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Oprah Book Club Picks: Two Dickens Classics

Oprah Book Club Picks: Two Dickens Classics

(AP) — Oprah Winfrey has decided that it is the best of times for Charles Dickens. The TV talk show host has selected a pair of Dickens classics, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations [...]

Sanchez and Friends Live in Concert, November 20th & 26th 2010

Sanchez and Friends Live in Concert, November 20th & 26th 2010

Jammins Entertainment, Irie Jam Media, and Iriedale.com present Thanksgiving weekend Sanchez and Friends Live in Concert. Friday, November 26th 2010 at Mingles Cafe 4012 Boston Road Bronx, NY, 10475 and Saturday, November 20, 2010 at CPAC [...]

Foundation Salute by Sheron Hamilton-Pearson

Foundation Salute by Sheron Hamilton-Pearson

October 30 is just around the corner and if the activities at the Press Release event for Reggae Culture Salute last Wednesday, October 13 at 310 Lounge were anything to go by, it can’t come soon [...]

The O'Jays and Friends

The O'Jays and Friends

Jammins Entertainment – Soul Legends Concert Series presents a Pre-Thanksgiving showcase featuring The O’Jays and Friends live in Concert. On Friday, November 19th, 2010 at Newark Symphony Hall 1020 Broad St Newark, NJ 07102, and on [...]

Ernie Smith to receive Pinnacle Award

Ernie Smith to receive Pinnacle Award

Brooklyn, N.Y., – On Saturday, October 30, 2010, the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPR) will present reggae veteran Ernie Smith with the Pinnacle Award, its highest honor for an artist when he performs at this [...]

Recovered, refreshed El DeBarge wants a second chance

Recovered, refreshed El DeBarge wants a second chance

NEW YORK (AP) — It took El DeBarge 22 years to get off drugs — and he says watching performers like TI and Bruno Mars get into trouble over them only proves that everyone deserves a [...]

Bloomberg: Two pairs of work shoes in 10 years

Bloomberg: Two pairs of work shoes in 10 years

He’s been wearing the same shoes for 10 years. “The mayor owns only two pairs of work shoes,” his spokesman, Stu Loeser, told The Post. “One day he’ll wear one, the next the other — and [...]

Jamaican Hit Play "THE PLUMBER" Coming to the USA in October 2010

Jamaican Hit Play "THE PLUMBER" Coming to the USA in October 2010

USA TOUR SCHEDULE October 2, 2010 – Strand Theater – Boston, MA October 3, 2010 – Weaver High School – Hartford, CT October 9, 2010 – Tilden High School – Brooklyn, NY October 10, 2010 – [...]

VP Records Launches Wax Poetics Magazine Reggae Issue in New York City & Washington, D.C.

VP Records Launches Wax Poetics Magazine Reggae Issue in New York City & Washington, D.C.

(VP RECORDS, NEW YORK) – VP Records teams up with Wax Poetics Magazine to celebrate the launch of their reggae-oriented edition, Reggae Issue 43, available nationwide on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. The New York City celebration [...]

Capleton & Romain Virgo Team Up for U.S. Tour

Capleton & Romain Virgo Team Up for U.S. Tour

VP Records recording artist Capleton gears up to fire his brand of reggae music to the masses across the U.S., and is taking label mate Romain Virgo and dancehall star Munga Honorable as opening acts for [...]