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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Mutabaruka - Music Downloads - Online
Mutabaruka's star was rising, and his appearance at the National Stadium in Kingston this same year was a smashing success.
That same year, Mutabaruka had a hit with the single "Everytime a Ear De Soun," while his fiery debut at Reggae Sunsplash was captured for posterity for a live album released in 1982.
Mutabaruka also struck a distribution deal with the American RAS label, and cemented the partnership with the ferocious The Mystery Unfolds album in 1986.
musicstore.connect.com /artist/421/Mutabaruka/1027739.html   (929 words)

  
 Mutabaruka to perform in Lincoln, Nebraska
Those who follow reggae music may know the artist Mutabaruka as one of the leading exponents of the genre known as "dub poetry." The form derived as a natural extension of the Jamaican oral tradition and poetry, combined with a musical backdrop of the island's well-known reggae rhythms.
Mutabaruka was known in Jamaica from the early 70s for his independently published poetry collections, Outcry (1973), Sun and Moon (1976) and The Book: First Poems (1981) before he gained notoriety internationally from his acclaimed debut album Check It, released in 1983.
Mutabaruka's firm commitment to the goals of Pan-Africanism is a unifying factor.
incolor.inetnebr.com /cvanpelt/mutareads.html   (662 words)

  
 World Music Features Mutabaruka World Music at Global Rhythm - The Destination for World Music
Mutabaruka began writing poetry in 1967, when African-American revolutionaries such as Malcolm X and Eldridge Cleaver were at the forefront of social change in the U.S. and Guyanese activist/writer Walter Rodney was raising the political consciousness of students at Jamaica’s University of the West Indies.
Mutabaruka’s artistic direction was also profoundly influenced by Jamaican folklorist Louise “Miss Lou” Bennet, who wrote poetry in patois, the language of the average Jamaican, and spearheaded an appreciation of the dialect—long regarded by the society’s upper echelon as vulgar or corrupted English—as a language of immense vitality and cultural significance.
Throughout the past decade, one of the platforms Mutabaruka has utilized to further education across Jamaica (or in any location with Internet access) is his politically charged, socially challenging weekly five-hour radio talk show called “The Cutting Edge,” broadcast on Jamaica’s all-reggae radio station IRIE FM.
www.globalrhythm.net /WorldMusicFeatures/Mutabaruka.cfm   (1163 words)

  
 Mutabaruka - Biography - AOL Music
However, Mutabaruka was finding fans in the literary world after the publication of his collection, Outcry, in 1973.
His debut album, Check It, was released in 1983, a dubby classic with the poet accompanied by Smith's exquisitely rootsy guitar.
One of Mutabaruka's most entertaining, yet thought-provoking poems, it would later be included in the definitive The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature.
music.aol.com /artist/mutabaruka/2921/biography   (980 words)

  
 Review - Mutabaruka : Check It!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Mutabaruka (real name Allan Hope) was born in Rae Town, Kingston JA on 26th December, 1952.
Mutabaruka (a Rwadan term for "one who is always victorious") was the first well-publicized voice in the new wave of poets growing since the early seventies.
It shows Mutabaruka in fine form, railing against oppression on all fronts in his inimitable style, aided and abetted by Earl "Chinna" Smith's genuinely rootsy backdrops.
www.reggae-vibes.com /rev_sin/checkit.htm   (259 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Lyrics on campus
- Strong poetry from Steppa, Mutabaruka at UWI - Thursday | February 10, 2005
STEPPA AND Mutabaruka, the former scheduled to perform and the latter filling in for an absent performer, brought a dose of poetry to the UWI, Mona's, Oriental Gardens last Friday.
cultural studies programme at the university, and Mutabaruka, former folk philosopher, who hosted the event, along with Ibo Cooper, were part of 'An Evening of Black Magic ­ Cliff on Campus', the first in a distinguished concert series, which featured Jimmy Cliff as the headliner.
There was a humorous moment as Ibo Cooper brought on Mutabaruka in a manner which would not have suggested that just before the poet and radio show host was called in to fill the breach, they had been on stage together just moments before.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050210/ent/ent1.html   (555 words)

  
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So yuh 'ave to talk about doin' for self." Muta's words inspired and galvanized a small band of street soldiers who were then nearly ready in their campaign to begin capturing underused plots of public land in order to lift themselves out of the doorways in which they were living.
This time when Jamaica's renowned Rasta poet Mutabaruka comes to Portland to promote his recently released book "Mutabaruka: the Next Poems / the First Poems" he brings no band for Muta, who performs his poems with or without musical accompaniment, poetry is only one of several instruments for doing the work he has chosen.
  Mutabaruka: the Next Poems / the First Poems, is a new double-volume of poetry which comprises his first major collection of poems of the 1970’s, Mutabaruka: the First Poems, and a new anthology of his best work written between 1980 and 2002, Mutabaruka: the Next Poems.
www.outofthedoorways.org /Mutabaruka.doc   (826 words)

  
 Mutabaruka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Born Allen Hope in Kingston, the man who would become Mutabaruka started adult life as an electrician for the Jamaican Telephone Company at the start of the 1970s.
From 1971 on, under the name Allen Mutabaruka (the name means "one who is always victorious"), his poetry was published and he gave readings.
By 1973, he was mixing his words with music, but it would be the start of 1981 before he released his first record, the single "Everytime I 'ear De Soun," which put him on the map in Jamaica.
www.reggaemovement.com /Artists/mutabaruka.htm   (402 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Mutabaruka launches 'double-barrelled' poetry - Thursday | March 10, 2005
Chevannes noted that Mutabaruka has been introduced as a dub poet and a performance poet, but "this collection is well worth the silent effort of the reader".
After welcoming all to his second book launch ever (the first was in a library), Mutabaruka gave special thanks to Mervyn Morris, saying that if it was not for him "we who dem call dub poets woulda look like we cyaan write".
Saying that 'Everytime I Hear De Soun'' was the first poem he recorded, Mutabaruka read it the way it was written in the book, as 'White Soun', to strong applause.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050310/ent/ent2.html   (618 words)

  
 Check It
"Mutabaruka is a Jamaican dub poet who combines social commentary with scathing personal analysis and endearing humor.
The politically charged dub poet Mutabaruka blended his unique vision of life into the musical arrangements and production of Earl "Chinna" Smith for a musical tour de force which still packs the same punch today as it did nearly two decades ago.
Originally released on the Alligator label and only available as a CD for a limited time, RAS is honored to now reissue this remastered classic which has not been available for close to seven years.
www.rasrecords.com /mutabaruka/ras3264.htm   (274 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Check It!: Music: Mutabaruka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Mutabaruka's `Check it!' is a great album within `dub poetry'.
Dub poetry is a sort of subgenre of reggae, whereby poetry is `toasted' (half-talked, or `musically talked': often (sometimes partly) in Jamaican patois) over reggae music, with mostly a strong bass.
Mutabaruka's toasting is creative and varied: it's not monotonous.
www.amazon.com /Check-Mutabaruka/dp/B00005BC5O   (777 words)

  
 Reggae Reviews: Mutabaruka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Although he's not my favorite dub poet (that would be Oku Onuora), Mutabaruka can certainly be very enjoyable.
Parts 1 and 2 of "People's Court" are prime examples, as Mutabaruka rips into politicians and religious leader with exquisite eloquence for guiding the people astray.
At the same time, there is a humorous edge to these tunes, as they are a take on Prince Buster's Judge Dread character, who heaps sentences of "1000 years!" upon the defendants.
www.reggae-reviews.com /mutabaruka.html   (132 words)

  
 Montreal Mirror - Music : Mutabaruka
When you hear the conviction and power behind the words of Mutabaruka, it’s not hard to believe that this dub poet, actor, comedian, producer, publisher, entrepreneur and radio host has been dedicated to inspiring fl people everywhere with his words of self-determination, empowerment and spirituality for the past 30 years.
On his new album Life Squared, his first since 1994, Muta continues to explore the fl liberation struggle through music and his riveting, eloquent and unwavering pan-African expressions.
Mutabaruka: My thing is not about putting out records, y’know.
www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2003/062603/music6.html   (777 words)

  
 Mutabaruka News
News about Mutabaruka continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Left: Mutabaruka in performance at 'A Night of Strictly Culture' held in honour of Joseph 'Culture' Hill on the lawns of the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, St.
Mutabaruka is in the spotlight as Jamaica Association of Dramatic Artistes turns the 'Spotlight on Poetry' at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre, Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts, on Sunday.
www.topix.net /who/mutabaruka   (205 words)

  
 Reggae Legends Mutabaruka World Music at Global Rhythm - The Destination for World Music
Fascinating indeed, but the more commonly used adjective for describing Mutabaruka’s various artistic endeavors over the past 20-plus years is controversial, his scathing narratives censuring everything from organized religion to the four basic food groups.
Mutabaruka’s artistic direction was also profoundly influenced by Jamaican folklorist Louise “Miss Lou” Bennet, who wrote poetry in patios, the language of the average Jamaican, and spearheaded an appreciation of the dialect, long regarded by the society’s upper echelon as vulgar or corrupted English, as a language of immense vitality and cultural significance.
Throughout the past decade, one of the platforms Mutabaruka has utilized to further education across Jamaica (or in any location with Internet access) is his politically charged, socially challenging weekly five-hour radio talk show called
www.globalrhythm.net /print.cfm?rubricarticleid=938   (440 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Ultimate Collection: Music: Mutabaruka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Mutabaruka is not your everyday mainstream reggae artist as he is more of a Rasta poet.
This is not a bad thing especially since his poetry is laid over some very powerful and great sounding reggae riddims.
Mutabaruka is just another captalist trying to appeal as a great poet.
www.amazon.com /Ultimate-Collection-Mutabaruka/dp/B000000DYU   (813 words)

  
 8926/27 Mutabaruka and The Mighty Diamonds - Live at Reggae Sunsplash
The most consistent and long-running vocal trio in Jamaican musical history, consisting of the judge (Judge), the jester (Bunny), and the prophet (Tabby, the lead singer).
Having published several volumes of poetry and having written for Swing magazine, Mutabaruka (his stage name is a Rwandan term for one who is always victorious) reserves his performances for his most effective tirades against hypocrisy, injustice, or more particularly, stupidity.
His favoured means of denouncing his enemies rests strongly with the latter, vilifying them and the contradictions of their positions by means of a languid, inviting slur.
www.adelphirecords.com /reggae/8926Mutabaruka.html   (351 words)

  
 mutabaruka
World-renowned Jamaican poet Mutabaruka sets his political, social and religious verse to music.
The art is commonly referred to as “dub poetry” or “reggae poetry,” but Mutabaruka prefers not to limit his work with labels.
Mutabaruka spoke to us about his vegetarianism and his poetry.
www.blackvegetarians.org /features/mutabaruka.htm   (1855 words)

  
 Mutabaruka cds, vinyl records and music albums (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Mutabaruka
Another special favorite of mine is "Revolutionary Poets" "revolutionary poets/'ave become entertainers" - with its multiple ironies, including some that surely touch that poem itself.
If few of the other pieces in this volume seem as fully achieved as these, this is, after all, a collection of "the first poems", in which the voice of the young Mutabaruka speaks to and for a host of troubled young people.
By: Mervyn Morris - From: Mutabaruka - The First Poems
www.rasrecords.com /mutabaruka   (791 words)

  
 Official Ticketmaster site. Mutabaruka tickets, dates
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We currently do not have any tickets on sale for Mutabaruka.
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 Mutabaruka – Music at Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Mutabaruka might not be making music anymore, but if they are, you can help keep other users informed by adding new events when they're announced.
Music Journals on Last.fm You can be the first person to write a journal about Mutabaruka.
Help choose the official pic by voting, or upload your own.
www.last.fm /music/Mutabaruka   (125 words)

  
 Mutabaruka MP3 Downloads - Mutabaruka Music Downloads - Mutabaruka Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Music
produced LP features several songs which had originally appeared in Mutabaruka: The First Poems, a collection of poems published in Jamaica several years earlier.
That same year saw the emergence of the video Mutabaruka - Live inna concert, featuring
video entitled Mutabaruka - Live at Reggae Sumfest 93'.
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 Ireggae (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Subscribe to IREGGAE.COM, if you would like to receive periodic updates regarding the massive amounts of information that is constantly being added to this site.
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 Announcers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Since then, and almost in consecutive issues, we have derived much pleasure in further publication of this brother's works.
When on IRIE FM's "Cutting Edge", the voice of Mutabaruka speaks to and for a host of troubled young people.
As the jingle says, "thought provoking, always smoking, lyrics like a bazooka, you are listening to Mutabaruka!
www.iriefm.net /content/text/hosts/mutabaruka.php   (277 words)

  
 Mutabaruka : Melanin Man - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Mutabaruka : Melanin Man - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Mutabaruka was among the earliest "dub" poets, a firebrand who repeatedly attacked the injustices and hypocrisy he saw both in Jamaica and the Western world at large.
If anything, he sounds more strident and angry on this latest set of poems.
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 Mutabaruka - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
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 Mutabaraka interview part I: Gathering of the Spirits
I say bwai, "Justin Hinds get in touch with Mutabaruka urgently." About a week after, I get a message in a shop inna Ocho Rios that him came there and I say yea, and make that hook up.
It was good fe have him inna de studio, cause a whole heap a mon never see him yet.
For more information on Muta, check the unofficial Mutabaruka homepage
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 Mutabaruka: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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