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Nas & Damian Marley Release Trailer for Distant Relatives

By Michael Saba on 2:27 AM on July 8, 2009

Nas and Damian Marley have had a collaboration album in the works for a few months now, although the dynamic duo have been tight-lipped on the details. The project seemed to hit a snag recently when Nas pushed the release back indefinitely, citing the stress of his divorce and the expected birth of his son next month. Well, we can all breathe as easily as Nas and Damian in a reefer-clouded studio booth because the first official trailer for the album, titled Distant Relatives, has just been revealed....  read more

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TVotR, The Roots, Cee-Lo, more re-imagine Nat King Cole

By Loren Lankford on 2:45 PM on December 1, 2008

Recently, Pitchfork announced that Capitol/EMI and King Cole Partners & Productions are set to release a new disc of reworkings of Nat King Cole tunes by some of music's heavy hitters. And with that the tradition of tribute albums for recently deceased greats (sup, Elvis, Cash, Biggie and Waylon) continues....  read more

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Haiti To Host Inaugural Festival Mizik Jakmel

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on April 23, 2007

Most music-lovers look only as far as the U.S. and Europe when planning their summer festival itinerary, but this year our island neighbors down south urge you to reconsider. Haiti's first-ever Festival Mizik Jakmel will take place May 25-27 in the exotic cultural center of Jacmel, which overlooks the Caribbean Sea. More than 25 hip-hop, reggae, R&B, jazz and blues artists from all over the globe will play the three-day fest, including headliners Stephen and Damian "Junior Gong" Marley. In a unique twist on the concept of audience participation, anyone with a drum is invited to join in what the...  read more

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Damian Marley Joins Ranks of BANG! Performers

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on October 10, 2006

Acclaimed reggae artist Damian "Junior Gong" Marley has been announced as the final addition to Miami's BANG! Music Festival lineup, scheduled for November 11th, 2006. On the heels of Welcome To Jamrock, hailed as one of the greatest reggae albums of 2005, Marley will perform on the BANG! Main Stage along with Modest Mouse, Common, Duran Duran, Gnarls Barkley, and others. Marley, the youngest son of reggae legend Bob Marley, won a Grammy award for his 2002 release Half Way Tree. He has proclaimed himself and his musical contemporaries to be "new leaders of the old school," and has garnered...  read more

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