Otabil Is The Only True Man Of God 4

Edit Modern Ghana 29 Apr 2016
By Francis Kwarteng. MARCUS GARVEY & BOB MARLEY. “REDEMPTION SONG” ... “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others can free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign ... Dr ... BOB MARLEY ... “Rasta Man Chant,” a deep Bob Marley roots reggae track with a complex syncopated Nyabinghi rhythm, tells the story of man after his days on this planet....

Quotes From Bob Marley Songs -- Music, Dance, and Fun!

Edit About.com 22 Feb 2016
Bob Marley - 'Songs of Freedom'.  (c) Island Records. Bob Marley wrote hundreds of songs in his relatively short life ... Here are some of his greatest quotes on that theme. ... "Hey Mister Music, sure sounds good to me! I can't refuse it ... "Love to see when you move in the riddim, I love to see when you're dancing from within!" - Jump Nyabinghi (Purchase MP3)....

Count Ossie - Tales Of Mozambique: a groundbreaking, majestic reissue

Edit The Irish Times 11 Feb 2016
... his drummers casting a spell on the musicians who gathered to check him out and then went on to spread the word about the powerful nyabinghi rhythms and mesmerising percussion....

Shabaka Hutchings: UK saxophonist in tune with SA’s top brass

Edit Mail Guardian South Africa 06 Jan 2016
Supersonic music is when the Holy Ghost takes over and you’re playing. When you hear it back, you had no idea what the hell you did.” This quote from Carlos Santana is how I imagine Sons of Kemet felt recording their latest album ... Along with the nyabinghi chanting elements, there’s a strong carnival or mardi gras flavour that comes through across on Lest We Forget… What brought you to this sound? ... Why? ... ....

Wishing you a merry - Ethiopian Christmas

Edit Topix 05 Jan 2016
Not long after the festive cheers from followers of the Gregorian calendar finish rejoicing Christmas and New Year, the energetic horns of east Africa especially Ethiopia, and the rhythmic sounds of Nyabinghi drums begin to pick up tempo to commence the celebration of Genna ... ....

From Back ‘O’ Wall to King’s House

Edit Jamaica Observer 18 Oct 2015
A STACK of spiritual books are prominent in Ras Michael's hotel room; the Africa Channel is the Nyahbinghi master drummer's viewing choice. Dressed in African garb, Rastafari and the upliftment of reggae music dominate his conversation ... The journey continues," he reasoned. The 72-year-old Ras Michael lives in Los Angeles, where there is a strong following for Nyabinghi music and traditional reggae ... ....

How Costa Rica's Caribbean coast became 'Little Jamaica'

Edit The Examiner 08 Sep 2015
The idea was to build a railroad across the steaming jungles of Costa Rica linking the country’s inland capital at San Jose to its main eastern port at Limon ... the decades-old system of moving the goods by ox carts plodding over horrid dirt roads ... They died by the thousands ... Around there, Belafonte shares the stage with Jamaican superstar Bob Marley, as does calypso with that island’s reggae, ska, rocksteady and nyabinghi music ... ....

'Little Jamaica' Rocks on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica

Edit Huffington Post 07 Sep 2015
The idea was to build a railroad across the steaming jungles of Costa Rica linking the country's inland capital at San Jose to its main eastern port at Limon ... the decades-old system of moving the goods by ox carts plodding over horrid dirt roads ... They died by the thousands ... Around there, Belafonte shares the stage with Jamaican superstar Bob Marley, as does calypso with that island's reggae, ska, rocksteady and nyabinghi music ... ....

Garvey celebration ends on high note

Edit Jamaica Observer 21 Aug 2015
It was a feast of knowledge-sharing and musical performances ... Among them Bushman, who delivered the Peter Tosh's anthem African ... Keeping with the spirit of Garvey, throughout the day, there were a variety of traditional cultural groups such as Nyabinghi drummers and chanters, including Prince Tibah and the Sons of Thunder, Prof I-drummers as well as Kumina and Revival groups ... ....

In Jah we trust: how reggae spread the Rasta word

Edit The Irish Times 13 Aug 2015
Music and religion have long made for a potent mix. In the case of reggae and the Rastafari religion, the links go deep, as a new compilation from the Soul Jazz label makes clear. Rastafari. The Dreads Enter Babylon, 1955-83 is a fascinating document ... This sound turned Jamaican Kumina sounds and Congolese Bantu traditionals into Rastafari Nyabinghi rhythms through the use of the akete, fundue and bass drums ...   Inextricably linked....

Bob Marley as national hero

Edit The Gleaner 08 Feb 2015
Ian Boyne, Columnist ... History would not absolve me if I did otherwise ... I did not say century ... It is safe to cull those lovey-dovey parts of Marley and to market that to the world in Brand Jamaica promotion, diluting the radical, anti-Establishment message in Burnin and Lootin, Them Belly Full (But We Hungry), Heathen, Concrete Jungle, Rebel Music, Small Axe, Stiff-Necked Fools, Crazy Baldhead, Jump Nyabinghi and, of course, Rat Race ... ....

Trip of a lifetime: Roger Steffens and the Family Acid

Edit The Guardian 02 Feb 2015
They met on acid and rode the counterculture. The result was a family album unlike any other. Roger Steffens’s friend Richie Silverman, sunbathing in Los Angeles, 1979. ‘He taught English in Tokyo, which is where I met him, on leave in ’68.’ Photograph. Roger Steffens/The Family Acid. Chris Campion ... He has also worked with Keith Richards to compile an album of Nyabinghi music recorded in the living room of Richards’s Jamaican home ... Topics ... ....

Sizzla set to release 71st album titled '876' in April ... as he continues to ...

Edit The Gleaner 22 Jan 2015
Claudia Gardner, Gleaner Writer. Reggae/dancehall icon Sizzla Kalonji has been blazing some hot trails, wherever he performs, and the flame may not cool anytime soon ... Sizzla, who is also the president of the Haile Selassie Nyabinghi Theocracy Reign Order, also said Jamaica's politicians had failed to recognise Rastafari or sanction the use of marijuana in their religious worship, but were now rushing to make money from the herb ... ....
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