340ml Band
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- 340ml Band
- 340ml Band
- 340ml is an African musical group now based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They have therefore jokingly been described by some as being "Jozambican". The band incorporates many different elements into their music including dub, jazz, ska, Afro-jazz and reggae.
- The four band members arrived in Johannesburg in the mid-1990s in order to pursue academic careers.Paulo Jorge Chibanga (drums) had intentions on becoming an architect. He branched out into a different area of design, with his Dubstars clothing label which was reportedly becoming very popular within Johannesburg.Rui Soeiro (bass) studied a Bachelor of Commerce. He started working on releasing music compilations called Dubvaults through the band's label 340ml Music.Pedro Pinto (Melodica, vocals). His career choices lay in Industrial Psychology. Pedro ventured into jewelry design and other crafts.Tiago Correia-Paulo (guitar) pursued a career in Economics. He worked as a designer and illustrator for many years and now is more involved in film and video directing and production.
Aashid Himons
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- Aashid Himons (Archie Patrick Himons) aka Little Archie | 22 Sept 1942 - 19 March 2011
- Aashid Himons
- Aashid Himons was an American singer and musician born in West Virginia. He was "a musical innovator that fused traditional country blues with reggae and world music during the late 1970s"[1] and is best known for his "blu-reggae" band Afrikan Dreamland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Archie_(singer) Archie "Aashid" Himons, an integral part of Nashville's non-country music scene for better than three decades, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2011 after a brief illness. Himons was 68 years old at the time of his death. A musical innovator that fused traditional country blues with reggae and world music during the late 1970s, Aashid, as he is known to his many fans, is best known for his popular "blu-reggae" band Afrikan Dreamland, which put Himons' myriad of musical influences into play in creating an energetic and unique sound.https://www.discogs.com/ja/artist/386228-Little-Archiehttps://www.discogs.com/ja/artist/190787-Aashid-Himonshttp://blues.about.com/b/2011/03/21/blues-innovator-aashid-himons-r-i-p.htm
- Rev Keith A Gordon, AllMusic Guide - Aashid Himons, usually referred to as just "Aashid," was a part of Nashville's non-country music scene for nearly a quarter-century. A big man with leonine dreadlocks and a large artistic presence, the African-American musical prodigy asserted an incredible influence on Nashville musicians, working with some of the region's best and brightest talents along the way. Born in 1942 in rural West Virginia as Archie Himons, he began playing the piano at the age of three, soon singing and playing in church. By the time he was five years of age he had taught himself the drums and subsequently appeared on several radio and television shows, including The Today Show with Dave Garroway. He left home at 13, hitchhiking to New York City and later joining the army at the age of 17 [more]https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aashid-himons-mn0001207856
Bushman
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- Bushman (Dwight Marvin Duncan) 1973 -
- Bushman
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushman_(reggae_singer)
- Steve Leggett, AllMusic Guide - Bushman was a key part of the roots reggae resurgence in Jamaica in the late 1990s, and his rich, sincere baritone give his songs a strong, bedrock appeal. Born Dwight Marvin Duncan in Prospect Beach in St. Thomas on the east coast of Jamaica in 1973, Duncan was active in church choirs by the time he was nine, and as a teen he became a selector for the Black Star Line sound system under the name Junior Melody (Duncan also occasionally billed himself as Junior Buckley) [more] https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bushman-mn0000642354
Bunny Wailer
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- Bunny Wailer (Neville O'Riley Livingston, OM, OJ) aka Bunny Livingston | 10 April 1947 - 2 March 2021
- Bunny Wailer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Wailer
- Jo-Anne Greene, AllMusic Guide - Bunny Wailer's associations with Bob Marley and his role as a founding member of the Wailers were enough to cement him in reggae history, but his contributions to Jamaican music and culture didn't end there. After committing years to the development of the Wailers, he left the band in 1973 and spent the rest of his life in an active and shifting solo career that produced roots reggae masterpieces like 1976's Blackheart Man and a slew of Grammy-winning records throughout the '90s [more] https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bunny-wailer-mn0000636474
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