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In This Issue
* Reggae Festivals This Week
* CD Reviews: Reggae Anthology: The Channel One Story and Reggae Gold, 2004
* Recipe From The Caribbean Cove: Red Snapper and Black Pepper
* Fun & Games: What's Patois for "tomorrow?"
* Reggae Festival Guide News & Offerings: Reggae on the River Tickets Sold Out
* Marketing Tidbit: Email Etiquette - Private Information and Bad Jokes
* About Reggae Festival E-Guide and Contact Us
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Reggae Festivals This Week
Festival listings are believed to be correct. Please
contact the promoter directly for more information.
Wednesday-Sunday, July 14-17, 2004
Annual Victoria Ska Festival
Festival of the People
Victoria, BC, Canada
www.victoriaskafest.ca
Hotline: TBA
Thursday-Friday, July 15-16, 2004
PULL UP! Bad & Rude Convention
CARPIGNANO (Lecce), Italy
www.doppiacca.net/pullup
Hotline: 3383299269
Thursday-Sunday, July 15-18, 2004
California WorldFest
Grass Valley, California, U.S.
www.worldfest.net
Hotline: 530-891-4098
Thursday-Sunday, July 15-18, 2004
Dour Festival
Dour, Belgium
www.dourfestival.be
Hotline: TBA
Thursday-Sunday, July 15-18, 2004
Socha Reggae Riversplash
Tolmin-Kobarid, Slovenia
www.vinylmaniarecords.si
Hotline: +386 41 779 837
Friday-Saturday, July 16-17, 2004
Reeds Reggae Openair
Zurich, Switzerland
www.reeds-openair.ch
Hotline: TBA
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Youth Against Violence Peace Concert
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
www.masaniproductions.com
Hotline: 416-636-0348
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Reggae by the Pier
Oceanside, California, U.S.
www.yardrecord.com
Hotline: 760-721-4434
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Soul Rebel Festival
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
www.reggaemovement.com
Hotline: TBA
Sunday, July 18, 2003
Benton Harbor St. Joseph Reggae SunSplash
St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S.
Hotline: 269-665-7483
Sunday-Sunday, July 18-24 (7-days), 2003
Reggae Sumfest
Montego Bay, Jamaica
www.reggaesumfest.com
Hotline: 876-953-2933
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CD Reviews
Reggae Anthology: The Channel One Story and Reggae Gold, 2004
By Justine Ketola
Per capita, Jamaica releases more vinyl singles than any
country in the world. Consequently, the prolific reggae
industry must meet the consumer demand for this format
worldwide and creates numerous compilations for the
marketplace. Below area few favorites for summer cruising.
For more information on these titles you can check out
www.vprecords.com.
Reggae Anthology: The Channel One Story
Various Artists
VP Records
One of the greatest things about reggae is its diverse
palette. Discovering the styles of the early days is a
journey in itself, which can take the listener to another
level of "overstanding."
The Channel One Story is two-disc collection of master tapes
from the legendary Kingston recording studio by the same name.
It features 37 essential hits produced by Joseph Hoo-Kim
during the period of 1974-1984. It also features great
pictures and liner notes written by Dave Hendley that
chronicle this great era.
These are re-mastered original recordings from some of
reggae’s foundation performers including singers Don Carlos,
The Meditations, Sugar Minott, The Wailing Souls, The Jays,
Leroy Smart, Barrington Levy, Delroy Wilson, and John Holt
and deejays like I-Roy, Dillinger, Yellow Man.
These songs may have been re-recorded as they gained in
popularity and as the artists moved around the music community
but this compilation features all of the original versions.
The musicianship is superb and these session players consist
of a virtual Who’s Who of the reggae community who were
crafting this work at a very young age. The "brain trust"
includes Santa Davis, Sly Dunbar, Style Scott and Horsemouth
each on drums to provide a reggae drum primer. Flabba Holt,
Fully Fullwood and Robbie Shakespeare fill out the bottom
end on bass with Tony Chin, Lloyd Parks,and Dwight Pinkney
carrying the bright melodies on guitar with engineering by
Soljie, Scientist and more.
Frankie Paul’s classic "Worries In The Dance" with Sly and
Robbie features early experimentation with sampled sound
effects. The Mighty Diamonds’ plaintive "I Need A Roof"
flows with the ease of a bygone Rockers era, peppered with
percussive elements and flawless harmonic phrasing. An
obscure but finely crafted tune is the Frankie Jones weed
tune "Don’t Smoke The Seed" which glows with a wonderful
melancholy guitar progression from Tony Chin.
The compilation features "Far East" a Vietnam War-era
lament performed by Barry Brown who passed from this world
on May 29, 2004 in Kingston.
Reggae Gold, 2004
Various Artists
VP Records
In celebration of their 25th Anniversary, VP has put out a 2
disc set of their popular Reggae Gold compilation series. This
year’s version finds Disc 1 with a diverse mix of 19 songs and it
is accompanied by Disc 2 which consists of a NYC-style DJ mix of
most of the same songs selected by Black Kat.
Some of the past year’s singles highlights that are featured
on this album include conscious tracks like "In Her Heart"
and "Fire Time" by Capleton, "No Guns To Town" by newcomer
Natty King and the timely boom shot "Earth A Run Red" by
Richie Spice. Alicia Keys offers a brilliant roots reggae
mix version of "You Don’t Know My Name" for the massive.
Also present are the more playful topics such as those
covered by Beenie Man and Ms. Thing, joined by Shawna on
"Dude" as they revisit the topic of the ‘wickedest slam.’
Elephant Man on his track "Jook Gal" which sounds remarkably
similar to Super P of Grenada’s "Jook Dem Gal" from a few
years back. This version has him teamed up with Twista,
Yougbloodz and Kiprich. Sean Paul does "Ay, Ay, Ay"
shouting out to the plethora of fine ladies alongside mega-
producer Tony Touch.
Justine Ketola is a freelance writer, booking agent, publicist and sales
representative. Her writing has appeared in The Beat Magazine, Ujama News,
The Reggae Festival Guide, Carib Press and Jahworks.org. Her client roster includes
Abijah, Sugar Black, Boom Shaka, Mongoose, Zema, Detour Posse, and Reggae
Rock featuring Garth Dennis. She handles street and radio promotion for a wide
variety of clients. Justine has been an ad sales representative for The Reggae
Festival Guide for the past three years and the Blues Festival Guide since its
inception. To contact her directly about marketing your product or for bookings,
please call 323-259-3039 or email: zionboundmediacomcast.net.
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Recipe from the Caribbean Cove
Red Snapper and Black Pepper(c)
www.TheCaribbeanCove.com
This is a quick and easy fish recipe, and done be done outside
on the grill for summertime or done in the oven inside.
Ingredients
4 Pieces Red Snapper (or a similar fish like Orange Roughy)
Finely Ground Black Pepper
Coarse Sea Salt (optional)
4-5 Sprigs Thyme
Olive Oil
Directions
Lay out 2 large pieces of aluminum foil, shiny side in, big
enough to be able to wrap 2 pieces of fish in each completely.
Brush foil lightly with olive oil so fish won't stick.
Sprinkle both sides of fish liberally with fresh ground
pepper. Lay thyme down on foil, then lay fish fillets
down on thyme (the thyme will help prevent the fish
from sticking to the foil). If you have the patience to
pluck some additional thyme leaves from their stems,
you can sprinkle the top of the fish with the leaves.
To add some sea salt, turn the salt mill slowy for
about one turn over the fish (optional). Bring the two
edges of the foil together and fold over 3-4 turns,
and fold side ends of foil up over the top of the fish.
Place on grill on medium-low heat with closed lid for
about 10-12 minutes - careful not to overcook!
The fish can dry out quickly. (If using an oven inside,
bake for about 10-12 minutes at 350°F)
When done, be careful opening the foil as the hot juices
can burn. Plate the fish with the juices from the foil,
and serve with steamed green beans and a rice dish.
Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the beans and fish.
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Fun & Games
What's Patois for "tomorrow?"
"Inna Di Morrows"
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News: Reggae on the River Tickets Sold Out
June 29, 2004-The Mateel Community Center Inc. and People
Productions announced today that the 21st annual Reggae on
the River festival tickets are sold out. All online sales
are finished. The promoters ask patrons, please do not mail
any more mail order ticket orders. There are still a very
limited number of tickets available at local outlets: Wild
Horse Records in Garberville, The Works in Eureka and in
Arcata at the Works and the Metro.
In a year that has been extremely challenging for the concert
industry, Reggae on the River has again sold out in advance
of the festival. The promoters would like to thank all of
the ticket buyers for their continued support of Reggae on
the River noting, "We look forward to joining together in
the spirit of Respect, Love and Unity."
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Marketing Your Reggae Biz Tidbit
Email Etiquette - Confidential Information and Bad Jokes
By Kristine Cummins
Do not email private information such as credit card
numbers and social security number. When you send an email,
it's essentially published to the world. Even when a person
deletes an email, it can still be retrieved with special
software.
For serious conversations, do not use email. Instead, give
your customer a phone call. Text leaves out a whole world of
inflection and emotion.
Avoid emailing statements or jokes that are sensitive topics
such as politics, race and religion that could be misinterpreted
easily. You never know what could wind you up in court.
See next week's Reggae Festival E-Guide
#9 of 10 Email Etiquette Reminders.
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