Author: Miranda Rae

Miranda Rae is a Producer and Presenter with over 25 years experience of working in radio and music industries including her own weekly show on BBC Radio 5 for which she won a Sony Award and many years on the infamous Galaxy Radio where Miranda played a pivotal role in the UK’s music scene. Miranda assists in overseeing, and helps to curate over 50 programmes a week. The role is multi-faceted and includes training, broadcasting, producing, programming, supporting emerging talent, social media, PR & publicity, event management and stage management, employing many technical skills including editing and using many different software as a user and a programmer.

The OG of Jungle in Bristol with Full Live Band – Ray Keith!

The Renegade (live) ft Ray Keith on Sunday 30th April – Monday 1st May 2023! Playing Dread Anthems & Classics from the last 30 years!

One of the latest DJ’s to join the Ujima fam is Ray Keith you can listen to his exclusive mix on the last Saturday of every month at Midnight on Legends In The Mix on Ujima Radio!  We are proud to announce that you can come & join us watch this true innovator perform live, some of his most celebrated classics alongside his brand new band. Ray has pulled out all the stops so expect a whole bunch of surprises throughout the evening. Plus he will be going b2b Nicky Blackmarket.

This is a family affair not to miss! Band on stage at 20:30hrs!

Doors: 6PM
Renegade Live with 3 piece band ft. Ray Keith

MC’s:
Navigator & Juiceman

DJ’s
Sasha Steppa (DJ)
E-Lisa (DJ)

Afterparty 10PM (Free entry with gig ticket):

Ray Keith b2b Nicky Blackmarket
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*VERY SPECIAL GUEST TO BE ANNOUNCED*

Music Genres:

Breaks, Drum n Bass, Jungle, Old Skool, Reggae

Groups:

Lost Horizon HQ group


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Bristol Singer – Mary In The Mirror tipped for the top!

Latest Single from Mary In The Mirror is causing a stir!

Out this week Mary In The Mirror’s latest single ‘Enough’ represents this Bristol artist and her growth and development as the next best thing to come out of the city renowned for breaking boundaries!

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Mary In The Mirror’s uniquely soulful and sultry vocals provide the finishing touch on a bass-heavy, hip-hop and RnB backdrop, combining vocal elements of folk and soul which have been compared to the likes of Bjork and Kate Bush. Her lyrical content is frank and no-holds-barred, and evokes honest storylines of honesty and hardship. Mary brought her powerful and mysterious vocals to the studio for live performances of ‘Beautiful Places’ and ‘Enough’.

Check it out now!

Listen to Mary in the Mirror:

Spotify:

https://tinyurl.com/4xsf9n9j

Follow Mary in the Mirror online:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryminamusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missmaryint…

Filmed 20th January 2023 at Woodbox Studios.


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Beyond Equality is a change-making organisation!

Beyond Equality is a change-making organisation that works with men and boys to promote positive masculinities.

 

Men and boys are in a crisis with their mental health, their sense of identity and the violence they inflict on women, girls and each other.

Beyond Equality equips men with new perspectives, kickstarting a process of change for individuals and the community; and empowering us all to be better.

Beyond Equality is partnering with Movember to launch ‘Men’s Health Hubs’ across the UK. They will train a team of local facilitators to run a series of transformative workshops for groups of men aged 18-30 around subjects such as ‘collective resilience’, ‘mental wellbeing’ and ‘allyship’.

The aim of the project is to start new conversations among groups of men and overcome the stigma of asking for help, challenge harmful norms around masculinity and create a safer and more inclusive community.

They are looking for existing community groups of young men in Bristol aged 18-30 to deliver their fully-funded workshops to.

If you are connected to a group of men aged 18-30 that you feel would benefit from taking part in these workshops, please email bristol@beyondequality.org.

 

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Former Ujima Presenter hits dizzy heights as Professional DJ & Journalist!

Out of 5,000 applications, former Ujima Presenter & now BBC Journalist, Dawn Limbu aka DJ Chiedza has made it as one of the 36 artists to be awarded a residency with @pirateofficial!!

Huge congratulations to Dawn from all your Ujima family.
Pirate received 5,000 applications for a Pirate Residency 2023 but only 36 artists were chosen. They will have their music played on the radio and will perform at venues and festivals across the UK, US, and Germany. Now we’re asking you to cast your vote and support DJ Chiedza in the public vote to decide who will receive £/$/€10K in free studio time and 1:1 mentoring.
To cast your vote head to the Pirate website using this link:
https://pirate.com/en/residency/public-vote/?utm_campaign=residency-public-vote&utm_source=artist&utm_medium=CHIEDZA20
There is also a special discount code h that will give you 20% for your first Pirate Studios session. Just enter CHIEDZA20 – valid until the end of April.
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An Art Exhibition by Jean Joseph

On Freedom: Whose Story? Whose Lens? – An Art Exhibition by Jean Joseph

Artist Jean Joseph is working with the Modern Marronage Project, MMB and a group of asylum-seekers to present an exhibition on freedom at CentreSpace Gallery, Bristol. There will be a number of talks and events alongside the exhibition. Further information here.

There will be a number of talks and events alongside the exhibition. Please see the poster below for more details.

 

DETAILS

Start:
Friday 28 April
End:
Wednesday 3 May

VENUE

Centrespace Gallery
6 St Leonard Lane
Bristol, BS11EA United Kingdom+ Google Map
Jean Joseph is a London-based visual artist and cultural facilitator, born in Dominica. Her practice taps into influences that cross continents; Africa, the Americas, her place in Britain. Joseph’s paintings are often narrative-based and layered in combinations of mixed/plastic media, often accentuated with collage, metal, wood or text. This methodology enables experimentation and scaling – an unhindered approach to dimensions and materiality, creating constructions and embedding signifiers. She has a background in spatial design and a broad interest in the built and natural environment and subsequent human geography – specifically anthropogenic effects. Often, she navigates the middle ground between dimensions to interweave stories; the societal and historical. At times, these take on fully sculptural forms.Joseph first exhibited her layered works focusing on disappearing Caribbean architecture at Tricycle Gallery in 2002 in Recycle Redeem, a joint show. She has since exhibited widely – most significantly, ‘We’ve already paid – Journeys & Kinship’ launched in 2010 at arc Gallery North London, a gallery she was involved in establishing. This body of work is a narrative on the human transatlantic trade, envisioned in Elmina Fortress on the Ghanaian coast.Her practice has comprised writing, curating and working with various West African artists who are based in the UK or on the African continent. She has hosted events for creatives, mentored in the community, facilitated art-focused and learning workshops, and delivered community-centred projects with institutions, such as the Museum of London and London Borough of Brent Arts & Libraries and Archives. As a co-facilitator, she was one of a group of artists interacting with workers at McVities biscuit factory in Something Different, an immersive residency supported by Create London and local development partners.In 2019 Joseph co-founded EARTHworks [Artists] Collective, aiming to address the lack of intergenerational, wellbeing in creativity, and support for older artists/participants. As well as continuing her practice and exhibiting, she has worked on a range of art projects; mentoring within the arts, exhibition development, such as ‘Redefining Balance’, the work of Zimbabwean artist, Tafadzwa Gwetai, a show presented online in December 2020 to January 2021 with co-founder Gaynor Tutani. This project continues to gain further interest, and in its next iteration will form part of an academic/creative partnership.

Joseph wrote, curated and participated in ‘Fragments & Visibility’, a group show on the EARTHworks platform at University College London Hospital’s gallery space, appreciated by both medical staff and patients. The exhibition exemplified their ethos on wellbeing as a core objective of the Collective’s vision.

Joseph currently works out of her studio within the Second Floor Studios & Arts Community.

                 

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JIMMY GALVIN / LOVE LETTER TO THE MOON / A fundraising concert for Bristol Drugs Project at The Mount Without / Bristol/ April 27th

Jimmy Galvin is organising and playing at a fundraising concert for Bristol Drugs Project at the stunning Mount Without on April 27th.

Tickets are £15 and available now from Eventbrite.

 

Jimmy Galvin is a composer, producer, arranger and visual artist, who has composed music for the BBC, Channel 4 and the award winning independent film Lido.

He has also exhibited alongside artists such as Sir Peter Blake, Damien Hirst and Antony Gormley, as well as being responsible for bringing an exhibition by Yoko Ono to the Georgian House in 2019.

 

The concert will feature:

JIMMY GALVIN / Solo Piano Performance

REVERB / Harp and Voice duo

KETIBU / Acoustic Set

MARK ELY/ Featuring a 20 Piece Choir

COLIN MOODY / Films

This will be a stunning concert in the memorable setting of The Mount Without

 

For a taster of Jimmy Galvin’s solo piano performance you can listen here www.jimmygalvinmusic.com also Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music etc

The grand piano is being supplied by Bath Piano Workshop.

 

   

 


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The Kevin Philemon Show & team pay tribute to Jah Shaka!

On the Kevin Philemon Show tomorrow on Ujima Radio at 10am featuring DJ Style and the team  pay tribute to Jah Shaka.   Special guests include Blacker Dread formerly of Coxsone Sound  and Grammy Nominated Tippa Irie from Saxon Sound, plus Ujima’s Jendayi (Glocal Show).

Also Mykaell Riley from Steele Pulse discusses a new Windrush Top 20 to celebrate this year’s 75th anniversary of the Windrush first arriving in Britain.
The playlist includes Stormzy, Massive Attack, Loose Ends and many more.


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Save Bob Marley Beach in Jamaica!!

Free and Public access to Bob Marley Beach, along with the health and integrity of the local ecology, are all under immediate threat!

Help save one of the world’s most beautiful landmarks spiritually and physically!

Not many of you would know about the beautiful natural haven at the foot of Sugar Loaf Hill, 9 miles outside Kingston, Jamaica. This beach area has a long-standing Rastafarian history and presence. It was occupied by Bongo Gabby (also known as Natty Dread), father of Rubba aka Norman Stephenson. Rubba is a well known and loved artist, dancer and drummer and is calling for our help. The Crowdfunder has been running for months for so far only raised £500!  Come on guys, lets help and share this story far and wide.  Ziggy and Cedella Marley are now both behind this campaign too.  Rubba’s father, Natty Dread and the patriarch of the Ancient Nyahbinghi order who, along with Mortimer Planno, was responsible for teaching the ways of Rastafari to Bob Marley through mentorship. Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer all lived here with Bongo Gabby, creating music that has inspired so many people on this planet. The Wailers were all stalwart supporters of the longstanding Rastafari settlement, in existence since the 1950s.

Free and Public access to Bob Marley Beach, along with the health and integrity of the local ecology, are all under immediate threat by an outside investor determined to build an exclusive luxury hotel. This appeal is to defend our land ownership rights, ensure the whole beach remains open for everyone’s use, not just the select few.
Please sign and share the online petition: 
Please donate and share the crowdfunder:
https://gofund.me/69af3d76
Find out more when Rubba joins The Word with Miranda this Friday 21st April between 4-6pm live on Ujima Radio!
Evidence of the negative effects of discriminatory beach access laws at work:
● ‘The side of Jamaica you never get to see’ (Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown) link to youtube
● ‘Advocacy group bats for protected access to Bob Marley Beach in St Thomas’
● ‘Residents facing eviction from Bob Marley Beach in St. Thomas’ http://radiojamaicanewsonline.com/local/residents-facing-eviction-from-bob-marley-beach-in-st-thomas
● ‘Bob Marley Beach Residents Angered At Eviction Orders’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfVwW3aaNYs
● ‘Residents fight to protect access to Bob Marley Beach’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2XLKXTJet4
● Newspaper article from our attorney in response to Prime minister’s announcement https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/attorney-leaving-bob-marley-beach-dispute-to-courts/
● Smile TV Jamaica interview with lawyer Marcus Goffe and JaBBEM director Devon Taylor: ‘The Battle for Bob Marley Beach SmileTV’ youtube
● Audio recording of a radio interview with Glocal Ujima FM on my website, www.afidance.org/bobmarleybeachnewsupdates: Bob Marley Beach News Blog
We thank you for your kind support.
One Love.
Norman ‘Rubba’ Stephenson
(Son of Rastafari Elder Bongo Gabby)
We must “Get up, Stand Up” to stop the inequity caused by outdated post-colonialist laws that let commercial tourism overrule the rights of the public of Jamaica and the protection of its natural environment.
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Ziggy and Cedella Marley join Campaign To Keep Bob Marley Beach Free and Open

Bob Marley Siblings Ziggy & Cedella Marley, recently posted a petition poster on his social media account. You can help too!

The Marley siblings, Ziggy & Cedell lent their voices in support of the Birthright Environmental Movement’s (JABEM) bid to get the government of Jamaica to grant unconditional access to, and use of all Jamaica’s beaches. One of the beaches that they want to protect access to is the Bob Marley Beach in St Andrew.

Ziggy, Bob Marley’s oldest son, recently posted a petition poster on his social media account.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLaRs0JGEg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Cedella also shared the post and expressed similar sentiments.

“Jamaican people should be able to freely enjoy Jamaican waters like many of us did before,” she said.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLmlJYJAo5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

 

 

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