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SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 02/08/2010
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Beck's with lemon? Having followed her mother's path into acting (and overtaken her), Charlotte Gainsbourg seems to being doing similarly with her musical career - providing a foil to male musicians to fulfill their dream. Her first album 5:55 allowed the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Neil Hannon and Air to live out teenage reveries of creating songs with slightly outre French actresses....
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 01/21/2010
Diamond-selling Reggae artiste, Shaggy, is scheduled to close Raggamuffin 2010, the annual hip -hop and Reggae festival in Rotorua, New Zealand on Saturday. Sly and Robbie are also billed to perform a separate set at the one-day festival.
Soul Pitch Hustle (Free subscription) | 12/15/2009
Alborosie is known for his conscious lyrics and sometimes controversial subject matter. His new album will continue on that vein. Alborosie’s music is heavily influenced by his Rastafarian beliefs. Hailing from Sicily Italy, he moved to Jamaica to get closer to the Rastafarian culture and the roots of Reggae music. He has been given the stamp of approval by Reggae Legends Sly and Robbie and...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The first Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album was handed out in 1985 and went to roots-reggae trio Black Uhuru for the Sly and Robbie-produced Anthem.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Pauline McLean looks at the year of Homecoming
Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
It’s already been out for a couple of weeks, and this slice of sexy, tripped-out samba-pop deserves all the praise it’s been getting.
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Deejay Hawkeye has returned to his roots in the music business with the release of his upcoming debut reggae album 'Hawk Extra'.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
In this edition, Film Weekly visits the London film festival, now in full swing. Jason Solomons and Xan Brooks compare notes and discuss the three films that have starred George Clooney ( Fantastic Mr Fox , Up in the Air and The Men Who Stare at Goats ) before revealing their favourites so far – Jason highly recommends Jim Jarmusch's latest, The Limits of Control, as well as a brace of films...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Ragamuffin 2010 bringing Wyclef Jean, Julian Marley, Shaggy and plenty more to Perth for a gig on January 25.
Popdose (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Last year, the Revelations featuring Tre Williams released their Deep Soul EP, which was not only one of my favorite recordings of the year, but one that I voted for in the upcoming “Top Albums of the Decade” feature here at Popdose. For their debut full-length album, The Bleeding Edge (Decision Records / Traffic Entertainment), [...]
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Chezidek provided the antidote to a rather patchy 2007 for roots reggae with the Bobby Konders production 'Inna Di Road'. 2009 sees him feature on two albums with civilly disobedient titles: 'Herbalist', a collection of his work for various producers on Tad’s records including tracks from 'Inna Di Road' and 2006’s 'Mash Dem Down'; and 'I Grade', cut with Sly and Robbie and the Taxi band....
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Orville 'Rory' Baker was on the path to administration of the nine-to-five variety when he got involved in the music business - where he considers about nine hours a short day and can go up to 18 hours at a stretch.
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Sly & Robbie To Perform At The Earthdance Laytonville, September 25 - 27, 2009, Northern California
the echo and echoplex (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
[ September 30, 2009; 9:00 pm to 11:55 pm. ] Ranking Joe Backed by Echodelic Soundsystem So, Who Is Ranking Joe? Born Joseph Jackson, in Kingston, Jamaica , July 1, 1959, he was introduced in the music business at Tarrant Junior Secondary School in Kingston. Joe performed at school concerts and won local talent contest in the mid-70's. At age 15, he went to the legendary [...]
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
T.O.K., a dancehall group from Kingston, Jamaica, originally stood for "Touch Of Klass" however the band has devised many backronyms for their moniker, such as "Taking Over Kingston" or "Too Klaat".
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