| BIOS AND LINKS:
Read Gregory Stephen's written companion to this program available from JahWorks.org, the
excellent online publication about Caribbean-based music and culture:
The
FIYA BURN Controversy:
On the Uses of Fire in a Culture of Love and Rebellion
Gregory Stephens is the author of On
Racial Frontiers: The New Culture of Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, and Bob Marley
(Cambridge UP). For an innerview on themes from that book Click Here
Contact:
gstephen@email.unc.edu
DJ-RJ has been blessed to be a part of the Austin, Texas reggae scene
since the late 1980s, as a DJ and a drummer for some Austin reggae groups, including Root
1, Urban Roots, and Tribal Nation. His bi-weekly shows "Strictly Dancehall," and
more recently, "Reggae Evolution," have been since 1988 a prime source in
central Texas for the best in conscious reggae and dancehall. RJ also a producer/engineer,
having programmed and mixed tracks in a several genres, from hip-hop, to jungle, to dub.
Contact:
TexasReggaeList@earthlink.net
M.C. Gregory Stephens & DJ RJ have done yearly
edutainment specials together since 1996. Those available on-line include:
White Boy a Follower? From Black Supremacy to 'One Love' in Rasta Reggae
http://www.ktru.org/realaudioarc.html
or http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~scottie/rrr.html
The Conquest of Culture: The Best of 1990s Reggae
http://www.reggaeexpress.com/realaudio/conquest |
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