Ken Boothe, a stalwart of reggae\u2019s classic era, will be honored at the Rhythms of Africa show, which takes place April 26-27 at the Miramar Cultural Center in Miramar, South Florida.<\/p>\n
The legendary singer, who is battling Parkinson\u2019s disease, was recently presented with a Reggae Gold Award by the Jamaican government. A tearful Boothe took the stage at Kingston\u2019s National Indoor Sports Centre to rapturous applause to accept the award from Olivia \u201cBabsy\u201d Grange, Jamaica\u2019s entertainment minister.<\/p>\n
Willie Stewart, the former Third World drummer who founded Rhythms of Africa in 2010, said Boothe is worthy of sustained recognition.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have Mr. Ken Boothe grace our show is indeed a great honor. This man is a living, iconic legend and reggae royalty. I know the audience will be excited to see him perform and we will all honor him,\u201d Stewart noted.<\/p>\n
Boothe\u2019s career took off in the rock steady era of the mid-1960s with songs like \u2018Artibela\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018Just Another Girl\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018Puppet on a String\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and \u2018Say You\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. In the 1970s when he lived briefly in Canada, he had a number of hits including \u2018Silver Words\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and \u2018Everything I Own\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The latter topped the British national chart in late 1974.<\/p>\n Stewart disclosed that the theme for Rhythms of Africa 2025 is \u2018Music to My Ears\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. The show\u2019s headliner is Demola, a rising Nigerian violinist whose fusion of Afro Beats, pop and reggae have endeared him to fans in the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen he plays songs, it is like the singer is singing through his violin. His interpretation is amazing,\u201d said Stewart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ken Boothe, a stalwart of reggae\u2019s classic era, will be honored at the Rhythms of Africa show, which takes place April 26-27 at the Miramar Cultural Center in Miramar, South Florida. The legendary singer, who is battling Parkinson\u2019s disease, was recently presented with a Reggae Gold Award by the Jamaican government. A tearful Boothe took […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10319,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318\/revisions\/10319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}