Third World’s Cat Coore plays the violin while new lead singer AJ Brown sings during a recent performance. – Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer— The Coalition to Preserve Reggae (CPR) Music, Inc has joined forces with the International African Arts Festival (IAAF) to bring roots reggae music back to the main stage of the festival for the 43rd staging of the annual event. The festival is held at the Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, NY, where IAAF staff and volunteers transform the city park into a cultural oasis for the celebration of traditional and contemporary expressions of various aspects of African arts and culture. Roots reggae music has long been celebrated at the festival but its presence had waned in recent years. The collaboration was announced at the 45th annual Malcolm X Black Unity Awards Program where newly installed IAAF chairman, Professor Segun Shabaka … Read entire article »