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DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR REGGAE POSTER CONTEST

3/4/2018

The International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC) is an initiative designed to celebrate positive international reggae culture. The contest highlights the globalization of reggae and the resounding impact of its message. The contest was founded by Michael Thompson and Maria Papaefstathiou in 2011. The umbrella term “reggae,” as used by the organizers of the International Reggae Poster Contest, encompasses all the popular Jamaican musical genres: Ska, Rocksteady, Roots Reggae, Dub, Dancehall and the unique Jamaican Sound System.

Click here for the IRPC website and links to submit your work.

MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA DONATES A COPY OF "MAN IN THE STREET" TO EVERY REGGAE AUCTION BIDDER!

2/24/2018

This year, everyone who bids on any item in the Reggae Auction (click here) will receive a complimentary digital copy of "Man In The Street" recorded by the Melbourne Ska Orchestra!

Originally recorded by the Skatalites featuring Alpha past student Don Drummond, "Man In The Street" is a ska classic!

REGGAE AUCTION 2018 PROUD TO INCLUDE ASTRO SAULTER IN ITS CONTEMPORARY ART CATEGORY

1/30/2018

"Ackee" by Astro Saulter

The 2nd Annual International Reggae Auction is set to launch Feb 1 and continues through Reggae Month with a special auction event to close the month-long charity campaign on February 28. This year, we are especially pleased to include artwork from Jamaican artist Astro Saulter in the items up for bid. Proceeds from the sale of the work by Mr Saulter, who has cerebral palsy, will support Mr Saulter's healthcare expenses.

Watch the video below to learn more about Mr Saulter and stay tuned for the details about the art up for bid...

URBAN SUNSET. A TRIBUTE TO DEADLEY HEADLEY

12/16/2017

Tredd Smith films presents Saxsemilla. A salute to Headley Bennett and The Alpha Boys School.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF REGGAE MUSIC

12/3/2017

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that evolved out of the earlier genres like Ska and Rocksteady. The shift from Rocksteady to reggae was illustrated by the organ shuffle pioneered by Jamaican musicians like Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright.

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ALPHA ALL STARS & RAE TOWN OLD HITS UNITE IN OLD HARBOUR BAY

10/19/2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS LOU

9/7/2017

Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, she worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language"). Visit her website here.

(LONDON) BLACK SOUND: BLACK BRITISH MUSIC'S JOURNEY OF CREATIVE INDEPENDENCE

9/4/2017

Black Sound tells the story of 100 years of musical creativity and DIY ingenuity. Overcoming the majority status quo of the music industry, Black British music has migrated from the margins to re-master the mainstream. This exhibition celebrates the pioneers that made it happen – the players, the promoters, the producers and the punters that changed Britain’s cultural history.

THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL SKA FEST LINE UP IS SET

9/3/2017

DERRICK MORGAN
THE ORIGINAL ACES
PAMA INTERNATIONAL
ALPHEUS
MAROON TOWN
BOMBSKARE
THE UPPERTONES
CARA-JANE MURPHY
SMILEY & THE UNDERCLASS

DJS/SOUNDS:
Gladdy Wax sound system
Axis valv-a-tron valve sound system
Phil Bush Sounds & Pressure lo-fi valve sound system
Tighten Up crew

LONDON IS CALLING! ALPHA POST GRADS TO PERFORM WITH YOUTH MUSICIANS IN LONDON, ENGLAND AUGUST 27.

8/16/2017

On Sunday 27th August three of our most recent music graduates and members of the Alpha Boys Band will be performing music in London England with fellow young musicians from Youthsayers and Raw Material, a Brixton-based arts and vocation incubator for local youth. Please save the date and be a part of this great event! Come and see the results of an exciting collaboration from a week of workshops taking place at Raw Material. The visit by The Alpha students is sponsored by UK band Madness in conjunction with Raw Material Music and Media and support from National Baking Company in Jamaica. Click here for the Facebook event page!