[Newsletter] Reggae News and More!

March 14, 2008

www.reggaefestivalguide.com

Volume 5 Issue 9

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New CD's in the Mix

In Jah's Name We Pray
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NEWS FLASH!

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JAHWORKS REASONINGS

HEAD TO REGGAE SUMFEST 2008 WITH EBONY EXCURSIONS!

Ebony Excursions will host the SumFest 2008
Getaway Travel Package.

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to see all of the top-ranking Reggae artists at once? Been waiting fi go a yard? Well here’s your chance! Now you can experience THE hottest Reggae festival of the year,
enjoy a weeklong vacation and have an irie time with thousands of you
closest bredren an sistren for less than $2,000.

This year marks
the 16th anniversary of the legendary Red
Stripe Reggae SumFest.
The best artist such as Richie Spice, Lady Saw, Beenie Man, Macka
Diamond Mary J Blige and countless others have made this festival
biggest sensation on the island. This year promises to be even
better!

All travel packages are from $1600 and
include:
- 6 Nights Hotel at Sunset Beach Resort
-
Roundtrip Airfare from LAX
- VIP Bands for all SumFest Events
- All
Meals and Beverages at the Sunset Beach Resort
- All
gratuities
All prices are based on double occupancy
Alternate
departure cities can be arranged
Space is limited… Don’t miss
out!

For more information,
please contact:
Ashlie Randolph
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www.ebonyexcursions.com
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TRENCHTOWN FESTIVAL IN SERBIA NEEDS OUR HELP!

Editor's note: We received this moving letter and got permission to share it with all of you. Please feel free to respond to Sinisa.

Dear Reggae Festival Guide,
it is my huge respect to write you and to your precious site (www.reggaefestivalguide.com). All this years from 2002 you are supporting our little but cute first ever Reggae festival in Serbia - Trenchtown Festival.

To be honest with You i think we will never have enough money to invite Reggae stars like Sizzla, The Gladiators, Misty in Roots or Black Uhuru, but magic of our festival is very special and positive place in middle of deep forest just few kilometers from Serbian - Hungary border, so it perfect place for gathering around young people and young reggae bands from EX- Yugoslavian republics which was just few years ago in state of wars between each other.

It is so powerful with positive energy that we till now have NO one fight or any problem so it is like oasis of love and peace in this troubled Serbia.

I think that we with Your help can make Trenchtown festival story to be recognized by European Union and UNICEF and other Peace organizations of the World and to show true examples of how Reggae philosophy doing direct act made just with few young people Will after fall of regime of Slobodan Milosevic.

What I want to say to You is my mission that Trenchtown become one special place on planet Earth where Reggae power beat the ethnic differences and united young people from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and of course all the rest of the world.

We need Your help!

Maybe you know some people who can do something to present the Trenchtown Festival and to step in organization with us and to help us. We don't search for money. We just want to show to the world that here in Serbia existing place very different than rest of Serbia and Balkan.

Also on the Trenchtown there is great number of young and very quality reggae bands who are never been invited to perform in Europe or any festival out of Serbia, Croatia nad Bosnia, never have professional record because they do not have money to record a album. I think that our Bands can be very interesting for festivals around Europe but nobody know for them and when they hear that they are from Serbia their chance to be invited are minimum. I have more than 20 regage dub ragga bands on my contact list from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia...

Or you have some other ideas maybe? Please let me know about your opinion.

Please consider my mail and every your answer negative or positive will be respected.

Wish You all Good!
Sinisa
chowasiah@gmail.com

NOMINATIONS FOR GHANA MUSIC AWARDS OPENED

Key players in the Ghana music industry have met in three separate open forums in three regions to nominate musicians for the various categories in the upcoming Ghana Music Awards slated for April 26, 2008.

Musician unions, producers, engineers, disk jockeys, radio and TV presenters and entertainment writers were a few of the people drawn to make nominations for the biggest prize in Ghana's music industry. The award scheme will reward the most popular songs, artists and albums released between November 2006 and October 2007.

In attendance at these forums were Dinah Hopson, President of Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSICA) and renowned Ghanaian traditional musso, Amanzeba Nat Brew.

FROM CHEF MAYRA - WHAT THE HECK IS TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN?

Also known as textured soy protein, TVP is not tofu. It is, however, made from soy. TVP comes from defatted soy flour, which is a by-product of soybean oil, so it is plentiful in supply. It's also quick to cook and a great source of vegetable protein without all the fat.

TVP comes in small dry chunks resembling, well, dried vegetables more than anything, or in a finely-ground form. It's flavorless, but when you rehydrate it and add your own flavors, it makes a great protein-filled addition to many dishes calling for ground meat. Because of its varying texture, it’s versatile, and can take on the texture of many meats. For instance, it is excellent in chili, tacos, veggie burgers and soups.

A 43-gram serving of TVP contains 120 calories and 21 grams of protein and hardly any fat. Since it is so high in protein, it makes a great transition meat substitute; but since North Americans eat more protein than our bodies can process, you should gradually reduce or even eliminate TVP as well.

When TVP is used to replace meat in stews and soups, your family will hardly be able to tell the difference and since you can marinate it in many of the same sauces as meat, it can take on many flavors.

Though TVP is much healthier than most meats, it is still a high-protein processed food, and high-protein diets increase the rate at which you age. With minimal proteins and a high fruit and vegetable diet, youll achieve the best level of health.

Natural food stores, health food stores and large supermarkets generally carry TVP; check the bulk section if you can't find it.

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COCOA TEA RECORDS TRIBUTE TO OBAMA

Jamaican veteran dancehall singer, Cocoa Tea (Calvin Scott) has recorded a song in tribute to U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama which will be released by New York-based VP Records.

Cocoa Tea said to the media that he saw the Illinois senator as an inspiring advocate of change.The song calls Obama a trendsetter and urges Americans to unite as one behind him.

RENEGADE PRODUCTIONS REGGAE CONCERT CALENDAR FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON

Upcoming Reggae Shows at Harlow's Nightclub
in Sacramento, CA
2708 J Street. 21 and over club.

Fri, March 14
Pato Banton and the Mystic Roots

Tue, March 18
Sister Carol also Malika

Sat, April 5
Luciano, Mikey General & Jah Messenger Band

MORE RENEGADE SHOWS!

Tuesday, March 25
The ITALS (REGGAE FROM JAMAICA – Spring Reggae Party
Tahoe Biltmore, Crystal. Bay, NV

Saturday, March 29
THE ITALS
Ashland Armory, Ashland, OR

Fri, April 18
THE ENGLISH BEAT - ska!
& Frankie Hernandez Band
Ashland Armory, Ashland, OR

Sat, April 19 - ska!
The English Beat
Miners Foundry, Nevada City, CA

www.renegadeshows.com
530-583-2801

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REGGAES : :

Junior Marvin-Hanson, former lead-guitarist for Bob Marley, has a new album, WAILIN FOR LOVE. Junior was a key participant in Time Magazine's 'Album of the Century'; 1977's seminal Bob Marley and the Wailers release, EXODUS.

Since 1981, Marvin-Hanson has fronted the legendary Wailers Band, contributed to projects with indie-rock luminaries, OAR, performed on Saturday Night Live with Lenny Kravitz and served a celebrated stint as host of XM Radio's 'The Joint.'

WAILIN FOR LOVE contains 18 tracks of shimmering reggae and funk-pop-rock gold from a reigning member of reggae royalty, the British Hendrix himself, Junior Marvin-Hanson.

Acclaimed reggae historian Roger Steffens proclaims Junior Marvin-Hanson supplied the drive and irresistible energy to Bob Marley's stadium conquering live performances. His long-awaited solo album reveals the power and personality that Bob Marley so admired. After stints playing with Ike & Tina Turner and Steve Winwood, Junior joined Bob Marley in 1977. Upon becoming a member of The Wailers, Junior was paid a visit by Eric Clapton, who proceeded to give him his own Explorer guitar (the very one he used while a member of Cream). It was with this special guitar that Junior created the most identifiable and celebrated pieces of musicianship in the history of reggae music.

Over the past three decades Junior has also worked extensively with close friend and guitar visionary, Roger Mayer, who worked with Bob Marley and The Wailers on both EXODUS and KAYA.

Marvin-Hanson is launching an international tour in support of WAILIN FOR LOVE, in Europe, United States and Asia. Accompanying Junior on this global roots-rock-reggae campaign will be the highly esteemed keyboardist, Jean Roussell. In the past, Roussell has collaborated with the likes of Sting and Cat Stevens.

WAILIN FOR LOVE mixes old school roots reggae with both the energy of pop, and the abandon of masterfully executed alternative rock. With this release, Junior Marvin-Hanson delivers an album truly worthy of the long held expectations of reggae fans across the globe.

If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Junior Marvin-Hanson, please go to www.Juniormarvin.com

THE HIGHEST AMBITION
To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is
the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a
human being.

John Lubbock

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Annual Reggae on the Rez Saturday, April 5, 2008 San Carlos, Arizona, U.S. Hotline: 602-466-2464	Reggae Spring Fest Saturday, April 12, 2008 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. Hotline: 480-274-1824 or 480-242-8620
420 Jam Fest Thursday - Sunday, April 17 - 20, 2008 Gore, Virginia, U.S. Hotline: 240-350-8759	Reggae Music Fest Saturday - Sunday, April 19 - 20, 2008 Austin, Texas, U.S.
African Music Festival Friday - Saturday, April 25 - 26, 2008 Miami, Florida, U.S. Hotline: 305-416-5977	Intl Reggae & World Music Awards Sunday, May 4, 2008 New York City, U.S. Hotline: 312-427-0266
River Roots Reggae Saturday, May 31, 2008 Reno, Nevada, U.S. Hotline: 775-337-1717	Vermont Roots Festival Saturday, May 17, 2008 Vermont, U.S. Hotline: 802-825-9955

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