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EURO REGGAE FEST 2009

Saturday, November 28 2009, GRAMMY AWARD winning INNER CIRCLE was headline EURO REGGAE WINTERFEST at THE CONGRESS THEATER performing songs from their just released album STATE OF DA WORLD and their international hit SWEAT (A LA LA LA LONG).

The iconic Jamaican reggae group INNER CIRCLE travels to the far reaches of the world bringing their hot rocking brand of reggae. Dubai, Japan, the Philipines, Brussels, Australia, New Zealand, Sumfest in Jamaica, is only a few of the places INNER CIRCLE has played in the last couple of years. Known in Jamaica for their ROCKERS reggae sound, INNER CIRCLE is one of the few original reggae bands who still perform and record regularly. INNER CIRCLE played the famous Peace Concert in Jamaica where Bob Marley united two opposing political factions to shake hands and bring peace to Jamaica. The video “Heartland Reggae” brings to life this famous moment in history. They contributed the soundtrackand appeared in the classic Jamaican movie ROCKERS.

Supporting this great show is Reggae artist from Poland and France. This combines for a truly international flavor. Jamal (sold out during their last Chicago appearance), Jamal is known for their hit song Policeman, was #1 song 2005 in Poland.
At the beginning of it’s activity Jamal was a producers duet: Tomasz Mioduszewski (aka. Miodu) and Lukasz Borowiecki. Duet was founded in 1999 in Polish city - Radom. First created tracks were typical hip hop music. After some time they started to be interested in reggae and raggamuffin genres. In 2001 they stopped it’s activity and met together once again as a band 2004. As a consequence duet has recorder their debut album called “Revolutions”, which has been released 18th June 2005. Miodu is a very interesting and controversial artist. He began his music adventure from playing guitar and singing in hardcore bands and finally came to singing reggae, ragamuffin and dancehall music.