– Blessed Love, One and All –

THIS WEEK IN REGGAE:  SPICE wins Best Female Award and Best Publicity Stunt Award at the Sumfest Social Awards. BUSY SIGNAL is involved in a motorcycle accident in Columbia. KING JAMMY to open museum by year’s end. We mourn the loss of former Burning Spear drummer extraordinaire NELSON MILLER. Resurfaced EEK-A-MOUSE video claims cocaine use by BOB MARLEY. SPICE offers reward for lost cell phone with music ideas on. For $15,000 you can own the most expensive BOB MARLEY concert poster. We commemorate Emperor HAILE SELASSIE’s impassioned appeal before the League of Nations to demand Justice for Ethiopia who was under attack by the Fascist army of Benito Mussolini.

– A LIKKLE LABRISH –

SPICE  “BEST FEMALE ARTISTE” FOR 2ND YEAR

SPICE wins Best Female Award and Best Publicity Stunt Award at the Sumfest Social Awards.

FULL STORY: http://reggaeinseattle.com/spice-best-female-artiste-for-second-year/

BUSY SIGNAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN COLUMBIA

BUSY SIGNAL is lucky to be alive and well following a motorcycle crash in Columbia.

FULL STORY: http://reggaeinseattle.com/busy-signal-motorcycle-crash-in-columbia/

KING JAMMY’S TO OPEN MUSEUM BY YEAR’s END

Lloyd James aka KING JAMMY says the King Jammy’s Museum will open its doors on 38 St. Lucia Road in Kingston by the end of this year. It will house old instruments, equipment, and a theater to showcase documentaries and short films. Jammy, who has been working on the museum for three years, says that the idea came from his wife. In 1985, King Jammy and Wayne Smith created the Sleng Teng,the first fully computerized riddim that has influenced Jamaican music.

Jammy recorded and started the careers of many of dancehall and reggae’s biggest entertainers such as Shabba Ranks, Chaka Demus and Pliers, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Ninja Man, Flourgan, Courtney Melody, Beenie Man and Elephant Man.

NELSON MILLER PASSES AWAY AT 64

Drummer NELSON MILLER, who recorded and toured with Burning Spear for many years, died in Kingston on Sunday at age 64. His wife Carmel told the Jamaica Observer that Miller became ill at home early that morning and was taken to Andrews Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. She said cause of death is undetermined.

He first played on Spear’s Hail HIM album in 1978. The first album he co-produced with the singer was 1985’s Resistance; he and Spear had similar collaborations on other albums including People of The World, The World Should Know, and Rasta Business.

EEK-A-MOUSE CLAIMS BOB MARLEY USED COCAINE

An online video has resurfaced of EEK-A-MOUSE making claims about the use of cocaine among some of reggae’s top artists, including BOB MARLEY.

FULL STORY: http://reggaeinseattle.com/eek-a-mouse-claims-bob-marley-gregory-isaacs-and-dennis-brown-were-on-hard-drugs/

SPICE OFFERS REWARD FOR LOST IPHONE

Grace Latoya Hamilton aka SPICE was in a state of panic as she realized that she had left her iPhone with musical ideas on it on a JetBlue flight.

FULL STORY: http://reggaeinseattle.com/spice-offers-reward-for-lost-iphone/

MOST EXPENSIVE BOB MARLEY ITEMS ON EBAY

For $15,000 you can own the most expensive BOB MARLEY concert poster.

FULL STORY: http://reggaeinseattle.com/most-expensive-bob-marley-items-on-ebay/

SELASSIE APPEALS TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

On June 30th, 1936 Emperor HAILE SELASSIE I made an impassioned appeal before the League of Nations to demand Justice for Ethiopia who was under attack by the Fascist army of Benito Mussolini.

FULL STORY: http://reggaeinseattle.com/june-30-1936-haile-selassie-i-addresses-league-of-nations/