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View ArticleMilele Roots, Chattanooga band, talks reggae, Neil Young before music returns...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Chattanooga-based bassist Christian 'Roots' Craan had been looking for a word to pair with "roots" for the name of his new reggae band, "and couldn't come up with anything."
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Sly & Robbie and Jam Masters are gearing up to release their most recent studio album, Reggae Connection, on the Taxi Records label.
View ArticleTJR Gets Funky in Las Vegas
Even your mother has heard of TJR. His track "Funky Vodka" got reworked by Pitbull as "Don't Stop The Party" and became an international hit that gets played everywhere from major league baseball games...
View ArticleThe Conversation: Justine Picardie, author and journalist
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View ArticleThe Black Seeds will perform at the North West Festival tonight
The Black Seeds have travelled from New Zealand and will perform in Port Hedland for the first time at the North West Festival.
View ArticleThe artists behind the SNES cart art in Gone Home
In your search for clues in Gone Home 's big ol' house, you may have spotted a few forgotten games in the cupboard.
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"You take us away from Africa with the intention to steal our culture," sings Burning Spear at the beginning of The Invasion, launching a series of his unflinchingly outspoken politically conscious songs.
View ArticleBuccaneers dazzle hometown fans with win
Members of the Reading Buccaneers exit the field after their performance Saturday at the "Big Sounds in Motion" competition in Exeter Township.
View ArticleDiplomatic passports for musicians
Carolyn Cooper THE 20TH staging of the Rototom Sunsplash festival in Spain got off to a brilliant start with the Third World Band.
View ArticleChill on Antarctic cuts
CHINA'S long-term involvement with Hobart's Antarctic gateway could be jeopardised if Australia's program on the icy continent is not adequately funded, supporters fear.
View ArticleNew Music: Mavado -- 'Give It All To Me' feat. Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj returns to her Caribbean roots for her feature on Mavado's "Give It All to Me."
View ArticleThe birthday club
THIS is a year of milestones in Jamaican pop culture. The Third World band turned 40 and is celebrating that anniversary with a worldwide tour.
View ArticleDay of sunshine and tunes caps off Summer Fair in Santa Cruz
Families, couples and children found a great way to enjoy Sunday's sunshine with an afternoon of live music in San Lorenzo Park.
View ArticleEleanor Wint Receives UNIA 2013 Award for Education
Well-known Professor/Activist Eleanor Wint whose career started in the mid-1960s in the Caribbean, is this year's recipient of the Marcus Garvey Award in the field of Education.
View ArticleAlbum Review: The Green 'Hawai'i '13'
The Green are the new Third World. Like Tony Wright's series of batik-influenced paintings that graced the '70s' band's covers, Kamea Hadar's chimeric illustrations set the stage for the seamless blend...
View ArticleWeird Science: The Conversation Explores The Natural World
The world is a mysterious place. In labs and observatories around the world, people are trying to make sense of nature's secrets.
View ArticleReggae star sues Va groups after bottle injury
Grammy winning reggae musician Frederick "Toots" Hibbert is suing several organizations after he was injured during a May concert in Richmond.
View ArticleThe Caribbean's Leading Ebook Publisher
Founded by local tech entrepreneur Lloyd Laing, the social commerce platform provides digitization, conversion, ecommerce and distribution services to many of the Caribbean's leading authors and...
View ArticleKy-Mani Marley is the second youngest of Bob Marley's 11 children.
Hot Summer Nights closes out its summer of free Tuesday night concerts with Ky-Mani Marley at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater.
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