Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Noche de Reggae Makossa en Tijuana
Sin Fronteras
Quinto Sol de Los Angeles
y Dj Carlos Culture de San Diego
27 años fuertes en la radio!
Radio Fusion XHUAN
10.5 FM Cada Martes 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Fecha: Martes- Julio 15
Hora: 10:00 pm
Lugar: Berlin Bar - Plaza Fiesta ( de el Zapato)
Paseo de Los Heroes 10001 Zona Rio
Costos: Gratis
Para mas info: 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Contacto para prensa:
Turiya Mareya
THE EAGLE AND THE CONDOR: A BENEFIT FOR PEACE AND DIGNITY JOURNEYS
Doors Open 7PM
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San Diego Region, California, July 21-27, 2008: Running from Eklutna, Alaska, Peace and Dignity Journeys spiritual runners will arrive in the San Diego Region July 21st and run to Chicano Park on July 23rd for a free community ceremony and celebration 5:00pm-9:30pm. They will depart July 27th from El Centro continuing their journey to Quechan territory in Yuma, Arizona and ultimately their final destination Panama City, Panama on November 13, 2008.
Peace and Dignity Journeys organizes spiritual runs every four years that start simultaneously in Alaska, USA and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina and culminates at the Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama. This is an intercontinental event that links countless Indigenous communities before, during, and after the run, cultivating lasting relationships amongst individuals, families, communities, and Nations. The journey travels to a different Indigenous community at least once a day for six months. Thousands of people participate in Peace and Dignity Journeys as runners, supporters, and organizers. Each community stop represents and recreates sacred insight and healing that come from having been part of such a vast linkage of traditions and communities.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Reggae Makossa presents
Reggae Dayz at the Del Mar Fair
International Reggae Festival
Featuring
Ziggy Marley
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Artist's Bio:
Ziggy Marley's life story is filled with changes and transitions. In fact, change has been the one constant in his life. From his earliest days, raised in Trench Town, Jamaica, to the present, he has been guided by his keen awareness and driving compassion. These qualities are the earmarks of his work and his journey.
The eldest Marley son is not one to let any moss grow under his feet. His 2006 release, Love is My Religion (Tuff Gong Worldwide), garnered a Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, giving him a total of four Grammys as an artist. It was his second solo album, and the first to be released independently on the Tuff Gong Worldwide label.
Artist's Website: http://www.ziggymarley.com/
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World Beat Center
Presents
Alpha Blondy
live in concert
Time: Doors Open 8:30
Venue: World Beat Cultural Center
2100 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Artist Websites:www.myspace.com/alphablondy
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Bio:Alpha Blondy, the Rasta of Cocody, was born Sedou Kone in Dimbokoro, Cote d'Ivoire, in 1953. Heavily influenced by the music of Bob Marley, Blondy considered himself a Rasta at an early age. So early, in fact, that he recorded six Reggae tunes while still in his teens. Blondy's parents were so concerned about his devotion to Reggae and the Rasta lifestyle that they committed him to a psychiatric hospital for two years!
Early in 1970 Reggae began to be popular in West Africa and Blondy's popularity grew to the point where, in the early '80s he recorded his first single, Brigidier Sabari. In 1983, he followed with his first album, Jah Glory and began touring all over Africa. It was at this point that Alpha made a pilmrimage to Jamaica to record with The Wailers at Tuff Gong Studios. The results of his efforts were the huge hit album, Cocody Rock, followed by Jerusalem and then Apartheid is Nazism.
Blondy sings in Dioula, English, French, Arabic, and Hebrew. His band, The Solar System, is likewise international, with members hailing from Cameroon, England, France, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, and Togo. Alpha Blondy and The Solar System are tight and hot, and Alpha's status as the premiere African Reggae star is richly deserved.
Reggae Makossa presents
Reggae Dayz at the Del Mar Fair
International Reggae Festival
Featuring
STEEL PULSE
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Artist's Bio: The roots reggae Grammy award-winning band formed in 1975 in the United Kingdom.The Steel Pulse message of hope, education and activism has struck a chord with music lovers worldwide.
Artist's Website: http://www.steelpulse.com/
Presents
Featuring
Anthony B
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Artist's Bio: Anthony B, the conscious bobo dread whose razor sharp lyrics and entrancing performances have set 'Fire Pon Rome' and propelled Anthony B to the frontlines of reggae music.Anthony B's first CD was released in 1996. Since then, he has released another 20 CDs, over 1,000 Singles, and appears on hundreds other albums.
Artist's Website: http://www.anthonyb.com/
Presents
Featuring
Anthony B
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Artist's Bio: Anthony B, the conscious bobo dread whose razor sharp lyrics and entrancing performances have set 'Fire Pon Rome' and propelled Anthony B to the frontlines of reggae music.Anthony B's first CD was released in 1996. Since then, he has released another 20 CDs, over 1,000 Singles, and appears on hundreds other albums.
Artist's Website: http://www.anthonyb.com/
Presents
Featuring
Anthony B
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Artist's Bio: Anthony B, the conscious bobo dread whose razor sharp lyrics and entrancing performances have set 'Fire Pon Rome' and propelled Anthony B to the frontlines of reggae music.Anthony B's first CD was released in 1996. Since then, he has released another 20 CDs, over 1,000 Singles, and appears on hundreds other albums.
Artist's Website: http://www.anthonyb.com/
Presents
UK Dub Experience!
Date: Fri, July 11th
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Artist's Bio:
Mad Professor (born Neil Fraser, 1955, Georgetown, Guyana) is a dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix work. He is considered one of the leading producers of dub music’s second generation and was instrumental in transitioning dub into the digital age. He is a prolific producer, contributuing to or producing nearly 200 albums. He has collaborated with reggae artists such as Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sly and Robbie, Pato Banton, Jah Shaka and Horace Andy, as well as artists outside the realm of traditional reggae and dub, such as Sade, Massive Attack, The Orb, and Brazilian DJ Marcelinho da lua.
Fraser became known as Mad Professor as a boy due to his fascination with electronics. He emigrated from Guyana to London at the age of 13 and later began his music career as a service technician. He gradually collected recording and mixing equipment and opened his own recording studio, Ariwa Sounds, in the living room of his home in the Thornton Heath section of London in 1979. He began recording lovers rock bands and vocalists for his own label and recorded his first album after moving the studio to a new location in 1982. He teamed up with reggae legend Lee "Scratch" Perry for the first time in 1989 for the album Mystic Warrior.[1]
Dub music, which combines reggae music and recording studio trickery, seemed to fit Mad Professor's musical and technical tastes perfectly and his early work remained faithful to the traditional Jamaican dub pioneered by King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Augustus Pablo. Mad Professor's early work was characterized by few vocal tracks and heavy echo, reverb, and phaser effects on the instrumentals. Eventually, he began to experiment with electronic sounds and effects alongside the traditional instruments. Synthesized sounds began to find a place in his mixes. This experimentation caught the attention of artists outside of reggae and dub genres and led to Mad Professor's work with electronic artists, most notably Massive Attack. In 2008, he became well-known his highly experimental remix of 'HAPPY ENDING', a song by pop sensation Ayumi Hamasaki. The song was included on her Ayu-mi-x 6 -GOLD- album.
Artist's Website: myspace.com/madprofessordub
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WorldBeat Cultural Center Presents
Haile Selassie Day
Feat: Prezident Brown
From Jamaica
The Rasites
from the UK
and Lambs Bread
Venue: WorldBeat Cultural Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
Tickets on sale now at all Roots Outlet, Trade Roots, Reggae World, Dreamcrystal, Earth Culture, WBC & online at www.ticketweb.com
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Artist Websites: Prezident Brown
The Rasites
Lambs Bread
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Prezident Brown
Prezident Brown (born: Fitz Albert Cotterell) has been called "one of the most interesting cultural dee-jays since U Roy". Emphasizing positive messages, Brown has continued to pioneer his own direction, developing his own approach to dee-jaying that he calls, "the chanting stylee". Born to a Seventh Day Adventist family in Colonel Ridge, Clarendon, Brown grew up in St. Mary, a small town in the the north coast resort city of Ocrabessa. Although he showed potential as an artist, as a youngster, he was forced to leave school in order to support his mother and three sisters after the death of his father. Brown launched his musical career, at the age of fourteen, when he began dee-jaying for the Sound King Stereo Mix at the Bamboo lounge. Initially known as Junior Ranking, Brown was dubbed "Slim Brown" by dee-jay Nicodemus. When he recorded his debut single, a duet with Chinna, in1988, Brown was named "Dancehall Doctor". The title "Prezident" was bestowed upon him by the late Jack Ruby, producer of Burning Spear's albums, ""Marcus Garvey" and "Man In The Hills". With Ruby overseeing his recordings, Brown enjoyed such hits as "Rough Road", "Brain Food" and "Roots In The Music". Following Ruby's death in 1988, Brown became involved with producers Collins, O'Hare and Stewart of Grove Music. He switched to Cole's label, Roof International, shortly afterwards, and began performing and emceeing at the Rooftop Club. His most successful period came after resuming his partnership with O'Hare in 1989. In 1995, Brown toured the United Kingdom, promoting his debut album, "Big Bad And Talented. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Presents
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Artist's Bio: Bujo, a percussionist and leader in the ancient future mode, is heavily steeped in the ancestral spiritual traditions of the drum, while at the same time, thoroughly modern in his approach to music. A native of Englewood, New Jersey, Jones grew up in a household immersed in jazz, from Charlie Parker and Grant Green to John Coltrane, along with the pop and R&B legends of the times. Jones traces his percussion expertise to the age-old 'academy of the streets.' Over the years he has evolved an increasingly comprehensive approach to his instruments, commanding respect on stages ranging from the Isley Brothers to Whitney Houston to Winard Harper to such intricate avant jazz legends as Reggie Workman.
Artist's Website: http://motema.com/artist/KevinJones
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World Beat Center
Presents
Rebelution
live in concert
Venue: World Beat Cultural Center
2100 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Artist Websites:www.rebelutionmusic.com
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Bio:Rebelution first united in Santa Barbara, California, built from a wide array of musical backgrounds. With Reggae as the focus, the group set out to create a fresh and vibrant sound which they dub "California Reggae." The band released their highly anticipated full-length album in June of 2007 and just weeks after its release, Courage to Grow became one of the most downloaded Reggae albums on iTunes. By the end of the year, it had been awarded the iTunes Editors Choice: Best Reggae Album 2007.
"Apparently, California Reggae is hot. Stemming from a foundation of local support, Rebelution soared into iTunes Reggae Top 10 (album downloads), amongst some lofty company. Lofty like Bob, Stephen, and Damian Marley." -- Santa Barbara News-Press
Rebelutions dynamic sound is led by diverse vocalist and guitarist Eric Rachmany. Together with the elevating melodies of Rory Carey keyboards and hard-hitting beats by bass player Marley D. Williams and drummer Wesley Finley, the band will make you move both physically and mentally.
"If you love Bob Marley, Sublime, and Jack Johnson and you're a regular on the State Street scene, then chances are you'e already crazy about Rebelution. Their combination of reggae, hip-hop, and rock have made them a favorite of music lovers all over town." -- The Santa Barbara Independent
Within the last year, Rebelution has made a name for themselves with their iTunes success and performances with notable artists like Barrington Levy, Israel Vibration, Junior Reid, Don Carlos, Pepper, Eek-A-Mouse, Pato Banton, Tanya Stephens, Half Pint, SOJA, Yellowman, Talib Kweli, E-40, and The Pharcyde. Rebelution has already proven themselves in the musical arena and intends to further expand their success with a sound that confidently claims itself unique.
Presents
Fela Kuti Day
4th Annual Afro-Funk Music Festival
Featuring
SAMBADA
SILA
AND THE AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE 
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Festival Website: http://afrofunk.org
Afrobeat is dense, funky, intricately-layered, groove-heavy music with an intrinsic message – delivered through polyrhythmic beats, the sweat of the dancers, and the power of words. This July, that message will reverberate through California, when the Afrofunk Festival returns after three consecutive years of sold-out shows.
The Afrofunk Festival was born in 2005, when Kenyan singer Victor Sila joined forces with Liberian DJ Jeremiah Kpoh. Cresting the wave of the international Afrobeat revival, which shined a media spotlight on bands like Antibalas and artists like Femi Kuti, the AFF tapped into the vibrancy of the San Francisco Bay Area, the epicenter of the ‘80s World Beat craze and current home to bands like Albino, Kotoja, Aphrodesia, and Sila’s own outfit, the Afro-Funk Experience. The result was a truly unique event with a righteous, humanitarian cause benefiting at-risk youth in famine- and war-torn regions of East Africa.
In the years since, Afrobeat has continued to grow in popularity, while the AFF has become a cultural institution -- not just in the San Francisco Bay Area, but along the West Coast. Now in its fourth year, the AFF (which runs July 9-26) has expanded to venues in Eugene, Seattle, Portland, Ashland, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara. The AFF tour concludes with three consecutive nights at SF’San Francisco's premier live music club, the Independent.
“There’s no way we can stop doing the Afrofunk Festival, as long as the crisis facing children in Africa continues,” says Sila, emphasizing that his mission has always been to raise cultural and social awareness through music.
This year’s lineup stretches the boundaries of Afrofunk, presenting African, Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Latin variants, alongside nu-funk and classic soul. Performers include Sila and the Afrofunk Experience, B-Side Players, Darondo, Nino Moschella, Bayonics, DJ Vanka, Afrobeat Down, Fuga, Rocky Dawuni, Manicato, DJ Felina, Sambada, and DJ Jeremiah with Afrobeat Nation. (Visit http://www.afrofunk.org for a complete list of performers, dates, and venues.)
The Afrofunk Festival is still a party, so bring your dancing shoes, but this is a party with a conscience – and a cause (proceeds will go to House of Hope, an orphanage in Africa that houses children ravaged by famine and disease). Despite international media attention and critically-acclaimed documentaries like Peter Jordan’s Darfur Rising which have increased awareness about the plight of African children, the situation remains grave.
Having spent time in a refugee camp as a youth himself before coming to America, DJ Jeremiah is particularly sympathetic to the struggles of Africa’s children. “This is the best way I know of to focus attention on this important issue. The youth are the future. By helping them, we are giving them the hope for a better life,” he says, adding, “what better medium to get this message across than Afrofunk?”
Friday, June 13, 2008
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WorldBeat Center Presents
Ahimsa World Music
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Venue: World Beat Cultural Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA
More Info: Call The WorldBeat Center at 619-230-1190
Email: events@worldbeatcenter.org
Artist Websites: http://www.ahimsamusic.com/
Presenter Website: www.WorldBeatcenter.org
Press Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Bio: AHIMSA* the music group: During one of his concert tours in Germany Neyveli S.Radhakrishna , a reputed South Indian Violinist, based in Chennai chanced upon Matthias muller, a Jazz and pop guitarist who had a stint in Chennai, learning Veena.(an ancient Indian stringed instrument) Fascinated by Carnatic music, Matthias muller had a burning desire to form a music group along with Indian Musicians. Radhakrishna had similar passion for a long time.
The chance meeting blossomed in to friendship and mutual admiration. Thus was born the music group "AHIMSA" with five musicians. (on the auspicious Vijayadasami day 19.10.1999)
Radhakrishna and Muller recorded their the first CD in Germany partnering Armin Metz on (bass guitar), R.Yogaraja on percussion and A.S.Shankar on Ghatam (clay pot). The CD has received wide acclaim all over Europe.
There is vast scope for improvisation in both Jazz and Indian music. Presentation of enchanting, daring, and technically proficient improvisational music is the forte of AHIMSA.
Discerning critics acknowledge that after "Shakti" the blend of violin and guitar with an additional bonus of Bass guitar is unique to "Ahimsa" which is charting its own distinct course in the mosaic of world music.
* "AHIMSA" in Sanskrit denotes non-violence, compassion, love and reverence for all beings, every form of life.
Tribo De Jah
from Brazil
Venue: WorldBeat Center
Contact: Jesse Graham 619-230-1190
Tribo De Jah
Unique"! This is the word most commonly heard when people express their first impression about Tribo de Jah. We still could add"intense", "rare" and many different qualifications to this original Brazilian group. Only who watches them performing could describe the impressive magnetism they express on stage. One very peculiar detail about them is that 5 of the 6 members of the group are blind (one partially and the other four totally). They met each other at the School for the Blind from Sao Luis, capital of the state of Maranhao, in northern Brazil, called the Brazilian Jamaica. Some years later the five met vocalist and broadcaster Fauzi Beydoun, born in Sao Paulo but at that moment returning to Brazil from Ivory Coast, Africa, with the reggae rhythm pounding in his heart. The group then started to mix its 'roots reggae' music with strong political messages, social enlightenment and spiritual love and peace. The band performs a version of reggae that differs from the original Jamaican style, as they use elements of their native Brazilian culture, on what is now lovingly referred to as "Brazilian reggae".
The mission of the Children’s Village is to provide an environment of hope and opportunity for children who have been discarded by society and their families due to poverty, violence, death, HIV/AIDS and more. The Village provides care and services for street children, orphans and other vulnerable youth – using art, music, nutrition and lots of love to heal the children while providing the tools for a viable future and hopefully creating tomorrow’s leaders
WorldBeat Center Disabled Music Program
For 10 years WorldBeat has sponsored a weekly program for developmentaly disabled young people teaching them drumming dancing and singing taught by David Millard.
