EDISON HOLDER It was the evening of May 27, 1987, and Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, led by the illustrious Pat Bishop, had just conquered the mighty Carnegie Hall, the colossus of concert venues, leaving the usually reserved audience, the cream of the New York upper crust, in uproar. We were backstage, ecstatic and basking in the
NIGEL A CAMPBELL Legendary Jamaica-American entertainer and social activist Harry Belafonte, (born Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr. to Jamaican parents in New York) died at age 96 on April 25 leaving behind a legacy of notable accolades in humanitarian activism in America, and a parallel high-profile career as actor and singer that places him in the
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