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Family, friends and colleagues turned out at the Gants Hill Methodist Church in Essex, England, on Tuesday to pay tribute to bandleader Sonny Bradshaw, who died October 10 in London.

Reggae Fest '09, presented by The Prophets, will feature a great lineup of local and international reggae musicians.

Saturday, 1pm - A SUMMER beach festival will be held at Joe's Beach Bar, Ingoldmells, next year with a major line-up, including UB40.

Native Elements sound like they're channeling beams of sunshine as they sing about reggae skanking and all those other things that make you feel irie .

RESIDENTS are urged to leave their car at home and walk to a free afternoon of entertainment for the annual Car Free Day.

The combination of trombone, saxophone and trumpet, played in unison, is the standard horn section of reggae recordings and touring outfits in the earlier days of roots reggae music.

Stars from the world of soul, reggae and Motown are heading to Shuttleworth next weekend for the Midsummer Picnic Concert Party.

Cost: $5 and is 17 and over due to adult oriented kinkiness. July 30-Aug.1 * "The Love List" by Norm Foster, performed by the North Coast Rep Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets: $13 General, $11 Students/Seniors. NCRT is at 300 5th St., Eureka.

"Blessing the Children" is the theme of the 2009 Reggae Rising Music Festival . This 3-day reggae and world music festival in beautiful Humboldt County, California starts this Friday, with entrance and camping tickets still available for purchase online .

The acclaimed documentary by Wolfgang Buld that captured the birth of British reggae.

This week, according to Billboard.com, Lady GaGa becomes only the third artist in the 16-year history of the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart to score three number-one hits on a debut album when "LoveGame" officially goes to number one this week.

Joe Dukie "Deeper Waters" from the CD "Deeper Waters" 8)Timeless Legend "I Was Born To Love You" from the CD "Timeless Legend" 9)Speech Debelle "The Key" from the Single 10)Material "Reality" from the CD "The Third Power" 11)Billy Cobham "The Funky Thide Of Sings" from the LP "The Funky Thide Of Sings" 12)Defunkt "Defunkt" from the CD "New York ...

London, Island Life Festival celebrates its roots More reviews by John Aizlewood Wife of Bob: Rita Marley Look here too It seems only fair to note that they don't make record companies like Island any more.

Grace Jones in concert at the Shepherds Bush Empire, as part of the Island Records 50th Anniversary Festival Photo: PA This inaugural night of Island Records's 50th anniversary concert series was a mouth-watering prospect: it promised to reunite Grace Jones, one of the Eighties's most iconic singers, with Sly & Robbie, the all-conquering reggae ...

More than three decades after signing up to the label that launched her career into the big league, Grace Jones has celebrated Island Records landmark 50th year in London.