Thursday, 28 June 2012

CALABASH LIT FEST GROWS TO NEW HEIGHTS

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The backdrop of the Calabash Literary Festival After a one-year break to take its bearings, Jamaica's Calabash International Litera...
Saturday, 9 June 2012

STEPHEN MARLEY ON REVELATION 2 TOUR OF EUROPE

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Stephen Marley Reggae musician Stephen Marley has begun a nine-week Revelation Part 2 tour of Europe, with concerts in France, Switzerl...
Thursday, 31 May 2012

DUBTONIC KRU AIMS TO ENERGIZE THE WORLD

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    Reggae band Dubtonic Kru  The members of Dubtonic Kru make no apologies for their love of “roots” reggae. The Jamaica-ba...
Saturday, 28 April 2012

LETTING THE MUSIC PLAY, ON INT’L JAZZ DAY

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South African musician Hugh Masekela (photo: McKenzie) PARIS - Hugh Masekela teaching an audience how to sing a South African song. He...
Thursday, 29 March 2012

CAPE TOWN FESTIVAL HONOURS MAKEBA, THIRD WORLD

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Third World Band South Africa ’s 13th Cape Town International Jazz Festival takes place this weekend, with more than 40 international and...
Thursday, 8 March 2012

RISING AFRICAN STARS SING FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

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Bafing Kul in concert in Paris Not many performers could engage an audience with a song denouncing female circumcision, but Malian re...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012

MARLEY, KIDJO AND K'NAAN CHANT FOR FREEDOM

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Jamaican singer Ziggy Marley, Beninese diva Angelique Kidjo and Somalian rapper K’naan are  among more than 80 performers on the new Bob D...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012

HERBIE HANCOCK TEAMS WITH UN TO BOOST CULTURE

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Herbie Hancock at UNESCO PARIS - Herbie Hancock is a musician on a mission. The jazz legend, who was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambass...
Thursday, 12 January 2012

COMIC BOOK GIVES HAITI’S VIEW OF THE QUAKE

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"Tents Beyond Tents" by P. Jerome and C. Pierre  Two years after the earthquake in Haiti, journalists and cartoonists have ...