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Oct
SFPL’s Local Music Streaming Platform The 2024 Bay Beats Collection will be launched on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The new collection will be available on the Bay Beats website at […]
Category Archives: Roots
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Aug
Pauzeradio began in 2009 as an archive for the Unique Reggae Mix Show, allowing listeners to stream any of the radio shows created since its inception. In 2012, it expanded […]
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Feb
Feb
The Chronicles of ZOOLOOK TGSNT aka STONEFRENGE Back on September 9, 2004, Nicholas Da Silva, known professionally as ZOOLOOK, teamed up with UK-based Naked Penguin Boy Ltd. to create TGSNT […]
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Jan
Martin Luther King Jr. – Facts an’ T’ings January 15, 2024, marks the 95th birthday of Baptist minister and Social Activist Martin Luther King, Jr., the prominent voice in the […]
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Dec
Dec
Mad Professor and Ariwa Sounds Reggae legends Mad Professor, Channel One & Sandra Cross announced for Ariwa Sounds spectacle “I’m so happy to be bringing the best of Ariwa Sounds […]
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Nov
Nov
International Reggae Poster Contest 2024 Jamaican roots of hip-hop On the 50th anniversary of hip-hop in 2023, the International Reggae Poster Contest celebrates the innovative Clive Campbell, aka DJ Kool […]
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Apr
Apr
Seasoned Roots artist Christos DC has been a staple in the conscious Reggae seen since the mid-2010s. Now, he’s back with another stunning release: small, perfectly formed, and carrying on […]
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Nov
Nov
Hearsay Media Trombone man: ska’s fallen genius A comic book series on the life and times of Don Drummond Written/created by Adam Reeves Illustrations by versions (Costantinos Pissourios). Trombone Man: […]
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Jul
Jul
Photography By: Beth Lesser/UrbanImage Meet King Tubby, the Dub inventor who reshaped Jamaica’s musical landscape in the late ’60s. Born Osbourne Ruddock on January 28, 1941, in Kingston, Jamaica, the […]
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Jun
Jun
Sam Nzima How One Photograph Changed the World Photography By: AP Images IRIE Magazine remembers legendary South African photographer, Sam Nzima, who passed away on May 12, 2018, at Rob […]
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May
May
Today marks the 160th anniversary of Cinco de Mayo, a day that is often confused with Mexico’s Independence Day, Día de la Independencia. However, that official holiday, which commemorates the […]
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Apr
“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly […]