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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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Daraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter - The Jamaica Gleaner CONFESSED GANGSTER Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is facing a maximum 23 years behind bars following a guilty plea in the United States Southern District Court of New York yesterday. The 42-year-old pleaded guilty before US District judge Robert P. Patterson. Coke, who…
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Tivoli shocked by guilty plea of their former hero BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Thursday, September 01, 2011 EXPRESSIONS of shock and disbelief were etched on the faces of West Kingston residents yesterday as news emerged that drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke — their one-time hero — had…
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THE 'MANTOURAGE' — not good for the music BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Observer staff reporter This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Sunday, August 21, 2011 FOR show promoters, unreasonable requests from some artistes seem to be a deciding factor in whether or not to book the artiste for an event. Chief among the 'unreasonable' requests that…
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He was the grandson of Vincent "Randy" Chin, who founded the successful reggae label, and signed Sean Paul, Beenie Man and Wayne Wonder. NEW YORK -- Pat Meschino Despite a semblance of routine Monday morning activities, the day wasn't a typical workday inside the cavernous Queens, New York offices/distribution headquarters…
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Marcus Garvey was born in st Ann,s Bay, Jamaica on the 17th August 1887.From 1910 to 1912, Garvey travelled in south and central America and also lived in London from 1912- 1914 where he studied law at Birkbeck College.In 1935 Garvey moved permanently to London where he died on the…
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Joel Chin, VP Records Director of A&R, Murdered In Jamaica August 17, 2011 By Patricia Meschino, New York The Director of A&R for VP Records, Joel Chin, 35, was fatally shot in the head in front of his Stony Hill, St Andrew home, a few miles north of Jamaica's capital…
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011 16:25
Grange outlines plans for Jamaica’s 50th anniversary
Written by CPR Reggae Grange outlines plans for Jamaica’s 50th anniversary By Sharon Gordon Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, Jamaica’s minister of youth, sports and culture met with the media, Jamaican nationals and friends at the Jamaican Consulate in New York City on Wednesday, July 27 and gave an overview of the plans for the year-long…
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Can you blame my generation, subjected gentrification,Depicting their frustrations over ill instrumentationCause music is the way to convey to you what I’m facing,Placing my life in front of your eyes for your observationNow if you can’t relate then maybe you are too complacent,Athletes today are scared to make Muhammad Ali…
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Steel Pulse Delivers the Perfect ShowBy Sharon Gordon July 1st, celebrated around the world as International Reggae Day, is a most fitting of days for a free reggae concert in the park and as fate would have it, that was the day chosen by Celebrate Brooklyn for roots reggae icon…
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