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Day 2
Tuesday - February 19

9.00-10.30

Session 1A – Assembly Hall

Routes to Jamaican Popular Music 1 – The Role of Jazz

Maurice Gordon, Myrna Hague, Herbie Miller

 

Session 1B

Religious and Spiritual Transformations through Reggae

Matt Sanders, Curtis Jacobs et al, David Walsh
10.30-11.00 BREAK  
11.00-12.00

PLENARY - Reggae in Jamaica
Assembly Hall

Peter Ashbourne - " Two
Turning Points in Jamaica
Popular Music"
Chair: Prof. Rex Nettleford
 
12.00-2.00

Lunch and Entertainment – Reggae Village , Old Dramatic Theatre

Blue Glaze Band

Reggae Icon Multimedia Tribute

 

 
2.00-3.30

Session 2A

Exploring Musical Topographies

Sarah Daynes, T.I. Williams, Sonjah Stanley-Niaah

Session 2B – Old Dramatic Theatre

Transnational Connections: Jamaican Music and Youth Cultures

Kavin Paulraj, Lara Elizabeth Putnam, Lisa Tomlinson, Jean Oliver Cretara

 

3.30-5.00

Session 3A – Assembly Hall

Routes to Jamaican Popular Music 2 – Bringing it all Back Home

Kenneth Bilby, Daniel Neely, L'Antoinette Stines

 

Session 3B – Old Dramatic Theatre

Revolutionary Rumblings

Tashal Brown, Abdoulaye Gaye, Karen Tran

 

5.00-5.30 BREAK  
5.30-7:00

PLENARY – Reggae in the UK and Europe - Assembly Hall

Amon Saba Saakana

Ellen Kohlings
Chair: Prof. Rupert Lewis

 

7:00-8:00

Evening Showcase
Phillip Sherlock Centre
for the Creative Arts

Launch of Photographic
Exhibition and Book Launch–

 

 

8:00--

Roger Steffens – Multimedia Presentation

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