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WORLDWIDE – November 30, 2018 – 7:10 pm
November 2018 Welcome to our November 2018 edition of IRIE Releases. This month we present the upcoming album release from King Charlz entitled ‘Still Searching’ on the cover along with new releases from artists Christos DC & Tippy I, Alborosie, Jah Farmer, Hiya Flames, VBDC, Azizzi Romeo, Odreii, One Sharp Mind, PureVibracion, Highest Intention & […]
WORLDWIDE – November 20, 2018 – 4:20 pm
Remembering Jan Dudley Passman Photography By: Mark Leet Jan Birnbaum & I met at Cedarcrest elementary school in 1967, so we have been friends for 51 years. For young folks, I know that sounds like a long time, but to me – it doesn’t feel far away at all. He was my oldest friend. I […]
Born to be Wild Pete Sittnick Photography By: Mark Leet I don’t think that I can recall my actual first meeting with Jan Birnbaum. I know I ate at his restaurant Catahoula in Calistoga a number of times before we met in person. I remember how the flavors of the food were big and bold […]
Chef Jan Birnbaum Breaking Bread Photography By: Mark Leet Renowned throughout the culinary world as an unrivalled architect of creative cuisine and a virtuoso of bright flavors and intensity, Birnbaum began his career in New Orleans with renowned chef Paul Prudhomme at the famous K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen. Starting as a baker, he worked his way […]
Chef Jan Birnbaum Jan & Friends Photography By: Mark Leet
WORLDWIDE – October 31, 2018 – 11:00 pm
Queen Nanny c.1686 – c.1755 Queen Nanny or Nanny (c. 1686 – c. 1755), National Heroine of Jamaica, was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons. Historical documents refer to her as the “rebels’ old ‘obeah’ woman” but to the Maroons she was revered as a woman of science. Queen Nanny was born into the Asante people in what is today Ghana, […]
Asante Kingdom Because of War The Ashanti Empire (also spelled Asante) was an Akan empire and kingdom in what is now modern-day Ghana from 1670 to 1957. The Ashanti Empire expanded from Asante to include the Brong-Ahafo Region, Central Region, Eastern Region, Greater Accra Region and Western Region of present-day Ghana. The empire also encompassed […]
Dread & Alive® Nine Night™ Dread & Alive® is a Jamaican-inspired mixed-media series spanning comic books, novels and music created and written by Nicholas Da Silva (founder & editor-in-chief of IRIE) and published by ZOOLOOK. His work with Dread & Alive® meshes cultural fact with fiction while introducing the Maroons of Jamaica, who resisted against […]
Respect | Xana Romeo Jamaica Xana Romeo has emerged in this time as a prolific reggae siren with a powerful and distinctive message that resonates strongly among her generation of revolutionary youth. Awakening the senses with the contrast of her soothing melodies and energetic instrumentation, Xana flutters soulfully atop cool dub rhythms and electrifies the […]
