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Tag Archives: Reggae
Youth Consciousness : JA Xmas Day ’82
Just found this tucked inside a file of vintage scribblings…. Xmas Day… Irie!
WORD SOUND & POWER @ PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED
WORD SOUND & POWER joins forces with PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED and it is on at Rich Mix in Shoreditch for the duration of the London jazz Festival In the summer of 2012 – to celebrate 50 years of Jamaican Independence … Continue reading
WORD SOUND & POWER: The Exhibition
WORD SOUND & POWER: Reggae Changed My Life. As Black History month approaches I have to wonder why I’m struggling to get people around the nation to host the exhibition that Swift & I put together at the British Music … Continue reading
AT LAST! A SOUNDTRACK TO THE ART OF BUYING REGGAE MUSIC
Finally, a soundtrack to ‘The Art Of Buying Reggae Music…..’ is LIVE on our stereophonic-supply site. Back in October 2011, I posted a piece here that recalled my reggae-music buying missions, during the early/mid Seventies, from Dalston Lane to Seven … Continue reading
WORD SOUND & POWER: REGGAE CHANGED MY LIFE – POSTERS, POSTCARDS…
YO! YO! YO! Final shout for Xmas … The Word Sound & Power posters and postcards are the perfect Xmas & New Years present! Catch the final post for Xmas tomorrow (Thursday!) … they are in their tubes and ready … Continue reading
Posted in Urban runnings..., Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Dancehall, lovers rock, postcards, posters, Reggae, Roots, Sound System, Swifty Typograffix, UK reggae, Word Sound & Power
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PURE NICENESS: THE ART OF JAH MEK YAH DANCEHALL
Welcome to Miss Lily’s first published release, Jamaican Dancehall Signs From The Collection of Maxine Walters. This wicked looking book spotlights the vibrant hand-painted signs that can be found all over the island promoting that week’s bass-ical dancehall sessions or … Continue reading
Posted in Just Runnings, Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Art, bashment, Dancehall, hand painted signs, Jamaica, Maxine Walter, Miss Lily's, NYC, Reggae, Roots
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WORD SOUND & POWER and the rise of “Bass Culture”
I’m on the panel for this Bass Culture event…. this coming Thursday at the BME in the 02…the 11th… if you fancy checking our Word Sound & Power: Reggae Changed My Life exhibition… this is most definitely a good opportunity… … Continue reading
COLLABORATION ACROSS THE REGGAE NATION…. Lively Up meets Bob Marley and Word Sound & Power: Reggae Changed My Life
Lively Up, celebrates Jamaica50! It consists of several ambitious projects set to tour the UK – two of which are dedicated to the music of The Wailers and innovative saxophonist Joe Harriott. Lively Up is the brainchild of Gary & … Continue reading
Babylon Your Queendom Is Falling….
In December 2011, following the turbulent Dudus Coke affair, the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller aka Sister P was re-elected Prime Minister of Jamaica and declared their intention to sever the link to the “Mother Country” and become a Republic… … Continue reading
BUSTIN’ BOUNDARIES…. A RIDDIMIC CATCH UP. & A FEW TREATS…. Part .1
Greetings… time for a little catch up… been sitting on a bunch tunes and waiting to an opportunity to fling a few words on each on-line. So, as I’m deeply frustrated with the constantly engaged tone at HM Revenue & … Continue reading
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