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GIGI: New Voice from an Ancient Land
Striding down a Manhattan sidewalk, statuesque, with a mane of curled hair
and a regal gaze, Gigi is on one hand as unfathomable as Nefertiti, as
unknowable as "She." On the other, the giggling laughter that permeates
her conversation like a song belies her approachable personality. But her
music tells a more complete story of this complex artist who many are seeing
as the new Queen of Ethiopian music, with a character closer to the street
than the throne of Ras Tafari. Whether on the banks of the Blue Nile or
the avenues of New York, her courage, vulnerability and strength would seem
to mirror the trials of her birth land...
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Bob Marley Days in LA
Imagine: 20 years after the first Bob Marley Day at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles
way back in 1982, there is now a generation of fans attending this year who were
not even born when the festival originally kicked off...
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The Abyssinians' Story
All the ingredients were there for a historic reunion at the 2001 edition of the
Sierra Nevada World Music Festival. The Abyssinians, comprised, on this occasion,
of rock steady crooner Carlton Manning (of the Shoes) and group co-founder Donald
Manning, were on the same lineup as Bernard Collins, original lead singer of the
Abyssinians and here performing as a solo act. Donald and Bernard had not sung
together in concert since 1992...
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