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Bayside Rocks Music and Art festival, Miami, FL

[ November 20, 2010; 3:00 pm to 11:59 pm. ] Bayside Rocks Festival is not merely an event, it is a journey directed by the unifying languages of the Arts. This festival invites the world to be a captive audience to the inherent transcending appeal of works by musical artists embodied by peace, love and unity. In This consciousness evolution we must be ready.

As [...]

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2010 International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA)

[ May 2, 2010; ] Tony Rebel, Alison Hinds, and Saran Dunmore are confirmed as hosts for tonight’s 29th international Reggae and World Music Awards. Performers at tonight’s event will include: Julian Marley, Gramps Morgan, Alison Hinds, Queen Ifrica, Tarrus Riley, Barbee, Tony Rebel, Macka Diamond, Winsome Benjamin, Mutabaruka, New Kingston Band, Samini, Brigadier Jerry, Dean Fraser, [...]

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As We Enter video – Damian Marley and Nas latest from Distant Relatives

Here’s the video of Damian “Junior Gong” Marley and Nas‘s first single from the Distant Relatives album – As We Enter.

Click here for full details of the album and this summer’s Distant Relatives tour.
Thanks to Giant Step for the lead.

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Damian Marley and Nas Distant Relatives 2010 tour

[ May 2, 2010; May 21, 2010; May 22, 2010; May 23, 2010; May 25, 2010; May 26, 2010; May 28, 2010; May 29, 2010; May 30, 2010; May 31, 2010; June 2, 2010; June 8, 2010; June 9, 2010; June 11, 2010; June 12, 2010; June 13, 2010; June 27, 2010; June 28, 2010; July 1, 2010; July 3, 2010; July 4, 2010; July 6, 2010; July 7, 2010; July 9, 2010; July 10, 2010; July 11, 2010; July 13, 2010; July 14, 2010; July 16, 2010; July 17, 2010; July 20, 2010; July 23, 2010; July 31, 2010; August 1, 2010; ] Reggae royalty Damian “Junior Gong” Marley and hip hop star Nas are teaming up again for their summer 2010 Distant Relatives tour, supporting their co-created album of the same name.

Distant Relatives is the hotly-anticipated reggae / hip hop crossover album that is the result of a long collaboration between Marley and Nas. Although Nas and [...]

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Earth Day Reggae Events

[ April 22, 2010; April 24, 2010; ] Looking for some reggae Earth Day events for 2010? We’ve rounded up some of the following shows. Post any others that you know of in the comments section!

The Earth Day Reggae Fest at Club Bohemia in Cambridge, MA starts at 8. Tickets are $10 and the line up features local reggae artistes King-I (11:15); Kallilah [...]

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Damian Marley and Nas Distant Relatives Tour live reggae performance

[ May 21, 2010; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] On Friday, May 21st, 2010, Nas and Damian “Junior Gong” Marley hit California’s Arcata Community Center for the 1st concert of their Distant Relatives Tour. Doors open at 8pm for this all ages show.

The tour is supporting the hotly anticipated Distant Relatives album that was jointly created by Damian “Junior Gong” Marley and Nas. [...]

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Garance Reggae Festival 2010

[ July 28, 2010 to July 31, 2010. ] Join the Garance Reggae Festival from July 28 to July 31, 2010, in Bagnols-sur-Ceze, France. It’s back to basics for the opening night of the Garance Reggae Festival, with 2 representatives of the old school Jamaican sound systems headlining the event, along with the artists who made them famous, gathered together for the 1st time [...]

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Best of Bangers R Mashed, Volume 2, with free dub music sample from Slinky Music

Slinky Music has just released the  BEST OF BANGERS R MASHED VOL. 2 from the Nuffwish crew. The new album collects 14 tracks of pure dub reggae joy, with tracks from reggae music artists including

Bob Marley
King Tubby
The Upsetters
Beenie Man
Elephant Man
Ashanti
Streets
Big Youth
Fatback band
And others…

Some of these dub reggae tracks are new, many have been previously released.
You [...]

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Sanchez live reggae: Now and Forever Tour hits New York City

[ May 5, 2010; May 15, 2010; May 16, 2010; ] Sanchez is continuing his 20-year reggae, lovers rock, and gospel singing career with his Now and Forever tour, which celebrates his recent album of the same name. Sanchez will perform in a 3-borough tour from May 7 through May 17. The Now and Forever tour features Sanchez and friends and is sponsored by JAMROCK Magazine [...]

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Earth Rootz and Reggae Festival

[ July 24, 2010 to July 26, 2010. ] We don’t have a lot of information about the Earth Rootz and Reggae Festival, except that it promises to be “a reggae Woodstock,” boasting “freedom in the vibes of Rootz reggae”. The festival includes 2 days of reggae music performances on 3 acres of of land in a 216-acre plot.

The festival organizers note that “naturallity [...]

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