Rita Ray, The Shrine, Bracknell, England South Hill Park Arts Centre hosts Rita Ray and The Shrine, Saturday March 20 at the Atrium in Bracknell. The Shrine, London's hottest Afro-Beat club, is itself an homage to the late, great Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti. Ray, a DJ, musician, World Service presenter, and founder of The Shrine, will be featured in a night of the hottest, steamiest and raciest Afro-Funk this side of Kuti's legendary club, a hotbed of intellectual and artistic activity.

Bong for the Beat! The One World Beat festival got an early boost February 7, thanks to Greg Viljoen (aka Mr Bong) in South Africa, who made an early donation and gave OWB preparations a lift. He donated proceeds from his "drum 'n' bass / house 'n' breaks" night to One World Beat's primary charity, Keep a Child Alive.

SENSE at Carfax in Newtown featured Dieselboy and MC Messinian on the drum 'n' bass floor, with Ambush and Organic, The Final Plate, Syndrome, Latitude and DJP in support. The house 'n' breaks floor features Mr Bong and bRotheRMAN, Stuart Hillary, Missile Myles, Frank J. and Jon S. TwoTwiggs Xperiment provides band management, promotion and development in South Africa. The website features music, merchandise and events listings; also read about Caytie Marvelis, a band developing a bridge between live band music and electronic dance music. Email.

Kudos to these early supporters

UK White Lyon roars	DRC Humanitarian hip-hop
Germany Creative Cologne	Ghana Artistry in Accra
Kenya Gospel and dance	Switzerland Musical metallica
UK Love United in Colchester	USA/Los Angeles Lighthouse Cafe
Germany Gladenbach gets the spirit	UK/Leeds Four-band CD sales benefit
Burkina Faso Concerts and films	Thailand Eight bands beat the blues
USA/Georgia Solar flair in Marietta	USA/Texas Blue Hat Festival
UK music/karting jumpstarts festival	Pakistan AMAL theater artistry
USA/New York BrowNoise Music hip-hops	United Arab Emirates Unite!

UKBands.net	Wales Tunetown
Japan Chopin heads East	Duisburg Rock-Office
Amsterdam Hard Rock Cafe	South Korea Giant Step
UK events taking shape	Canada Edmonton's solidarity festival
London Shepherds Bush Empire	Scotland Stepping up the Beat
Canada Waging peace at Fiddler's Roost	Australia Club Acoustica

Participating artists
Soi Dog Band fights AIDS	Elspeth Duncan heals hearts
Stuart Blance a musical message	Larry Edoff Helping those in need
Elena rocks London	Miss Behavin' in Germany
Dorje Turning up Toronto volume	Issue 16 at cafe chaos Canada
Kenn Smith Chicago bassist	Elaine K in NYC/USA
Magical Micallef in Malta	Cara Moore and Krane Wales
Monkey Puzzle punk at the park	Dementia Praecox rocks Greece
Zero Degree Atoll coordinator/performer	Alex of Sour Addiction - Switzerland
Martha Abello and Perfect Dark Spain	Kamel Ettounsi Tunisian folk turns funky

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