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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Dwight Pinkney Picks Marley Melodies superblyBy Basil Walters Observer staff reporterSunday, June 29, 2008Veteran Jamaican instrumentalist, Dwight Pinkney, with his unique guitar styling, superbly picks 12 of Bob Marley's greatest classics, to which he adds one of his own compositions in crafting a 13-track set entitled, Pinkney Picks Marley Melodies.With the release of this his fifth album,...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
Yesterday's Notes Captures the two sides of Charlie ChaplinBY Basil Walters Observer staff reporterSunday, June 15, 2008Jamaican artistes continue to prove that music is not just something for semi-literates who cannot do anything else. An increasing number of local acts have put the lie to that misguided notion by attaining academic qualifications.One such artiste is Charlie Chaplin...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Columbia Records' love-hate relationship with reggaeBy Basil Walters Observer staff reporterSunday, June 08, 2008When the various annals of reggae are written it will not be complete unless major labels are accorded their rightful place for how they accommodated some of reggae's finest artistes and their love-hate relationship with the genre.David Kahne, former senior executive of Columbia...