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Get ready for the summertime release of the "Mighty Roots" riddim
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Black No For Sale is a single to announce the colors of the album
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1-Present yourself to Reggae Festival Guide.
I am General Tchefary, International Reggae man of Ivory Coast. Living for a while in the USA. I am a songwriter, music producer and performing artist.
I am currently preparing my 3rd Album of 13 tracks which have been produced in 3 different countries: The Ivory Coast ( DMB STUDIO ) By Moses Doumbia , in Portugal (Black Star Studio) by Da Lion Music and in the USA ( WaterWorks Recording ) By Jim Waters. The album is currently being mixed in Jamaica by Gregory Morris III. Before the completion of this album, I have just published a Single of two titles called "Black No For Sale" and "Help The Syrians".
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Cham, a.k.a Baby Cham’s Spring 2018 Tour (US & UK) Begins April 19th
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Grammy-nominated Jamaican Dancehall Superstar Cham, a.k.a Baby Cham’s Spring Tour begins on April 19th. The highly anticipated shows touch down on the east coast of the USA and then the UK, with many more dates following. Last year Cham toured the US, Europe, Jamaica & Asia, & The Welcome to Jamrock Cruise. Cham LIVE in concert is not to be missed as he performs his beloved hits like “Ghetto Story” & “Vitamin S” along with hot tracks off his newest album- Lawless (June, 2017).
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Pre-Order New EP "So Determine" from Teflon Young King,
Album Releases on April 27
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No sign of weakness no sight of doubt. So Determine is the latest EP from Reggae/DanceHall Artist Teflon Young King featuring tracks Like Nuh Time Fi Gaze From hit producer DJ Wayne already making its way into steady rotation on the airwaves and video countdowns. DJ Wayne is also responsible for Jerusalem, where the Young King reminds us of his lyrical ability while delivering a message of remaining strong and focused even in the face of adversity.
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“More Life” 2018 All-Star Show with Tarrus Riley, Cham, Jahmiel & more at 02 Academy, Britton, England
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The Twinkle Brothers Live in Essex, England on April 21st
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Culture feat. Kenyatta Hill on Tour April 27- June 30
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Free LIVE Reggae at the Earth Day Celebration on April 22nd at WorldBeat Cultural Center,
San Diego
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RudeBwoy 3ntertainment presents: 7th Annual Island Reggae Festival San Jose, CA
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July 14, 2018
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA 95111
Festival hours: 11am-11pm
Purchase Discounted Tickets while they last
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Spiritual Awakening Tour 2018 - Booking Now
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Malayky - Now Available for Festival Booking
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ReggaeFest Postponed for 2018
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After 14 amazing years of bringing the best of Reggae to Calgary, the Board of Directors of the Calgary Reggae Festival Society has decided to postpone Calgary ReggaeFest for 2018.
Festival co-founder and producer Leo Cripps says plans are to take the next year to assess and re-imagine the event.
The festival, usually held the third weekend in August, has consistently introduced Calgarians to a very diverse collection of Reggae performers from Canada and around the world.
The festival will return in 2019.
For more information on future events, please visit website.
Sincerely,
Calgary Reggae Festival Society Your Rastagarian Team
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"ISLAND VIBES SPRING TOUR""
Morgan Heritage & Fiji
plus: Maoli & Nomad and Ambassador DJ's
Blu Nightclub
Montbleu Resort
55 US Highway 50
Lake Tahoe, NV
Saturday, April 21, 2018
21+ Show. Doors open at 9pm.
Advance tickets are available for $20 at Montbleu Box Office
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Artists & Bands, Contact us to find out your Marketing Options
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Kabaka Pyramid “Kontraband” Spring Tour This April & May
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Don’t Miss The Afro Haitian Mizik Festival On May 12th in Hollywood, California with Konshens, Davido, & many more.
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Lutan Fyah will be In Costa Rica, Japan, Canada & more this year...Check Facebook for full schedule
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Interview with Lutan Fyah
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How does Lutan Fyah view Reggae music today? Well for me music is life n music life is what I live asfor the industry itself, we may know or not know the inside works of the business. For me I’m always glad to see younger talents that do the culture side of Jamaica music. Today we can see a lot of great talents emerging from a cultural background, it’s building to what is should be.
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A Reason For Living a novel, is set in the creative and volatile Jamaica of the 1960s
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A Reason For Living, a novel.
And 2 documentaries, available here
Overview
It is the mid-1960s in Kingston, Jamaica, and the country is steeped in social, political, and economic inequities. Howard Baxter, the heir to a real estate empire, has no interest in seeking or managing wealth. Painting and deflowering Jamaican maidens are his passions. As he combs the streets looking for greater meaning in his pathetic life, it soon becomes apparent that Howard’s journey will not be easy.
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Etana Declares That It is ‘Reggae Forever’
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Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Booneville, CA – June 22-25, 2018
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From Argentina to Australia, from Kingston to Korea, from Handsworth to Addis Ababa, the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is bringing music from the four corners of the world to perform at SNWMF25 this June.
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If you don’t POST YOUR FESTIVAL today on our top-ranking reggae festival website, you are missing out on 40,000+ reggae fans monthly looking for festivals to attend.
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Don Carlos - April California shows
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Don Carlos is a classic well loved international reggae artist with his Dub Vision band featuring a horn section and female vocals. Don Carlos's strong catalog of songs are great listening music, healthy and clean for the young and old. His music appeals to people from all walks of life. His vinyl and CD's spread out worldwide before everything went online. Don's live shows are in great demand. He and his musicians regularly tour Africa, Europe, North America and South America. He also periodically works as a special guest with Slightly Stupid. From 1989 to 1994 Don was the lead vocalist for Black Uhuru during which time he toured and sang on four Black Uhuru albums - Now, Mystical Truths, Iron Storm and Strong. Don is also very popular in Africa. His show at the Kasarani Sports Grounds in Nairobi Kenya in 2010 made history drawing an estimated 150,000 people.
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Brand new Culture song from Tony D Clutcheye,
Jamaica's newest Rising son
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Dennis Anthony Lawrence aka Tony D Clutcheye
Is one of the best kept secrets of Jamaican Soulful Reggae Artist’s. He is born in the Parish of St. Catherine, Spanish Town.
Clutcheye discovered his destiny was music and has been pursuing it from ever since. It was quite evident that singing and writing would.
Listen
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ULTRA BEAM RECORDS - ESSKELL - PON DI BEACH
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This is the ultimate party anthem, it is a real feel good song you can watch video for it right here.
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Grateful Dub: a Reggae - infused tribute to the Grateful Dead
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Brand New Album from Fire Chanter Jah Rubal, "Chase Vampido"
(Higher Bound Productions) April 2018
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Jamaica Music Countdown April 20-26
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On This Day in Reggae - April 19th
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1949: Big Youth (Manley Augustus Buchanan) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. (The Guinness Who's Who of Reggae says b. February 1955)
1980: A day after Zimbabwe Independence Celbration, Bob Marley & The Wailers hold another concert for the ordinary people of Zimbabwe.
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Upcoming Reggae Festivals
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Spring Reggae Jam Apr-20-2018, Lake Tahoe, California, USA |
Reef Relief Benefit Concert Apr-20-2018, Key West, Florida, USA |
Rosarito Reggae Festival Apr-15-2018, Newport Beach, California, USA |
Island Vibes Tour Apr-21-2018, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA |
Bob Marley Remembered Apr-21-2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
Dread Fest Apr-21-2018 - Apr-22-2018, Port Of Spain |
Raw Roots Reggae Apr-21-2018 - Apr-22-2018, Murrieta, California, USA |
CariDubai Weekender Apr-26-2018 - Apr-29-2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Canadian Reggae Music Conference Apr-27-2018 - Apr-28-2018, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Natural Mystic Apr-27-2018 - May-01-2018, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia |
Kaya Fest Apr-28-2018 - Apr-29-2018, San Bernardino, California, USA |
Panama Utopia Music Fest Apr-28-2018 - Apr-29-2018, Panama, Panama |
Dis Poem Wordz & Agro Festival Apr-29-2018, Portland, Jamaica |
Tmrw.Tday Culture Fest May-01-2018 - May-06-2018, Los Angeles, California, USA |
Kokopelli May-10-2018 - May-12-2018, Gullegem, Belgium |
Edo International Reggae Festival, The May-11-2018 - May-12-2019, Benin City, Nigeria |
Joshua Tree Music Festival 16th Annual Spring May-17-2018 - May-20-2018, Joshua Tree, USA |
Afro-Pfingsten / Reggae Night May-18-2018, Winterthur, Switzerland |
Island Festival PC May-19-2018, Palm Coast, Florida, USA |
Lake Tahoe's Reggae Spring Splash May-24-2018, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA |
Camp Reggae May-25-2018 - May-27-2018, Turtle twn., Tennessee, USA |
Sunshine Reggae Festival May-25-2018 - May-27-2018, Lauterbourg, France |
Kentucky Reggae Festival May-25-2018 - May-27-2018, Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
California Roots Music & Arts Festival May-25-2018 - May-27-2018, Monterey, California, USA |
Love 4 Music Festival May-27-2018, Huddersfield, United Kingdom |
Joe Higgs Day: Memorial & Music Awareness Tribute Jun-02-2018, Key West, Florida, USA |
Livication Reggae Festival Jun-02-2018, Miami, Florida, USA |
Positive Vibration - Festival of Reggae 2018 Jun-08-2018 - Jun-09-2018, Liverpool, United Kingdom |
Reggae in the Desert - Las Vegas Jun-09-2018, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
Rast'Art Festival #9 Jun-15-2018 - Jun-17-2018, Sannerville, France |
ZIONTIFIC Summer Solstice Music Festival Jun-15-2018 - Jun-18-2018, Russell, Massachusetts, USA |
Durham Caribbean Festival Jun-16-2018, AJAX, Ontario, Canada |
Victoria's Ska & Reggae Festival 19th Annual Jun-20-2018 - Jun-24-2018, Victoria , British Columbia, Canada |
Sierra Nevada World Music Festival Jun-22-2018 - Jun-24-2018, Boonville, California, USA |
Ithaca Reggae Fest, 2nd Annual Jun-22-2018 - Jun-24-2018, Ithaca, New York, USA |
Kuranda Roots Festival Jun-23-2018 - Jun-24-2018, Kuranda, Cairns, Australia |
More Music Festival Jun-24-2018, Durango, Colorado, USA |
Feeling Festival Jun-30-2018, Tenerife, Spain |
International African Arts Festival, 47th Annual Jun-30-2018 - Jul-04-2018, Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA |
International Reggae Day Festival Jul-01-2018, Kingston, Jamaica |
Ostroda Reggae Festival Jul-05-2018 - Jul-08-2018, Ostroda, Poland |
African/Caribbean International Festival of Life Jul-06-2018 - Jul-08-2018, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Summerjam Festival, The 33rd Jul-06-2018 - Jul-08-2018, Cologne, Germany |
Levitate Music & Arts Festival Jul-07-2018 - Jul-08-2018, Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA |
Peace Love & Happiness Reggae Festival Jul-08-2018, San Jose, California, USA |
Overjam International Reggae Festival Jul-10-2018 - Jul-14-2018, Tolmin, Slovenia |
Reggae Sumfest Jul-15-2018 - Jul-21-2018, Kingston, Jamaica |
Dub Camp Festival Jul-19-2018 - Jul-22-2018, Joué-Sur-Erdre, France |
Seasplash Festival Jul-19-2018 - Jul-22-2018, Pula, Croatia |
Oroville Rock Reggae Jamfest Jul-20-2018 - Jul-22-2018, Oroville, California, USA |
Battle Creek Caribbean Festival Jul-21-2018, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA |
Jerk Jam, The Jul-21-2018 - Jul-22-2018, Fareham, United Kingdom |
Bayfront Reggae & World Music Festival, 13th Annual Jul-21-2018, DULUTH, Minnesota, USA |
Summer Reggae Wine Festival Jul-21-2018 - Jul-22-2018, Mt. Airy, Maryland, USA |
Iboga Summer Festival Jul-25-2018 - Jul-29-2018, Tavernes de la Valldigna (beach), Spain |
Guitarfish Festival,8th Annual Jul-26-2018 - Jul-29-2018, Cisco Grove, California, USA |
Roots & Culture Reggae Festival Jul-26-2018 - Jul-30-2018, Latisana (UD), Italy |
Summer Vibration Reggae Festival Jul-26-2018 - Jul-28-2018, Selestat, France |
Reggae in Wulf Jul-27-2018 - Jul-29-2018, Friedberg (Bavaria), Germany |
NorthWest World Reggae Festival Jul-27-2018 - Jul-29-2018, Sandy, Oregon, USA |
Uppsala Reggae Festival Jul-27-2018 - Jul-28-2018, Uppsala, Sweden |
Black Forest On Fire Jul-28-2018 - Jul-29-2018, Berghaupten, Germany |
Reggae on the Grass Jul-29-2018, Denver, Colorado, USA |
Montenegro Sun Reggae fest Jul-27-2018 - Jul-29-2018, Budva, Montenegro |
Love Peace & Reggae Aug-04-2018 - Aug-05-2018, Whitstable, United Kingdom |
Boomtown Fair Aug-09-2018 - Aug-12-2018, Bristol, United Kingdom |
One Love Festival Aug-10-2018 - Aug-11-2018, Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada |
Rototom Sunsplash Rototom Sunsplash Aug-16-2018 - Aug-22-2018, BENICASIM, Spain |
Rastafest Aug-18-2018 - Aug-19-2018, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Charlemont Reggae Festival Aug-18-2018, Charlemont, Massachusetts, USA |
One Love Music Fest Aug-18-2018, Somerset, New Jersey, USA |
Surrounded by the Sound Music & Arts Festival Aug-30-2018 - Sep-03-2018, Long Creek, South Carolina, USA |
Jerk, Seafood & Vegan Fest Sep-08-2018 - Sep-09-2018, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Soul Rebel Festival, The 17th Annual Sep-08-2018, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
Nigeria Reggae Festival Sep-29-2018 - Oct-01-2018, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria |
Autumn Reggae Wine Festival Oct-06-2018 - Oct-07-2018, Mt. Airy, Maryland, USA |
Reggae Wellness Oct-27-2018 - Oct-28-2018, Port Antonio, Jamaica |
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