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Follow on Google News |  Hip Hop Star Bajah from Sierra Leone, Africa Kickstarts the GingerNewYork TV Show, NYCAfrican Superstar Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew are Scheduled to Perform during the 2014 New Year's Show of GingerNewYork. MC Malik Work to Co-Host. Music Director Swiss Chris is the Curator for the Jan 3rd Show. 2pm, EST, Time Warner Cable Ch. 34
Bajah from The Dry Eye Crew - Sierra Leone, Africa Photo Credit: Ryan Muir In Sierra Leone, now emerging from the throes of a brutal 11-year civil war, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew are hailed as "the voice of the voiceless," speaking out against political and social injustices, spreading messages of peace and reconciliation, outing corrupt politicians, and inspiring the disenfranchised youth to pursue their dreams. The Dry Eye Crew—which consists of Bajah, A-Klazz, Dovy Dovy in the USA and the Jungle Leaders (Funky Fred, Dell, and Sly) presently in London—started writing, recording, and performing together in 2000, and quickly rose to the heights of fame in their home country, playing to 50,000-deep crowds regularly at the National Stadium in Freetown. http://www.cnn.com/ Love is a theme of Bajah + Dry Eye Crew’s music, and the joy and love their legions of fans have shown them comes through in their energetic, powerful live performances. They've performed at The Roots Picnic (by invitation from The Roots), at Carnegie Hall for the annual Tibet House fundraiser, at Lincoln Center Out Of Doors, in Prospect Park at the Celebrate Brooklyn: All For Africa benefit, at many Roots Jam sessions, at the United Nations and more. The group toured the USA for the first time in 2012 opening for Epic recording artist, Nneka. They have also shared the stage with John Legend,Iggy Pop, Shaggy, Regina Spektor, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Ziggy Marley, Joss Stone, John Forte, Angelique Kidjo,Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, the “Fela!” cast among others since touching down on American soil. Recently the gruop was tapped by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to craft a song about development and perform it live at a TED event. http://www.planetbajah.com In Africa, they have released 7+ full-length albums (that have all gone platinum in Sierra Leone) as well as contribute music to the Academy Award–nominated film Blood Diamond, Beat the World, and the title track for the acclaimed documentaryWar Don Don. 2013 will mark the group’s first international release on National Geographic Music. It will also mark Bajah’s debut as a producer, introducing Native Groove Records, dropping three albums entirely produced, recorded, and engineered by the ‘Lyrical Paparel,’ Bajah. The first in the series, Cotton Tree, includes songs from the entire Dry Eye Crew. The second will be a solo album from the artist and the third will include a compilation of emerging talent from throughout Sierra Leone and the diaspora. In Sierra Leone, the term "dry eye" is an expression of boldness. It is a reference to "no tears" a.k.a "dry eyes" and they hope that their music will bring joy and understanding to everybody that it touches. Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew are sharing their unique perspective on life and spreading their message of hope, love, and inspiration across the globe through their vibrant, infectious music and their electrifying live shows, and the world is listening... GingerNewYork found on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) since launching in November, 2010, has been showcasing the “Kool Kats…Gotham Nights” greats of music and culture of New York and beyond. What defines GingerNewYork is its host Ginger Broderick’s unique insight, connection to and pulse on the music and culture of Gotham making GingerNewYork one of the most sought after programs to appear on. GingerNewYork can be seen in Manhattan on Time Warner Cable Channel 34, Fios Channel 33, and RCN Channel 82, every Friday afternoon at 2pm EST. It can also be seen live streaming on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network's website, www.mnn.org, Channel 1. About GingerNewYork host Ginger Broderick: Broderick perhaps better known to many as “The Media CPA” is a fixture on the media circuit. Ms. Broderick appeared regularly for eight years on weekend morning financial segments for WABC Eyewitness News. She has appeared on Good Day New York, WNBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox Business News, Bloomberg, NY1 and WOR Radio discussing tax-related issues. She has interviewed with top financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Wealth Manager. Ms. Broderick completed her TV Producer’s Certification at Manhattan Neighborhood Network and launched her own talk/variety show, GingerNewYork. Segments of the show are aired LIVE at the MNN studios and taped at the Gibson Guitar showroom/Rehearsal Studios in New York City. Broderick is a faculty member of Queens College/CUNY Continuing Education Program. Broderick obtained a B.S. degree in accounting from St. John’s University in New York City and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of New York. Show Contact Information: GingerNewYork 'Kool Kats...Gotham Nights' Email: gingernewyorktv@ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ Photo of Ms. Broderick Courtesy of Rasheem Morris End
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