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Mikey Dread Remembered

Like most tales of triumph and tragedy, the life, career, and untimely passing of reggae pioneer Mikey Dread at age 53 will live on long beyond his time on earth. There aren’t many artists in the history of the genre who were able to gain acceptance for reggae the way Mikey did. But he didn’t do it as a singer or as a producer (which he would later become known for) but rather as an on-air personality at Jamaica Broadcast Company (JBC) in the mid-1970s.

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Cocoa Tea

After more than 30 years as a reggae musician, Cocoa Tea should be either a cutting-edge groundbreaker or a standard-bearing legend. As Biological Warfare disappointingly makes clear, he’s neither. The dancehall vibe he’s worked with for most of his career has seen him occasionally flirting with progressive electronic sounds that threaten to push the genre forward. Similarly, his lyrics have had moments of daring, even controversial inspiration.

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Family energy at home

While many might find it difficult to maintain a career and responsibilities at home, Ifrika manages her time as artiste and a mother easily. According to Queen Ifrica who is the mother of two, a 14-year-old son, Imeru, and a six-year-old daughter, Amakai, “it’s easy to balance both, because on holidays I get to keep them. It’s always a family energy, aside from the music, we have a lot of activities.

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Still rolling

After a lengthy stint in renowned soca band Square One, Alison Hinds parted ways with her fellow bandmates back in 2004, to pursue a solo career??? but not before she gave birth to her daughter. Now, the undisputed queen of soca is gearing up for a performance at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, and the release of her new single Roll it Gal.

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Since the Brewers Festival is going on this weekend, it might be a good time to mention the Brewers school and apprentice program here in Vermont. It’s located in the town of Salisbury which is between Brandon and Middlebury, both very attractive towns, in the central part of the state.

This school is designed for people who want a career in brewing. It costs about $8,000 and lasts six months. The 22 weeks of classwork in such areas as chemistry and microbiology is described as intensive. That is followed by five weeks of hands-on and mentored apprenticeship at one of several working breweries
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Queen Elizabeth 2 Cruise Line� will be retiring from her world travels. It looks like it was bought by Dubai World and will be used as a “luxury floating hotel.”

Cunard Line today announced the sale of QE2 to Dubai World, in a US$100 million deal which will turn the iconic liner into a first-class tourism destination at The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.
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