ organization now celebrating our tenth anniversary, will honor women in a special way in March. In light of the International observance of Women in history, the CPR focus for March is the mothers and daughters…
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It is October 29, 2014; the venue is the Apollo Theatre. The phenomenal Milton Samms performs before the usual packed Harlem crowd and walks away a winner. You and I know that in order to win Amateur Night at the Apollo, one has to “bring it” to the 125th Street…
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A group of twenty Jamaicans participated in a peaceful protest outside of the Jamaican Consulate in New York City on Wednesday, August 27th. Organized by Michelle Bradshaw, the protest grew out of an online petition she started on the Facebook page she created, "Demanding Justice for Mario Deane." During an…
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Wednesday, 03 September 2014 18:48
Spirit and Harmony Festival Comes to Queens
Written by Sharon Gordon With a perfect title and concept for these turbulent times, the first annual “Spirit and Harmony Festival” will be held on Sept. 13 in Queens, featuring family-oriented activities, a fashion show and performances by reggae great Freddie McGregor; his son, Chino; renowned jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers and Nigerian performer Wunmi.…
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REGGAE CULTURE SALUTE MARKS TEN YEARS OF PRESERVINGROOTS REGGAE WITH A CELEBRATION OF COLLABORATION Brooklyn, New York, September 3rd, 2014…The Board of Directors of the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music., (CPR) is pleased to announce that the milestone 10th Annual Reggae Culture Salute will be a true reflection of the…
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Carlyle McKetty, president of Coalition to Preserve Reggae is miffed as to why there is "no reggae representation" at the annual Caribbean American Heritage Month celebration organized by the New York Police Department Community Affairs Bureau New York Immigrant Outreach Unit in partnership with the New York CARICOM Consulates and…
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Jamaica-born, New York-based co-founder and chairman of Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music Inc (CPR), Sharon Gordon, is among five distinguished women who will receive a 2014 Emerald Award from the Woman of Great Esteem organisation. Gordon, who migrated to the United States (US) with her family from Jamaica in 1979,…
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Tuesday, 29 April 2014 22:20
Jamaican Cultural Activist to Be Honored in NY
Written by Sharon Gordon Jamaican cultural activist to be honoured in New York The co-founder of the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPR) and cultural activist Sharon Gordon will be among the four women to be honoured on Saturday, May 3 at the New York Ritz-Carlton as part of the 18th staging of the…
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Wednesday, 16 April 2014 21:16
Chronixx "Dread and Terrible Tour" Alive and well
Written by CPR Reggae MEDIA RELEASE April 15, 2014 Chronixx “Dread & Terrible Tour” is alive and well This is an official statement from Chronixx Music Group, the managers and booking agents for Chronixx. Members of the Chronixx Music Group management team are currently on tour with Chronixx for the Dread & Terrible European…
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