I recently visited the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri and it got me thinking about how cool it would be to have a City Museum of Kingston. The museum in St. Louis was literally constructed completely from leftover and discarded pieces of the city.
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Emerging reggae band Farin X Change launches its self-titled debut album at the Hard Rock Cafe, Ocho Rios, on Friday February 12th, 2010. The event will feature a pre-show VIP reception followed by a concert showcasing the band itself. The party will continue after the show with the music of Renaissance Disco and admission is free to the public, with gates opening at 8:30 pm.
The album launch also coincides with the grand re-opening of the newly renovated Hard Rock Cafe, featuring a new emphasis on live music and entertainment.
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Roots Underground
February is reggae month and in keeping with this, the Reggae Industry Association of Jamaica presents Roots Reggae Wednesdays.
Where: the Ampitheatre at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts
When: Wednesday February 3, 10,17 & 24 from 8pm to 12 pm.
Cost: FREE
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Two CHR tracks “Beautiful Mistake” and “Gettin Ill” have been added to the IslandFuse VOTE NOW listing.
What that means is that if CHR can get the votes she will be listed on the Island Fuse top 10 chart (which features artists like Etana, Sean Kingston, Mavado, Shaggy, and Sean Paul).
Please support CHR as well as the alternative rock community in Jamaica.
For more info contact Simone Harris - simone.harris@mac.com
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Trumpeter Kevin Batchelor of The Skatalites at Parkpop, the largest free pop festival in Europe.
On Monday Feb 15, 2010 JARIA (Jamaica Reggae Industry Association) will co-host an open day and Jam Session at the Alpha Boys School.
JARIA has been asked to assist the school with contributions of ‘previously loved’ musical instruments, or assistance with scholarships for 12 young men to sit the Royal Schools of Music exams. Instruments needed include any and all types of wind instruments, violins, keyboards and stands, drum trap sets, guitar amps and bass amps.
Alpha Boys School has played an integral part in laying the foundation for the current strength of Jamaican music. Greats like Bertie King, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Carlos Malcolm, and a host of others are all from the Alpha Boys family.
READ MORE »YardEdge brings you the latest offering from Jamaica’s DJ Engineroom – a 70 minute set of hard-hitting house music with attitude!
Engineroom has entered the mix in the Let’s Mix NGDJ competition – support YardEdge and cast your vote for Engineroom here before Jan 31st! He needs 200 votes & a 5.0 average in the next two days!!!
Listen and enjoy and if you dig the music, support the artists and buy their tracks (track list & links below)!
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This live music event is being staged as a call to action for citizens of Jamaica and music fans at large to assist in the recovery efforts in Haiti. The event will facilitate the collection of in- kind and cash donations to be handed over to the Red Cross to support their efforts in Haiti.
“Hustlin’ for Haiti” is produced by CHR Productions, in collaboration with Chilitos Mexican Restaurant and Bookophilia.
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See Yardedge interview: 2 Minutes with Crimson Heart Replica
READ MORE »Check out this tribute to Haiti performed by Wyclef Jean and featuring Mavado…
For more info on this video see Soundclash
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Check out this latest music video from Italian turned Jamaican reggae artist, Alborosie. This video is for the single “Blue Movie Boo” which is off the ‘Escape from Babylon to the Kingdom of Zion’ album. The album is due to be released next month.
For more about myspace/Alborosie
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Culloden, Westmoreland
Here are a few photos of the beach at Culloden where I was staying recently, a beautiful area off the beaten path…
Culloden is a small town on the south west coast of Jamaica in the parish of Westmoreland. It’s right between Whitehouse and Belmont.
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Here’s a great initiative from Well Heeled Jamaicans spearheaded by Lisa O’Gilvie. They are staging a major drive to raise 10,000 pairs of shoes for the people of Haiti. The drive date is on Saturday, January 23th and Sunday January 24 at ODPEM headquarters, 2-4 Haining Road.
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What’s BNM??? YardEdge talks to Steve Urchin about Brand New Machine
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Bookophilia will now be buying your (lightly) used books for store credit. The store credit earned can be used to buy new books or more used books.
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Sankofa Arts & Facilitation will present its first production for 2010 at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre, Jamaica School of Drama from January 21 to February 7 for seven performances. Part proceeds from the opening night performance will be donated to the Jamaica Red Cross’ Haitian Earthquake Relief Initiative.
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