Asher ray

01/10/2024

01/10/2024

SWEETRNB VIP
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
20.12.24
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14/09/2024

28/08/2024

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17/08/2024

Asher Ray's Exclusive Birthday Party
09.08.24

17/08/2024

TWO WEEKS TO!!

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21/06/2024

• Day Party • Brunch •

▪️Oldskool Throwback Party▪️

Sunday 1st September 2024

4pm - 10pm

Birmingham City Centre

Rnb• Hip Hop •Soul •UKG •Bashment & Slow Jamz

MILKTRAY • STONEHEART FAMILY • GANZI • JEZTA

🍔 Eat 🍹Drink 🕺🏾Dance 🎂 Birthday

30+ ID Required

Dress: Smart Casual ( No Hats Hoods or Tracksuits ) Smart Trainers ok.

Birthday & Tables: 07491029659

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15/06/2024

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05/06/2024

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05/06/2024

Brown Sugar was a British, London-based female vocal group who formed in 1976. The members were Pauline Catlin, Caron Wheeler and Carol Simms.Although short lived, the trio were influential and topped the British Reggae Chart on three occasions.
Catlin and Wheeler attended the same school and often sang together for fun with Catlin coaching Wheeler in the art of harmonies. Inspired by many of the groups and artistes from the 1960s and early 1970s, they practised diligently together and went on to win a singing competition at the Bali Hai nightclub that stood next door to the Streatham Ice Rink in London. Bali Hai was synonymous with reggae music in the mid-1970s with one of the top-ranking sound systems in South London, Soferno B, taking a residence in the club on Sunday nights. The singing contest was organised circa 1976 by Castro Brown, a relative of Jamaican singer Dennis Brown, and the same partnership went on to establish a reggae record store and record label in South West London.
Catlin came across an article in the local press about a young girl named Carol Simms who wanted to be a singer and could play the piano. She made contact with her and they agreed to meet. Catlin convinced Simms to join her and Wheeler to form a singing trio, mirroring the American black girl groups of the 1960s like The Shirelles, The Crystals, The Ronettes and The Chantels. Catlin's mother came up with the name "Brown Sugar" as she said their skin tones were a natural shade of brown just like sugar or molasses from the Caribbean.
The group was recruited to the newly formed record label instigated by Dennis Harris, John Kpiaye and Dennis Bovell. Dennis Harris chose 'Lover's Rock' as the name of the record label, taken from the title of an Augustus Pablo track.The record label title became the adopted name for the genre of music.
Brown Sugar's first release in 1977 (and the first on the Lover's Rock label) was "I'm in Love with a Dreadlocks", written by guitarist John Kpiaye.The song married a rootsy theme with the sentiments of a love song. It was a hit with sound system owners and reggae lovers, and went on to reach the top spot in the British reggae charts. Further releases included a version of the Barbara Lewis 1963 Billboard chart-topper "Hello Stranger", and "Black Pride", a song penned by Kpiaye that celebrated black skin.
Following disillusionment with how the members were treated by their record label, the group temporarily separated. Let down by those who should have guided them, they were too young to appreciate the intricacies of the music business and the vast potential a music career could offer them. After the group's departure from the label, Harris released "Free", followed by "Forever My Darling" and "Do You Really Love Me". Catlin continued to record with her sister Carolyn and as Pauline from Brown Sugar. Wheeler and Simms (adopting the stage name of Kofi) went on to pursue solo careers.
In 1978 Brown Sugar reunited and embarked on a UK tour with Dennis Brown. Working with Studio 16 producer Winston Edwards, and inspired by Pat Kelly's hit "I Am So Proud", the trio released their own version of the Impressions' classic on the Decca/Studio 16 label in 1979. Other releases included "Our Reggae Music", "Confession Hurts", "Dreaming of Zion", and a rendition of John Holt's song "You And Your Smiling Face". They had another hit in 1983 with "Go Now".The group won numerous awards including a Black Echoes magazine prize for 'Best Vocal Group',[1] and performed with and supported many artists including Aswad and Janet Kay.
Wheeler and Catlin also worked as backing vocalists in the mid-1980s on recordings such as Keith Douglas's "Cool Down Amina".
After Brown Sugar, Wheeler went on to achieve mainstream success with Soul II Soul.[1] Simms continued with a successful solo career and also worked with Soul II Soul for a brief period in 1992. During the 1980s Catlin began performing on the gospel circuit with a group called "Chosen" and in 2012 she relaunched a solo career under the moniker of Shezekiel.
The story of the group was partly related in the 2011 film The Story of Lovers Rock, directed by Menelik Shabazz. The film also featured music from Brown Sugar.

13/03/2024

👊🏾 headlining was worth the trip to LON

20/11/2023

SWEET RNB Host Room 2 at TREVOR NELSON’s Soul Nation Party in Manchester.

Saturday 10th February 2024

Band On Wall
25 Swan St
Manchester
M4 5JZ

30s+ ID REQUIRED
Dress Code: Very Smart

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26/10/2023

FINAL TICKETS ⭐ BIRMINGHAM Real Deal Comedy Jam Live Show 2023: "Halloween Special" This Sunday 29th October LIVE at ROSIES 🎫 www.rdcj.net • Ticket link https://fatso.ma/Ymkr AUTUMN TOUR FINALE LINE-UP: 🤖 Will-E - Def Comedy Jam Legend ✈️ Kevin J - MTV / 🇳🇬 Viral Sensation 🍽️ Shazia Mirza - Celebrity MasterChef 🤰🏾 Kyrah Gray - 🇯🇲 Comedy Central Hosted by Quincy of Sky One's In The Long Run TV Series alongside DJ JB Wassifa 🎧 "Join our biggest celebration of live stand-up comedy entertainment"

24/10/2023

Dear RNB Block Party fans,

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Halloween R&B Block Party Birmingham, originally scheduled for Sunday 29th October, has now been forced to postpone (NEW DATE To Be Announced this Friday 27th October)

This announcement comes with deep regret and our sincerest apologies. But rest assured, we're coming back even bigger and better with some new huge names to be added from the R&B world to join the current line-up to now give you a bigger show of the best live music, at no extra cost to you, and hopefully go some way in compensating you for the postponement.

We are working hard with the venue to see which dates we can reschedule to .

All tickets remain valid so hold on to them as our new line-up will not disappoint!

Soul Nation

19/10/2023

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13/10/2023

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12/10/2023

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BBC Radio 1Xtra is to launch its second daytime show outside of London with DJ Day Day hosting mid-mornings from Birmingham.

12/10/2023

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Hall of Fame Legends Shaq and Iverson are Back in Action! 🏀🚀
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