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| New Video: Tarrus Riley - Love's Contagious |
| 27 August, 2009 |
Brand new video for Tarrus Riley's song Love's Contagious. This tune is on Marley's Coming In From The Cold riddim.
Song from the lastest album of Tarrus Riley, Contagious, released on 4th August.
Video directed by Jamaican director Jay Will (Game Over).
Big Tune!
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| Black Prophet, the reggae prophet with a prophecy |
| 23 August, 2009 |
The name prophet is synonymous with people who preach the word of God. They are believed to be people ordained by God to deliver special messages to their people.
In the Ghanaian music arena there is one such prophet, Black Prophet who delivers his message through reggae music.
Ghana has seen a lot of reggae musicians who have raised the nation's flag on international scene and notable among them are Rocky Dawuni, Shasha Marley and Black Prophet.
Black Prophet, born Kenneth Wilberforce Zonto Bossman in 1977 in Accra, has been in the reggae music industry for some years now.
In an interview with Joy FM's DJ Black on the Open House Party entertainment show on Saturday, Black Prophet recalled a landmark achievement in his music career some years ago when the famous Shaba Ranks came to Ghana.
He recounted a situation where he personally confronted the music star with one of his songs which impressed Shaba Ranks. In appreciation, Shaba gave him a very nice footwear.
In the early stages of his music career, Black Prophet managed the ‘Acoustic Boys’ where they played for Makola market women for money. He also performed at major functions and beaches.
As time passed, the Acoustic Boys metamorphosed into Vibration Boys and then to the Vibration Kings releasing their first recording in 1996 titled Captivity.
Black Prophet now manages a band in Europe called Thunder Strike which performs at major vanues in Europe. He has toured various parts of the world with major reggae artistes like Rita Marley, Pliers, Don Carlos, Yellowman, Steel Pulse, Lucky Dube, Alpha Blondy, Buju Banton & Dean Fraser.
The reggae prophet made his debut in 1998 with his album called Chains. He and the Thunder Strike’s current album ‘Prophecy’ contains eight new tracks and four from their first album. Some of the songs are Hot and Cold which features Sway, Good feeling featuring 2 face and Natural resources.
He also did some recordings at the famous Tuff Gong studio which is currently being managed by Dean Fraser one of the world’s best producers.
The Tuff Gong studio is very synonymous with legendary reggae legends like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, the Marley brothers and Sizzla and a host of others.
His ‘Natural resources’ track, he explained focuses on politicians who misappropriate the country's resources to the detriment the poor.
Story by Aglanu Dela Ernest/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
Source: MyJoyOnline.com
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| Gramps Morgan Rocks Reggae World |
| 20 August, 2009 |
While Gramps Morgan joins John Legend and India.Aria on stage at the Mann Center of the Performing Arts in Philadelphia August 15th then at the Metropolis in Montreal on August 17th, and again on August 18th at the Casino in Rama, Ontario, Canada, his new debut solo album, 2 Sides of My Heart, will be topping reggae charts worldwide, with more than 12,000 CDs sold the first week of release alone.
"This is a double CD adult contemporary dance thing, with one side a lovers rock roots and the other side expressing different kinds of music inside me. My mission is to heal the world with music," said Gramps.
The 10th of 30 children of reggae icon Denroy Morgan, Gramps is a true creation of bloodroots reggae. After releasing ten albums with his legendary family band, Morgan Heritage, Gramps decided to express his individual style with a solo album through his label, Dada Son, in association with Real Management Music. Morgan Heritage is a powerful musical force that he will continue to perform and record with.
"My father came to America from Jamaica with just $100 and made sure all 30 kids learned pure love and service to others. His lessons are still at the heart of my music," Gramps added.
"Wash the Tears" was the first hit single from the album, followed by "One in a Million." Also released is a remix of his super-hot hit duet with India.Arie, "Therapy." Watch for the next big release, a soulful energetic anthem, "Don't Cry for Jamaica," to hit radio soon.
Following right on the heels of the mega-successful US concert tour with Legend and Arie, Gramps joins reggae superstar Buju Banton for a 36-city US tour beginning September 12th at the Trocadero in Philadelphia. A magical combination, Gramps and Buju collaborated in the past on their smash hit single, "The 23rd Psalm," and again for the follow up, "Power of Prayer," featured on 2 Sides of My Heart.
Source: www.GrampsMorgan.com
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| Rototom Sunsplash 09: We were there! |
| 12 July, 2009 |
The sixteenth edition of Rototom Sunsplash is over! Fantastic shows, great atmosphere and PonDiStage was there!
Once again, a huge number of people take presence in this Festival, one of the biggest around the world.
For PonDiStage this edition of Rototom will be memorable, with less than a month of life we decided to present our project to the masses, and it couldn’t had run smoother!
Thanks to our friends of Meggaforce Records we use their stand to promote our merchandising (t-shirts, pinbuttons, flyers, lighters, etc.) and they also give us a chance to go on stage with Ras Charmer and Mystic MC on the “PonDiStage Showcase”.
We didn’t miss the opportunity to promote PonDiStage near to some artists and the feedback was great. Stay focus on our gallery, soon we will share these bright moments with you!
A special big up for Gedion Maans of Meggaforce Records for all the support!
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