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‘King’ Beale sets out to restore reggae music to original glory
Outkast said it best, “Music Makes the World go ’round,” and Dr. Basil “King” Beale says he has the “secret sauce for keeping the world moving” through King Recordings Entertainment. Music mogul and serial entrepreneur, “King” Beale said King Recordings Entertainment is a full service, international record label dedicated to artist development and management. He… Read More
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‘Jamaica Farewell’— Ode to an iconic actorvist
Back in the 1950s Harry Belafonte ignited a calypso craze in America when he released an entire album full of catchy tunes titled “I Do Adore Her,” “Jump In The Line,” “The Banana Boat Song” “Brown Skin Gal” “Come Back Liza” “Man Smarter” and the somber “Jamaica Farewell.” The songs captivated Americans to listen to… Read More
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No clear winner in BVI elections
A year after Britain had threatened to take away daily self governance and reimpose direct rule on the British Virgin Islands (BVI), voters decided that any party which wants to govern the string of idyllic tourist islands must form a coalition government following inconclusive general elections held on Monday. The incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP)… Read More
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Immigrant advocates reject Adams Executive Budget
The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York, on Wednesday rejected New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s Executive Budget proposal for the fiscal year 2024, noting proposed cuts to a wide variety of programs and social services. “Mayor Adams… Read More
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TJF 2023 – Venerdì 28 aprile: TellKujira, Craig Taborn
Spiega Francesco Diodati, una delle menti più brillanti del nostro jazz contemporaneo: “abbiamo immaginato una sorta di rock band in forma di quartetto classico, con due chitarre elettriche al posto dei due violini. In virtù di questa scelta cameristica, ogni individualismo è stato messo da parte in favore di un ‘noi’, che fosse anche il… Read More
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Inaugurato lo sportello per i detenuti a fine pena
Fornire alle persone in procinto di concludere il periodo di detenzione strumenti utili per affrontare l’uscita dal carcere, evitando il disorientamento che caratterizza il ritorno alla libertà. Con questo obiettivo nasce lo Sportello di Rete Civica – Dimittendi, inaugurato questo pomeriggio nella Casa Circondariale Lorusso e Cutugno di Torino dagli assessori Pentenero, Rosatelli e Tresso… Read More
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NYC Health + Hospitals selects 10 artists to create community murals
NYC Health + Hospitals’ Arts in Medicine program on Wednesday announced the selection of 10 artists to create new murals at its facilities as part of the NYC Health + Hospitals Community Mural Project. NYC Health + Hospitals said the artists will design the murals through focus groups with patients, staff, and neighborhood residents, followed by… Read More
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TJF 2023 – giovedì 27 aprile: Roberto Ottaviano, Paal Nilssen-Love
Eternal Love ha le proprie radici nella spiritualità africana. Come in una preghiera o una evocazione, il nuovo lavoro di Roberto Ottaviano omaggia tutta la bellezza fiera e battagliera della madre terra e delle sue anime migliori, attraverso la reinterpretazione delle musiche di Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, John Coltrane e Dewey Redman, per celebrare,… Read More
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