Mishka

Like his older sister, singer/songwriter Heather Nova (created Heather Frith), pop-reggae singer Mishka was raised at sea, traveling from island to island in the West Indies on his Canadian parents’ sailboat, where he received the majority of his education and paid attention to whatever music he could. When his parents came back to Canada, he finished school and came back towards the Caribbean, ultimately learning to be a competitive windsurfer and representing Bermuda at worldwide meets. For the time being, he previously also adopted songwriting, and he chanced to meet up and win over Creation Records mind Alan McGee along with his vocal capability in past due 1996; with prodding from Nova, Mishka was authorized to an archive contract the next yr. His eponymous debut recording, a variety of pop, reggae, spirit, and vocalist/songwriter folk-rock, premiered in 1999.