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Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff OM (born James Chambers, 1 April 1948, St Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want" and "Many Rivers to Cross" from The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world. Cliff moved to Kingston in 1962. After he released two singles that failed to make much of an impression...

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Sons Of Zion

With their fusion of Reggae, Rock, Metal, Dub and Roots, the SONS OF ZION are a six piece crew hailing from various locations around Aotearoa. The Sons of Zion are:
SAMUEL ERIWATA – Percussion, Vocals
RIO PANAPA – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
JOEL LATIMER – Keys, Saxophone, Vocals
MARIKA HODGSON – Lead Guitar
DYLAN STEWART – Bass Guitar, Vocals
TAWHIRI LITTLEJOHN – Drums

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The Selecter

The Selecter were a British ska revival band from Coventry, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement. Much of what set apart The Selecter from many of the other ska bands at the time was the voice of Pauline Black. She had to disguise herself as a man in order for the band to get gigs, but once they did, there was no disguising her voice. Like other ska bands of this movement, The Selecter featured a racially mixed line up, and songs about violence, politics, marijuana, a fictional spy's theme song, James Bond, and reggae classics.

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hightime

The professional part(y)... After sharing the stage in various punk bands; 2009 saw four friends with similar dreams come together to write and record some of the most fun, heartdriven and diverse songs in Australian punk rock. Drawing influence from the greater world of music, the band has managed to create a sound which clashes with many a genre; yet always carries the passion of its driving p...unk rock roots.

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Yasmin

There are two artists with the name Yasmin. 1. Yasmin Shahmir (born December 21, 1988),she's a Iranian Girl who performs under the mononym Yasmin, is a British DJ and singer-songwriter. She is signed to record label Levels Entertainment, an imprint of Ministry of Sound and began her singing career in October 2010 when she appeared on rapper Devlin's single "Runaway". Her debut single, "On My Own," was released on 30 January 2011.

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Tanuki Dub

Tanuki Dub’s "Glad to be Glad" is the premier solo offering from the versatile bassist of pop/rock bands The Beautiful Girls and George, former metal band Pangaea and Brisbane Jazz/World/Groove all-stars The Neighbourhood Groove Collective. <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Paulie+B" class="bbcode_artist">Paulie B</a>. is an Australian music gem, tucked away in his West End studio ‘The Tanuki Lounge’ when he isn’t touring internationally with The Beautiful Girls. As a producer and engineer, Paulie B.

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King Tide

KING TIDE was formed in early 2004 after a successful reggae jam between vocalist Tony Hughes and ‘toaster’ Sean Collins. During a live show in Sydney, the band was spotted by advertising executives who asked them to record a cover of Toots and the Maytals’ “Broadway Jungle” for a Sony TV ad campaign. The band released the cover as a full length single ‘No Dog War’, which received national airplay.

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Open Season

There are two Open Seasons: 1) Open Season is groovy ska and reggae, warm bass and dancing through the night. First of all bass – lots of bass, that goes straight into you. The beats go from tradtional ska and rocksteady through to roots reggae and dancehall. On top of it all, there are jazzy horns and the lead singer's voice moves between soul and ragga. The Open Season sound contains many different styles – but is, at the same time, identifiable as their own and original.

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the upsteppers

THE UPSTEPPERS ARE: JAMES DOUGLAS: Vocals / Guitar
PAUL WATSON: Bass
JOEL ALEXANDER: Drums / Cymbals / B.V.
ANTHONY MCILWAIN: Guitars / B.V.
M. SANJAY JUDE: Keys
JOSHUA HATCHER: Saxophone
CRYSTAL HILDRED: Trombone

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Toots and the Maytals

Originally called simply The Maytals, are considered legends of ska and reggae music. They are from Kingston, Jamaica. Their sound is a unique, original combination of gospel, ska, soul, reggae and rock. Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the leader of the group, was born in May Pen in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. He was the youngest of seven children. He grew up singing gospel music in a church choir, but moved to Kingston in 1961 at the age of sixteen.

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