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[L-R] Carlyle McKetty, President of CPR; Ceejay Saunders; Andrew Fuller; Maulyn Powell and Sharon Gordon, Chair of CPR Year End Kwanzaa and Community Appreciation On December 27th the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music, Inc, celebrated their annual Kwanzaa and Community Appreciation event at the Lounge in New York City. As…
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By David P RoweOp-Ed Contributor It is obvious that the IMF and the JLP government were either in continuous disagreement or that they were unable to enter a mediated agreement over the last year. According to the IMF’s website, Jamaica has not passed an IMF test since September 2010, and…
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Attorney Daniel Thwaites The 2011 people's revolt The evidence suggests that there's a PNP mole in the JLP's G2K organisation. I suspect it's the person who crafted the expensive ad campaign against Portia Simpson Miller. G2K has become the PNP's secret but reliable weapon, utterly failing to realise that…
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Vincent "Randy" Chin (left) with son, Producer, Clive Chin The Unsung Hero –– Randy Chin and the Development of Jamaican Music The Chinese community in Jamaica played a very important role in the development of Jamaican popular music during its formative years. Their role was primarily as producers, and…
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Dr. Deborah A. Thomas Making Bad Friday Better: An Interview with Deborah Thomas By Andrea E. Shaw Published Oct 24, 2011 Dr. Deborah A. Thomas is a professor anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, a dancer, and most recently added filmmaker to her accomplishments. Deborah directed and produced the new…
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Reggae-conservation group to unveil plans for expansion The Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music, Incorporated (CPR), a New York-based charitable organisation now in its seventh year, will tomorrow announce plans for the seventh annual Reggae Culture Salute, scheduled for New York on November 5, as well as programmes and initiatives being…
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Big Youth to receive CPR's 2011 Pinnacle Award for Excellence Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter With its roots already growing in New York, the seven-year old Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPR) has finally been introduced to the Jamaican public. Last Tuesday, during a press conference at the Edna Manley College…
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Despite the anxious efforts being made to alter the truth about his administration by corrupt members of the Jamaican Press, Bruce Golding’s tenure as Prime Minister has been a desolate and dangerous political failure. His close relationship with Christopher “Dudus” Coke led him to behave with arrogance and stupidity after…
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Dub Tonic Kru comes to Brooklyn, New York Fresh off a momentous victory tour spanning the western US and European, world champions Dub Tonic Kru, winner of the 2010-2011 Global Battle of the Bands competition head to Brooklyn, New York for the 7th Annual Reggae Culture Salute. For Dub Tonic…
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Reggae star Ossie Dellimore has built a varied career in the art form with albums like “Freedom’s Journal,” “Reggae Music” and the recent single “Gone So Far.” The native of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ style is at the cutting edge of reggae music today. Caribbean Journal talked to Dellimore…
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Ed Robinson on the Global Art Form Ed Robinson occupies several seats in the world of reggae—from a long career as a reggae drummer to broad work now as a reggae singer. It’s taken him from his native Jamaica to Brooklyn, which he now calls home. Caribbean Journal talked to…
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Above, from left: Major Daps, Ossie Dellimore, Ed Robinson, Qshan Deya (Photo: Caribbean Journal) What is reggae? It’s a word that has a meaning simultaneously static and dynamic. To answer the question, Caribbean Journal talked to four major reggae artists from around the Caribbean at the Coalition to Preserve Reggae…
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Spotlight on CPR Member - Major Daps! September 13, 2011 | 6:05 pm | Print Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, Major Daps is working on a synergy of the roots reggae music of the past with that of the present. In this CJ Spotlight, we talk to Major Daps about what…
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(Beenie Man-The Doctor) Re-posted from www.chatychaty.com August 23rd, 2011 No NY Proclamation for Beenie Man from Councilman Comrie The office of Councilman Leroy Comrie has denied all media reports stating that he will be presenting Jamaican dancehall deejay Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis with a proclamation from the New York City…
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