Bob Barr: The Ralph Nader of 2008?

Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr is viewed as a "spoiler" by some and the "Ralph Nader of 2008" by others. " Bob Barr's Libertarian Party bid for the White House is the longest of long shots, but...

Fisherman hooks and lands a drowning man

" HALLOWELL, Maine — An angler used his fishing pole to reel in a man who survived a jump from a bridge and was drowning in the Kennebec River.   Bob Greene, 42, of Hallowell, said he heard what he thought was a cormorant making noise in the distance at 4:30 a.m....

Dwight Pinkney Picks Marley Melodies

The veteran Jamaican guitarist, Dwight Pinkney, has released his fifth album, a 13 track set of Bob Marley instrumentals entitled Picks Marley Melodies. A former member of the group The Sharks, and a session player with the Wailers in their early days at Studio 1, Pinkney has...

Stephen Marley Keeping The Legacy Alive

The son of Jamaican reggae superstars, Bob and Rita Marley, Stephen Marley carries the work forward with confidence, clarity, passion, and inventiveness. Impeccable musicianship and unparalleled song crafting provide the starting point, the foundation for the Stephen Marley...

Weak Sales Figures Haunt U.S. Reggae Sales

According to Soundscan (an electronic network that collects weekly retail figures from over 17,000 music stores in the U.S.), American rapper Lil’ Wayne sold more than one million copies of his new CD, “Tha Carter III”, in its first official week on store shelves. Are...

Marley Clan Sued For Copyright Infringement

When Jurek Zamoyski was growing up in Communist Poland, reggae star Bob Marley’s songs of freedom as a voice for the oppressed and poor resonated with the artist.“His ideals were very heartwarming for us,” said Zamoyski, 58, who immigrated to the United States in 1978...

UK Reggae Fans Celebrate 30 years Of One Love

One Love festival, happens from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August which is a full moon solar eclipse weekend during a Perseid meteor shower. These celestial events and the 30th Anniversary of the original One Love...

UK Reggae Fans Celebrate 30 years Of One Love

One Love festival, happens from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August which is a full moon solar eclipse weekend during a Perseid meteor shower. These celestial events and the 30th Anniversary of the original One Love peace Concert in 1978 will be marked with this festival taking...

Atias Keeping Wailers Burning

Atais was discovered by Wailers guitarist Al Anderson when Atais and Anderson were in a studio recording a demo album and joined the band in 1996.Since the late '60s, many bands have lost their iconic lead musicians...

Bob Marley, Tupac Image Used In Mugabe Slander Campaign

Global marketing giant Young & Rubicam have begun a sell-off of their holdings in Zimbabwe after learning the company’s head was behind Robert Mugabe’s election campaign image makeover, as well as adverts that mock Britain and the opposition Movement for Democratic...

Remembering The Founding Father Of Rasta - Leonard Howell

Hailed by many worldwide as the founding father of Rastafari, and vilified by history as a mad man, Leonard Percival Holwell’s contribution to the development of Jamaican culture cannot be denied. Born in...

Vintage Bob Marley & Jimi Hendrix Concerts For Download

Music lovers will soon be able to purchase internet downloads of rare concert performances by acts including Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix - following a groundbreaking deal by Universal Music.The record label successfully brokered an agreement with music website Wolfgang's...

Australia`s Rudd defends push for Asian EU

"Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pledged Friday to push on with his plan for an Asian counterpart to the European Union despite the proposal being lambasted by two former Australian leaders from his own Labor Party.Bob Hawke, the architect of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic...

Get Smart ! "And Loving It"!

OpinionBarry Artiste, now Public ContributorIn the 1960's with a Cold War, Worldwide Nuclear Armageddon, Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race and a spate of Spy movies, everything from Man from Uncle to James Bond, fear...

Atlanta Press Club, From Journalists to Authors

Atlanta Press Club announces its June/July Schedule of Speakers.Citizen Journalists and Web 2.0s.  would do well, if in the Atlanta  area, to attend some of these type events. "  THURSDAY, MAY 29 - "FROM JOURNALISTS TO AUTHORS" EVENING PROGRAMIf you’ve...

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