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Performance / Tour

Something Positive Releases "Vision" - CD Release Party on June 27th at The Madelyn (NYC)

Source: Shaun M. Rasmussen
June 20, 2013

The number one Afro-Caribbean performing company in the United States, Something Positive, will launch their latest CD titled Vision at their 4th Annual Cocktails & Conversations benefit on Thursday, June 27th, 7PM at New York City hot spot The Madelyn. This benefit and CD release honors the 10th anniversary of founder and Rapso music pioneer Cheryl Byron’s passing. The release is a reprise of Cheryl Byron and Something Positive’s recordings from their acclaimed 1993 album, Freedom Soon Come. This re-mastered ...

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Performance / Tour

Something Positive to Honor Nina Simone, Cheryl Byron, Pearl Primus

Source: Shaun M. Rasmussen
April 22, 2011

On Saturday, June 4th, 8PM at Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts (Long Island University Brooklyn Campus) the dynamic Brooklyn based performing arts company, Something Positive will kickoff Caribbean Heritage month with “Ancestral Chant," a concert that celebrates the lives and artistic legacies of three stalwarts of African American and Caribbean Culture; Rapso music pioneer, Cheryl Byron; the Grandmother of African American dance, Pearl Primus; and Jazz legend, Nina Simone. A pre-concert fundraising reception, “Cocktails & Conversations" 6PM, at the ...

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Technology

Facebook fans say Tina Turner For Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: Shaun M. Rasmussen
September 19, 2010

Facebook is at it again! This time in support of rock n' rolls most glamorous rocker, Tina Turner. Three fans in New York, Germany and the United Kingdom joined forces to start a campaign on the social networking site facebook to get the iconic rocker the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Since Shaun Rasmussen, Anja Offerman and Richard Hudson founded the page, more than 10,000 people have signed up in support of Ms. Turner. To handle the level of fans ...

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