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The Reggae Festival Guide with ......... |
 Soulful singer Prestige, who hails from St. Elizabeth, JA, checks out the RFG. Photo by Shelah Moody.
Wanted: Photos of the Reggae Festival Guide and YOU!! Reggae artists and fans may submit a photo and a 100 word blurb. Feel free to include links in your 100 words! Free marketing for your business???? YES!!! Top positioning in the eGuide itself - your face!!! We want to see you and the Reggae Festival Guide! Don't have a guide this year? Well, you can go to the link below and print out a cover sheet in color, take a snapshot and get your photo in the weekly eGuide Newsletter! (Photos posted in order of receipt.) It's FREE!! It's in the budget!!
Digital Edition of Reggae Festival Guide
One Love Ya'll,
Yvonne Varner, Reggae Festival eGuide Editor
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Time to Post Your Festivals! |
It's time to post your 2013 festival information on the
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ReggaeFestivalGuide; it's FREE! The sooner you put the info on our website the sooner fans will see it and be able to plan their Reggae Festival adventures!
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New RFG.com Feature!! Our Website - www.ReggaeFestivalGuide has a new feature: A Gig/Concert Calendar! Bands and Venues - For years we have offered Reggae FESTIVAL listings, now you can also submit your Gigs/Concerts for free as well!
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Big Mountain Teams Up with Kickstarter for Exciting New CD Set |
Big Mountain, the internationally renowned reggae band that topped the charts with favorite hits such as “Baby I Love Your Way” and “Touch My Light” has teamed up with Kickstarter to produce an exceptional new 3-CD set of Big Mountain music. Fans and everyday good-hearted people that understand humanitarian-oriented projects are being asked to help by purchasing the forthcoming Big Mountain / Kickstarter 3-CD set. For more than 20 years the music group Big Mountain has donated their time to help others in need of food, clothing, education, medical care and financial aid. The table has turned and instead of Big Mountain helping other organizations, for the first time in the band’s history Big Mountain’s bandleaders are asking for others to financially help Big Mountain. Through Kickstarter.com, now you can be a part of the creative process and help finance the new Big Mountain album. It is very important that Big Mountain release a new CD for radio airplay and to start touring again. Big Mountain needs to generate large numbers of ticket sales so that they can effectively help raise capital, and also raise awareness for humanitarian organizations.
More Here.....
 "Fruitful Days" by Big Mountain
New Release!!! "Lay Lady, Lay" by Big Mountain
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Tappa Zukie legendary artist and producer |
 Starting out my career in 1967 I was so small that they had to put me on a box so that I could toast on the sounds. My mother did not like what she heard coming out of the dances so she sent me away to England. On the third night in england I was introduced on to a stage were U Roy was performing, I went on the stage and did my thing and when I came back off Lorrie Lorrence shook my hand and said that he was taking me to the studio and from there I've been Zuking. I've Zuked my way straight up on to the Virgin front line label. After signing with Virgin I started billing my community centre and my golden age home in Trench Town. Tis project took me off the stage for ten years but my production career started to grow branches producing artist like U Roy, Gregory Isacks, Dennis Brown, Beres Hammond, Junior Reid, Ken Both, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Third World and many others.
After visiting my golden age home a couple of months ago I found that it was in a state of disrepair "The struggle continues" I decided to take the project on to upgrade the home. To finance this project I am going to use some of the income from the sales of my latest album "X is Wrong" it is available only on line at Tappazukiemusic.com and on iTunes. I'm shouting out to all the full hearted Tappa Zukie fans who have been Zuking with me from the bottom to the top I'm asking you all to zuke with me again on this one. I'll see you all on tour this summer. I will make myself available to autograph these albums. |
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This Sunday April 7th at The Surf Spot in Pacifica, CA (Bay Area) - 12pm to 5pm - ALL AGES fun for everyone |
 Empress Meditations is a collective of conscious female artists from the Bay Area who have come together to promote peace, awareness & raise money/contributions for women's charities. The collective consists of QUEEN MAKEDAH, IRAE DIVINE, RAZTERIA AND SOL ATASH. They started a WOMEN FOR PEACE Tour in March in honor of Women's History Month & will continue to perform together throughout the year.
Empress Meditations 2013 is a benefit for "A SAFE PLACE" in Oakland. A Safe Place provides shelter &various services for women & children that are victims of domestic violence. There is a wish list of needed items on the Empress Meditations website that you can bring to the show:
EmpressMeditations.com
For a list of SILENT AUCTION items on April 7th, visit the Facebook page:
facebook/EmpressMeditations
There are some fantastic packages available for really good deals (e.g. massage therapy, energy healing session, voice lessons, keyboard, limited edition original prints, art, recording/mixing/mastering sessions, & much more).
The purpose of Empress Meditations is to highlight the works of diverse female artists who have championed the message of peace, justice, & unity. They perform in various styles of Reggae & World Music in several languages - Spanish, Hebrew, Farsi, Portuguese, French, & English. Each individual artist has a new album/single that she is promoting, so you will hear Brand New unreleased music. Look out for the new single, "Boom (No For An Answer)" by Empress Meditations - coming real soon!
Empress Meditations is available for FESTIVALS, EVENTS, CHARITIES.
For BOOKINGS contact: Royal Management // 415.878.6468 // RoyalMgmt@TheRoyalMgmt.com
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Second Saturdays in Nevada City, Calif. at The Stonehouse |
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Groundation Announces Spring Tour Dates |
 Photo of Groundation at show in Mar del Plata, Argentina – Photo by Flo
Upcoming tour dates:
MAY 8TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - LE CHATO D'O / BLOIS, FRANCE
MAY 9TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - FESTIVAL ROCK & SOLEX/RENNES, FRANCE
MAY 10TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - FRANZ K / REUTLIGEN, GERMANY
MAY 11TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - FESTIVAM / DORTMUND, GERMANY
MAY 12TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - C CLUB / BERLIN, GERMANY
MAY 14TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - LA LAITERIE / STRASBOURG, FRANCE
MAY 15TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - SALLES DES FÊTES DE THONEX / THONEX, SWITZERLAND
MAY 17TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - AFRO PFINGSTEN FESTIVAL / WINTHERTUR, SWITZERLAND
MAY 18TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - FESTIVAL MUSIQUE MÉTISSE / ANGOULÊME, FRANCE
MAY 19TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - SALLE CULTURELLE / CISSAC MÉDOC, FRANCE
MAY 21ST, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - SALLA BIKINI / BARCELONA, SPAIN
MAY 22ND, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - SALA ARENA / MADRID, SPAIN
MAY 23RD, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - COLISEUM / LISBON, PORTUGAL
MAY 24TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - LE PHARE / TOULOUSE, FRANCE
MAY 25TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - LE TRANSBORDEUR / LYON, FRANCE
MAY 28TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - LO BOLEGASON / CASTRES, FRANCE
MAY 29TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - THÉÂTRE LINO VENTURA / NICE, FRANCE
MAY 30TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - LE PALOMA / NÎMES, FRANCE
MAY 31ST, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - FESTIVAL COULEURS URBAINES / SIX-FOURS, FRANCE
JUN 1ST, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - FESTIVAL LE JARDIN DU MICHEL / BULLIGNY, FRANCE
JUN 3RD, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - MELKWEG / AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
JUN 4TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - LE BATACLAN / PARIS, FRANCE
JUN 7TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - SWAMI VIVEKANANDA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE / MAURITIUS ISLANDS
JUN 7TH, SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR - SWAMI VIVEKANANDA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE / MAURITIUS ISLANDS
JUN 21ST, SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL - BOONVILLE, CA
Dates subject to change. Always confirm information with venues.
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Award Winning Reggae Artist Taj Weekes Releases
Pariah in Transit on April 9th |
April 4, 2013 - New York, NY - Award winning reggae group Taj Weekes & Adowa will release their fourth CD “Pariah in Transit” on Weekes’ Jatta Records (distributed by Megawave Records). The album represents some of the band’s finest live performances.The album’s curious title reflects Taj Weekes & Adowa’s position in the overall reggae narrative, “on the outskirts trying to get in but not really being allowed to. We weren’t born in Jamaica, reggae’s birthplace, which is one of the greatest adversities we face,” explained Taj, a Rastafarian who hails from St. Lucia. Adowa represents a broad swathe of the Caribbean archipelago with Radss Desiree (Dominica) on bass; Adoni Xavier (Trinidad) guitar; John Hewitt (Barbados) keyboards and Cornel Marshall (Jamaica) drums. “People don’t listen to jazz or rock from just one place so why should we be looking to one geographic location for great reggae music?” Taj asks.Serving as a vibrant reminder for listeners who have already experienced Taj Weekes & Adowa’s concerts and an unforgettable introduction for those who haven’t, “Pariah In Transit” offers inspired renditions of songs spanning their three albums including “Since Cain” (Hope & Doubt); “Propaganda War”,(Deidem), and “Rain Rain” (A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen).Music fans irrespective of their geographic location will embrace the wide-ranging issues and eclectic musical elements that make “Pariah In Transit” one of the year’s most important reggae releases. “As artists, our sole job is to bring to light things that people may not think about too much whether it’s what happened in New Orleans or the earthquakes in Haiti or Japan. Corporate media tells us about everything that doesn’t concern us. So my responsibility is to let people know what is happening, like a town crier, and maybe we can respond accordingly.”Contact: Shirley Menard ◊ Jatta LLC ◊ New York ◊ 917 488 5982 ◊ jattarecords@gmail.com
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Kings Music International Upcoming Tours: |
MICHAEL ROSE & SISTER CAROL – available in April / June
PREZIDENT BROWN & REGGAE ANGELS – available in April / May / June / July & August
 RICHIE SPICE – available in May / June
 DON CARLOS – available May / June / August & September
 MARCIA GRIFFITHS – May / June / July
 LUCIANO – June / July
CAPLETON – June / Oct & November
For bookings of any of these tours contact:
Peter Wardle
Kings Music International
Cell: (510) 326-8445
Office: (510) 653-4069
peter@kingsmusicintl.com www.kingsmusicinternational.com
Elliot Blair Cell 541.868.5070
Movement Music Agency elliot@movementmusicagency.com
Soul'd Out Productions//Soul'd Out Music Festival elliot@souldoutfestival.com
Double Tee Concerts elliot@doubletee.com
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Advance Tickets to SNWMF 2013 On Sale Now |
 SNWMF is please to announce that Hollie Cook, Prince Fatty, Mystic Roots, Downbeat The Ruler and Comanche High Power have all been added to the lineup for this year's festival. Hollie Cook was born and bred in West London in a household dominated by music. With Sex Pistol Paul Cook as her dad, music was always around. Hollie’s passion for reggae singers Janet Kay and Phyllis Dillon combined formed the basis for her new solo work of self coined tropical pop. Prince Fatty is a British sound engineer and record producer whose sound is designed to dub your feet with rock steady beats and stimulate brain waves in a jazz-like way. Mixed in an analog haze of vintage spring reverbs, tape echoes and custom hi-grade mixing console, Prince Fatty won’t disappoint the lovers of the early 70s sound. Mystic Roots serves up an original style based in reggae, hip-hop, and dancehall with overtones of rock, funk, and ska. This Chico based group brings a brand new sound while embracing the nature of roots reggae wholeheartedly and performing it with smooth vocals/harmonies, energetic freestyles and beat-boxing, all over a solid groove. In the 1980's reggae's transition from roots to dancehall was accompanied by explosive growth in New York 's local reggae scene centered around local sound systems. Founded in the seventies by selector Tony Screw, Downbeat The Ruler rapidly became not only a regional force, but one that could compete with the strongest sounds from Jamaica . Armed with an ever-expanding 20+ year reggae vinyl collection, Comanche High Power finds and brings to light the many diverse & highly underrated artists both in reggae history and modern roots and culture dancehall music, while mixing in more well-known classic 'anthems'. Comanche is proud to be the builder and engineer of SNWMF's dancehall.
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Tickets Going Fast For Reggae On The River Homecoming At French’s Camp In Humboldt County August 1-4 |
 What: Reggae On The River
Where: French’s Camp
When: August 1-4, 2013
Why: The homecoming of Reggae On The River to its original venue!!
Showcasing a diverse mix of top-class reggae and world music talent from around the globe, the 29th annual Reggae On The River will feature performances by Julian Marley & The Uprising Band, Morgan Heritage, Tarrus Riley & Blak Soil, Anthony B, J Boog & Hot Rain, Natural Black, Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars, Les Nubians, Rockamoyva, Blue King Brown, Rootz Underground, Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid, Nkulee Dube, The Meditations, Prezident Brown, Garifuna Collective, Toussaint The Liberator w/ Amandla, MC Zulu, Army, Paula Fuga + Mike Love, Zincfence Band, Reggae Angels, and Woven Roots, with more acts TBA, plus an all-star cast of DJs and vocalists from the Emerald Triangle and beyond. The event will also offer more than 60 craft and food vendors, a lively kid zone, and a weekend full of camping, community, and irie fun on the banks of the majestic Eel River.
Tickets & RV registrations are available online at www.reggaeontheriver.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the following outlets: The Works (Eureka), People's Records (Arcata), Fortuna Music Mart (Fortuna & Eureka), Mateel Office/ Redway Liquor (Redway), Peg House (Leggett), Main Street Music (Willits), Ukiah Natural Foods (Ukiah), It Takes Two To Tangle; (Laytonville), Cornerstone Reggae Culture Shop (Sebastopol), and The Last Record Store (Santa Rosa).
Stay tuned to the festival website at www.reggaeontheriver.com for more details and be sure to join the ROTR email newsletter for the latest updates. Vendor, advertiser, and sponsor opportunities are also currently available. Visit the website for downloadable application forms and additional information.
For more on the 29th annual Reggae On The River, call the Mateel office at (707) 923-3368 or send an email to office@mateel.org and don’t delay in making your plans to be there for this historic homecoming celebration.
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Ajrenalin :: Cyaah Style We |
 Brand New Single by Ajrenalin - Cyaah style we Prod. by ZJ Bruce Lee
Artiste Name : Ajrenalin
Song Title : Cyaah style we
Producer : ZJ Bruce Lee
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April 4
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1959: An original Wailer Junior Braithwaite (Franklin Delano Alexander Braithwaite) is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated (shot to death) on the balcony of a Memphis hotel, Tennessee, USA. Age 39.
The following day, attorney general Robert Kennedy announces the civil rights leader's death to the country.
1968: Kimiyoshi "Nargo" Nagoya [Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra; trumpet] is born in Tokyo, Japan.
1993: The radio program Reggae Channel 847 makes its debut on FM Yokohama 84.7, Japan. The program aired every Sunday midnight. |
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"If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you."
-- Louise Hay
"There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in."
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Jamaica Music Countdown
By Richie B, host – “Mellow Daybreak” on Mellow FM |
Apr 05-11, 2013
Top 25 Dancehall Singles & Top 25 Reggae Singles are listed here:
http://www.reggae-vibes.com/jamtop20/jamtop20.html
TOP TEN ALBUMS/CD CHART
01 2 8 Unplugged on Strawberry Hill – Toots & the Maytals – D & F Music (1wk@#1) U-1
02 1 12 Strictly The Best Vol. #46 – Various Artistes – VP Records (1wk@#1) D-1
03 4 8 New Legend – Jamaica 50th Edition – Sly & Robbie and The Jam Masters – Taxi Records/Tad’s Record U-1
04 5 7 Di Captain – Freddie McGregor – Big Ship Music U-1
05 6 6 The 8 Year Affair – Protoje – Don Corleon Records U-1
06 3 13 The Hit List Vol. 4 – Various Artistes – Tad’s Records (2wks@#1) D-3
07 8 3 Marcia Griffiths & Friends – Various Artistes – VP Records U-1
08 7 16 Strictly The Best Vol. 47 – Various Artistes – VP Records (2wks@#1) D-1
09 10 2 In A Di Ring – Cocoa Tea – Roaring Lion Records U-1
10 - New Better Tomorrow – Etana – VP Records
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Numbers in bracket indicate the number of weeks at the No. 1 Spot. Key: U – Upward, D – Down, NM – Non-Mover TW – This Week, LW – Last Week, WC Weeks on Chart, PP in bracket – Peak Position, RE – Re-entry Sources: Sound Systems, Record Shops, Night Clubs & Radio Play ALL SOUND SYSTEMS, SELECTORS, RECORD SHOPS, NIGHT CLUBS & RADIO DJS WHO WISH TO ASSIST US AS WE COMPILE OUR WEEKLY CHARTS, PLEASE FURNISH US WITH ONLY CURRENT TELEPHONE NUMBERS. |
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Sgt Remo EP Life is for Living
