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Tag: Reggae

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California Reggae Band Pepper Releases ‘Local Motion’

World Music Central News Room July 27, 2019 No Comments PepperReggae

Reggae band Pepper has a new album titled ‘Local Motion’ out on the band’s imprint LAW Records. Local Motion pays tribute to the many days…

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Rising Reggae Act Mortimer Releases “Lightning” Single

World Music Central News Room July 27, 2019 No Comments MortimerReggae

Emerging reggae star Mortimer has a new single titled “Lightning,” released via a partnership between top producer Winta James’s Overstand Entertainment and reggae label Easy…

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Ghanaian Reggae Star Rocky Dawuni Releases “Elevation” Music Video

Angel Romero July 24, 2019 No Comments ReggaeRocky Dawuniworld music

Rocky Dawuni, Ghana’s reggae maverick, has released the “Elevation” video. The song appears on his most recent album “Beats of Zion.” With its message of…

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Reggae on the Mountain Music & Camping Festival 2019

World Music Central News Room July 20, 2019 No Comments ReggaeReggae on the Mountain

Reggae on the Mountain Music & Camping Festival will take place August 17 & 18, 2019 at King Gillette Ranch in Malibu, California. Headliners this…

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Stephen “Ragga” Marley Begins Babylon By Bus Tour This Week

World Music Central News Room July 6, 2019 No Comments ReggaeStephen Marley

Following two acoustic U.S. tours over the last year, GRAMMY-winning reggae musician Stephen “Ragga” Marley is back on the road again, this time accompanied by…

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A Reggae Tribute to Alty George Nunes III

Angel Romero July 2, 2019 No Comments Jah Ova EvilReggae

Jah Ova Evil – Forever Judah (Batelier Records, 2015) Forever Judah is a set of enjoyable reggae, roots rock and reggae pop tracks by young…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: The Heptones

Angel Romero May 12, 2019 No Comments JamaicaReggaerocksteadyThe Heptones

The Heptones are one of reggae’s legendary groups, led by the charismatic Leroy Sibbles along with Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn. They became huge hitmakers…

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Events

Final Set of live acts announced for Africa Oyé festival

World Music Central News Room May 9, 2019 No Comments African musicGasper NaliHaitian musicJah9Malawian musicReggaeWesli

Additional artists from Malawi, Jamaica and Haiti have been revealed in the final set of acts for the 27th annual Africa Oyé festival this summer:…

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Artist Profiles: Jah9

Angel Romero May 9, 2019 No Comments Jah9Reggae

Janine Elizabeth Cunningham, better known as Jah9, was born in Montego Bay on May 23, 1983. She is a Jamaican singer with a captivating vocal…

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Artist profiles: Taj Weekes

Angel Romero May 6, 2019 No Comments ReggaeSt LuciaTaj Weekes

Taj Weekes is a singer-songwriter who tells tales of poverty, oppression hopelessness and rejection, counterweighing them each with a message of Rastafari faith and spirituality.…

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