CARIBBEAN TODAY


 Ziggy Marley captures 'Best

Reggae Album' at Grammy Awards


LOS ANGELES, CMC Ziggy
Marley, the eldest son of the
late legendary Jamaican reggae
superstar Bob Marley, last
month captured the "Best
Reggae Album" at the 49th
Annual Grammy Awards at
the Staples Center in Los
Angeles, California.
 Ziggy won the award with
his "Love Is My Religion"
solo-studio album, eclipsing
compatriot Buju Banton,
Jewish reggae artist Matisyahu,
Sly and Robbie, and the British
group, UB 40.
 "Love Is My Religion"
was released on the Tuff Gong
Worldwide label. It was Ziggy
Marley's fourth Grammy award.
 Ziggy's previous win in the


Marley


"Best Reggae Album" catego-
ry was in 1997 for "Fallen Is
Babylon" by Ziggy Marley &
the Melody Makers.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,
CMC Soca artiste Iwer
George was crowned the 2007
"International Power Soca
Monarch" after outclassing
his rivals in the finals of the
competition at the Hasely
Crawford Stadium in Trinidad
last month.
 Bajan artiste, Biggie Irie,
captured the "Groovy Soca
Monarch" title in that competi-
tion.
 Both competitions were
part of annual carnival celebra-
tions.
 Iwer, singing "Fete After
Fete", and Irie performing "Nah
Going Home", each wrested the
respective titles from Shurwayne
Winchester, who placed third in
the Power Soca Monarch with
"Open The GL 'and fourth in
the Groovy Soca Monarch
singing "Alequa".
 Winchester, who captured
the People's Choice Awards
for both competitions, deliv-
ered elaborate presentations
that featured troupes of


dancers, additional musicians
and several stylized props.
 Iwer and Irie kept their
presentations simple, depend-
ing mainly on raw talent and
synergy with the audience to












Iwer
pull off their respective
victories. Iwer took home
TT$400,000 ($63,994) for his
efforts, while Irie received
TT$150,000 ($23,998).
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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS


* Stephen Marley's tour
kicks off in March
Stephen Marley will launch his
much anticipated tour this month,
kicking off on Mar. 30 in the
United States and running
through more than 40 cities.
 The three month tour of the
U.S. and Canada, billed as the
"Mind Control" North American
tour, will also feature special
guest "Jr. Gong" Marley,
Stephen's brother, and K'naan. It
will include performances at the
World Ski and Snowboard
Championships in Whistler, British
Columbia on April 15, Coachella
Music Festival in Indio, California
on April 27, and Jazzfest in New


Orleans on May 5.
* 'Best of the Best' reggae
Some of the biggest names in
reggae/dancehall music are
scheduled to perform at the "Best
of the Best" show on May 27 at
Bicentennial Park in downtown
Miami, Florida.
 Buju Banton, Shaggy, Bounty
Killer, Elephant Man, Lady Saw,
Capleton and Barrington Levy are
among the top acts. For more
information, call 305-438-9488.
Compiled from CMC and other
sources.
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Caribbean performers to feature

at Miami's 'Jazz in the Gardens'


Prominent Caribbean
 artistes are listed among
 those scheduled to per-
form at the two-day "Jazz in
the Gard n iimusic festival
this month in Miami, Florida.
 Jamaican singer/song-
writer Luciano, and renowned
saxaphonist Dean Fraser and
the Jah Messenjah Band will
be joined during the second
annual jazz and R&B festival
by India Arie, Sergio Mendes,
Boney James, Will Downing,
Paquito d'Rivera and Pieces
of a Dream, Mar. 24-25 at
Dolphin Stadium.
 "We want people to know
'Jazz in the Gardens' as a cel-
ebration of the music and cul-
ture that lives and grows in
Miami Gardens," the city's
Mayor Shirley Gibson said in
a recent press release.
 While Luciano is known
for a soulful, articulate blend
of "roots r ,_. India Arie
is a neo soul icon, and Sergio
Mendes is often touted as the
undisputed king of Brazilian
jazz.
 Boney James, whose
latest release "shiii' rose
rapidly on the Billboard
Contemporary Jazz charts, is
also scheduled to perform
along with the international
contingent that includes


Cuban legend Paquito
D'Rivera.
 For more information
about the event visit


www.jazzinthegardens. com
or call the event hotline at
305-622-8043.
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