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Reggae Artiste Black Uhuru Biography

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Reggae Artiste Black Uhuru Biography by InfosysTV The most successful of the second-generation reggae bands, Black Uhuru maintained their high quality despite numerous personnel changes in their 40-plus-year history. The first reggae band to win a Grammy award, for their 1983 album Anthem, Black Uhuru was called "The most dynamic and progressive reggae act of the 1970s and early '80s." The band, whose name comes from the Swahili word meaning "freedom," was formed in the Waterhouse district of Kingston by Don Carlos, Rudolph "Garth" Dennis, and Derrick "Duckie" Simpson. When the group experienced difficulties securing a record contract, Spencer left to pursue a solo career and Dennis joined the Wailing Souls. Simpson, who remained the thread throughout Black Uhuru's evolution, reorganized the band with Errol "Jay" Wilson and quivery-voiced lead vocalist Michael Rose. Accompanied by the rhythm section of Sly Dunbar on
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Dream tourism boost

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Organisers say 5-day party festival gives lift to economy Dream Entertainment Managing Director Scott Dunn (centre) addressing yesterday’s Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange. Flanking him are Public Relations Director Kamal Bankey (left) and Marketing Director Ron Burke. Approximately 10,000 visitors are expected in Jamaica for the popular Appleton Special Dream Weekend, which organisers yesterday said was costing more than $200 million to stage in the tourist resort town of Negril. The visitor numbers represent a 10 per cent increase on last year and a significant growth since the inception of the event in 2009 when the ratio of locals to visitors hovered around 80 per cent locals to 20 per cent visitors. Dream Entertainment Managing Director Scott Dunn, Marketing Director Ron Burke, and Public Relations Director Kamal Bankay shared the figures at yesterday’s Observer Monday Exchange, pointing out that the event gives the country a considerable economic boost. According to Dunn, a s
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