8th Annual Tamika Reggae Awards
From: coolcrew@coolcrew.com (Crucial
Lloyd)
Newsgroups:
rec.music.reggae
Subject: Press Release - 8th
Annual Tamika Reggae Awards
Date: Mon, 4 Mar
1996 23:58:07
The 8th Annual Tamika
Reggae Awards
New York, NY (February,
1996) The 8th Annual Tamika Reggae Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, May
2nd, 1996 in the New York City's Paramount Theatre, Madison Square Gardens. The
show will be co-hosted by Electra Records recording artist Nadine Sutherland and
singer/rapper Shinehead, while radio personality Jeff Sarge will serve as Master
Of Ceremonies.
The Tamika Reggae Awards
has joined the ranks of other major award shows like the Grammys, The Soul Train
Music Awards, The American Music Awards and The Essence Awards, by staging its
presentations midweek. Originally scheduled for Saturday, March 30, 1996, The
8th Annual Tamika Reggae Awards will remain at The Paramount (Madison Square
Garden), starting at 8:00 pm.
According
to founder, Clinton Lindsay, "due to the late date announcement for the
presentation, many top stars are contractually committed for Saturday, March
30th. Many artists have expressed disappointments that they will not be able to
attend, and the Tamika Reggae Awards was founded to honor the artists and their
achievements." Therefore, Mr Lindsay feels he has to change the date to
accommodate the artists.
Among this
year's nominees are Island Records recording artists Luciano, Beenie Man and
Spanner Banner; Virgin Records' Shaggy; Columbia Records' Diana King; Loose
Cannon's Buju Banton; East West Records' Snow; Def Jam's Capleton; Epic Records;
Shabba Ranks and 550 Music's
Patra.
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Runnings Crew.
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The
8th Annual Tamika Reggae Awards
New
York, NY (March, 1996) The 8th Annual Tamika Reggae Awards Ceremony will be held
on Thursday, May 2nd, 1996 in the New York City's Theatre of Madison Square
Garden (formerly the Paramount) at 8:00 p.m.. The show will be co-hosted by
Elektra Records recording artist Nadine Sutherland, G Street Records recording
artist/rapper Doug E. Fresh and actor Leon ("Waiting to Exhale" and "Cool
Runnings" ), while radio personality Jeff Sarge will serve as Master Of
Ceremonies.
Artists confirmed to make appearances at
the Tamika Reggae Awards are: Beenie Man, Mikey Spice, Morgan Heritage, Shabba
Ranks, Simpleton, Robert Ffrench, Dancehall Divas, Mad Cobra, Determine, Diana
King, Junior Reid, Fabi Dolly, Mutabaruka, El General, Israel Vibrations, Cutty
Ranks, Spanner Banner, Tanya Mullings, George Nooks, Lady Apache, Frisco Kid and
Sugar Minott. Confirmations are pouring in from other top artists in rapid
succession.
Among this year's nominees are Island
Records recording artists Luciano, Beenie Man and Spanner Banner; Virgin
Records' Shaggy; Columbia Records' Diana King; Loose Cannon's Buju Banton; East
West Records' Snow; Def Jam's Capleton; Epic Records; Shabba Ranks and 550
Music's Patra.
Awards will be presented in a number of
categories including Record Of the Year, Album Of the Year, Songwriter of the
Year, and D.J. of the Year in both Male And Female categories. Awards wil also
be presented to the radio personality who has done most to promote the music.
This year's nominees are Dahved Levy of WLIB/WBLS, Francine Chin of WNWK, Bobby
Konders of Hot 97 (WQHT) and D.J Roy of
WNWK.
Two very special awards to be
presented are the Bob Marley Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Reggae Music and the Nelson Mandela Award for the Most Concious
Lyrics. The nominees for the Marley Award are television personality Earl
"Rootsman" Chin, radio personality/record producer Philip Smart, recording
artist Sugar Minott and musician/record producer Sidney Mills, while the Nelson
Mandela awardee will be selected from Buju Banton, Junior Reid, Luciano and
Capleton.
The Tamika Reggae Awards was founded in 1988, and is the first New York based
reggae awards show to honor participants in the reggae music industry. The first
Tamika Awards were presented on April 1, 1988 at the Beacon Theatre in New York
City. The awardees are decided from votes casted by fans around the New York/Tri
State area where ballots are made available at record stores, entertainment
venues and by mail.
Now scheduled for midweek, The 8th Annual
Tamika Reggae Awards promises to surpass by far the star-studded attendance of
previous shows. The Tamika Reggae Awards will be presented Thursday, May 2, 1996
at The Parmount.
Information for the Tamika Reggae Awards
can be found at Cool Runnings Web Site at
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~coolcrew/tamika.html and in the
rec.music.reggae newsgroup. For further information contact: Clinton Lindsay
(718) 978-7494, Kim Smith (914) 665-5508
Marketing &
Promotion
East Coast Group
N.Y.
Pam Francis (718)
235-1183
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