http://jahworks.org The Intelligent Online Caribbean Music, Culture, and Travel Magazine Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:23:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jahworks.org/2012/laura_editor/music/reggae/win-marley-childrens-book http://jahworks.org/2012/laura_editor/music/reggae/win-marley-childrens-book#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:37:01 +0000 Staff http://jahworks.org/?p=7620
Enter to win One Love, Adapted by Cedella Marley Courtesy of Chronicle Books Jahworks.org has 3 books to giveaway* ONE LOVE, Adapted by Cedella Marley – Based on the song by Bob Marley Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton 10 x 9-5/8 in; 32 pp; Guided Reading Level: G Hardcover Published in September, 2011 ISBN 9781452102245 [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2012/laura_editor/music/reggae/win-marley-childrens-book/feed/ 0 http://jahworks.org/2012/edbmp/activism/volunteer-with-us-in-hagley-gap-jamaica http://jahworks.org/2012/edbmp/activism/volunteer-with-us-in-hagley-gap-jamaica#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:13:24 +0000 Cathy Skoula http://jahworks.org/?p=7604 I am in Hagley Gap for another visit to our Blue Mountain Project programs. Besides the fact that it is nice to see a little warm sun in the midst of winter, it is also nice to have a welcome respite from the seemingly eternal US election campaigns. I realize that Jamaica is a tiny [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2012/edbmp/activism/volunteer-with-us-in-hagley-gap-jamaica/feed/ 0 http://jahworks.org/2011/admin/music/reggae/on-racial-frontiers-the-new-culture-of-frederick-douglass-ralph-ellison-and-bob-marley http://jahworks.org/2011/admin/music/reggae/on-racial-frontiers-the-new-culture-of-frederick-douglass-ralph-ellison-and-bob-marley#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:47:15 +0000 Laura Gardner http://jahworks.org/?p=7469
Interview with author Gregory Stephens(January 2000) “I don’t think enough people look at Bob Marley’s European audience and ask: what is that all about?” Gregory Stephens tells me one sunny day outside of his El Cerrito, California home, “And what does that mean about cultural ownership?” Gregory Stephens, who was raised in a devout Christian [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2011/admin/music/reggae/on-racial-frontiers-the-new-culture-of-frederick-douglass-ralph-ellison-and-bob-marley/feed/ 0 http://jahworks.org/2011/admin/music/reggae/download-dj-green-bs-latest-mix-for-free http://jahworks.org/2011/admin/music/reggae/download-dj-green-bs-latest-mix-for-free#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:56:00 +0000 Laura Gardner http://jahworks.org/?p=7444 The Female DJ Represents for the LadiesBay-Area based DJ, Green B, has recently released her latest mix as part of her Hot Gyal Promotions Series, 4.2. The female selector is part of the Coo-Yah! Ladeez Sound, who play every Wednesday night in San Francisco. Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, Selecta Green B is part of a [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2011/admin/music/reggae/download-dj-green-bs-latest-mix-for-free/feed/ 0 http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/cd-reviews-various-artists-african-beat-latin-beat http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/cd-reviews-various-artists-african-beat-latin-beat#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:33:15 +0000 Tom Orr http://jahworks.org/?p=7425 Putumayo World Music, 2011Things are getting to where just about every music compilation with “beat” or “groove” in the title is bound to be a collection of tunes designed for contemporary dance floors. I’m not opposed to the idea of letting remixers and electronica tinkerers get their hands on traditional music in order to make [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/cd-reviews-various-artists-african-beat-latin-beat/feed/ 0 http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-the-simpkin-project-everything-you-want http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-the-simpkin-project-everything-you-want#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:23:38 +0000 Tom Orr http://jahworks.org/?p=7422 [Hughes Drive Productions, 2011]  The latest from the Huntington Beach, CA-based Simpkin Project is another smart set of inspired and dance-inducing reggae from a band that’s on the rise and sounding great. Their band members – two guitarists, two keyboardists, bassist, drummer and percussionist – lay into the opening instrumental “Showtime” with the expertise of [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-the-simpkin-project-everything-you-want/feed/ 1 http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-ruff-scott-roots-and-culture http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-ruff-scott-roots-and-culture#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:03:35 +0000 Tom Orr http://jahworks.org/?p=7414 [Cool Breeze Records, 2011] If you’re a reggae artist and you release an album called “Roots and Culture,” you had best be certain that the music is reflective of such a title and that yours is a voice strong and distinctive enough to overcome a title that’s, well, kind of generic. Ruff Scott hails from [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-ruff-scott-roots-and-culture/feed/ 0 http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-shango-trex-shango-trex http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-shango-trex-shango-trex#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:39:09 +0000 Tom Orr http://jahworks.org/?p=7406 [Stashang/E2 Recordings, 2009] I don’t know where this guy is from or how his self-titled CD reached me (apparently a couple of years after its release). But whoever Shango Trex is, he can sing, and apart from a few tiresome girl-you’re-so-sexy sentiments, he’s singing about things that matter. He pleads for help for the younger [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-shango-trex-shango-trex/feed/ 0 http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-warrior-king-tell-me-how-me-sound http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-warrior-king-tell-me-how-me-sound#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:32:42 +0000 Tom Orr http://jahworks.org/?p=7402 [Tads, 2011] If the title of this album is Warrior King’s way of asking for an honest assessment of how he sounds at this juncture in his career, I’m happy to respond. And while his vocals are strong and supple, I have to say that it takes some time for him to sound much like [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2011/torr/music/reggae/cd-review-warrior-king-tell-me-how-me-sound/feed/ 0 http://jahworks.org/2011/ted_boot/music/reggae/cd-review-three-legged-fox-always-anyway http://jahworks.org/2011/ted_boot/music/reggae/cd-review-three-legged-fox-always-anyway#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:57:09 +0000 Ted Boothroyd http://jahworks.org/?p=7357 [2011] Is this reggae or is it rock? I dunno. It’s certainly not “Rasta music” – the lyrical focus sees to that and the rock sensibility is far too strong anyway. But it’s also not merely rock done with a reggae beat in the manner of say, The Clash or Blondie of old – the [...]]]> http://jahworks.org/2011/ted_boot/music/reggae/cd-review-three-legged-fox-always-anyway/feed/ 0