GRIOTS REPUBLIC - An Urban Black Travel Mag - March 2016
ISSUE #3: IRELAND Profiles: Arlette Bomahou, Illa J, African Gospel Choir Dublin, Godfrey Chimbganda, Fabu D
ISSUE #3: IRELAND
Profiles: Arlette Bomahou, Illa J, African Gospel Choir Dublin, Godfrey Chimbganda, Fabu D
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Written By: Remi Daniel<br />
Not so long ago, the forms of<br />
entertainment you found in<br />
Ireland were mostly the Irish<br />
traditional music and any such<br />
events that promote and target<br />
the Irish culture and audience<br />
respectively.However, all that<br />
has changed in the last few<br />
decades as this Celtic nation<br />
has experienced, and is still<br />
experiencing, a shift both in<br />
its cultural and entertainment<br />
landscapes.<br />
Today, every industry that<br />
matters in Ireland looks and<br />
feels differently as the world<br />
becomes even smaller. Irish<br />
people love to travel. Irish<br />
people are good story tellers.<br />
<strong>An</strong>d the same passion with<br />
which they share their travel<br />
experiences is how they share<br />
their own story abroad, which<br />
may have set a trend for people<br />
in their host countries to want<br />
to come and visit this small, but<br />
boisterous country of 5 million<br />
people.<br />
Ireland offers almost 9,000 miles<br />
of coastline and its rich history<br />
dates back to prehistoric times.<br />
So visiting Ireland may seem like<br />
a clean break for many, which<br />
probably explains why half a<br />
million people from 192 nations<br />
now make this place their<br />
home. As a result, new events<br />
and festivals are promoting and<br />
targeting issues and audiences<br />
on a global scale. One such<br />
events is the Neo Soul Brigade<br />
hosted in Dublin on the first<br />
Tuesday of every second month<br />
by a three-piece band called<br />
Vice & Verses.<br />
Vice & Verses is a soul-jazz<br />
spoken word trio comprising of:<br />
Giovanni Agostini, Venezuelan/<br />
Italian, on bass; Enda Roche,<br />
Irish, on guitar and Clara<br />
Rose Thornton, American,<br />
vocals. They play at the jazzera<br />
decorated Liquor Rooms<br />
on Wellington Quay, featuring<br />
rotating international guests<br />
and traditional African-American<br />
music both evolved and<br />
updated.<br />
“The Neo Soul Brigade focuses<br />
on wordsmithery, evolved soul,<br />
jazz and hip-hop,” explained<br />
the Chicago-born, two-time<br />
Leinster Poetry Slam Champion,<br />
founder and host Clara Rose<br />
Thornton. “This is a celebration<br />
of storytelling and music like no<br />
other in Ireland.”<br />
“The Neo<br />
Soul Brigade<br />
focuses on<br />
wordsmithery,<br />
evolved soul,<br />
jazz and<br />
hip-hop...”
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