Tag Archives: Contemporary Reggae

Hailing from Bradford in the U.K., Rootsman provides moved from a reasonably traditional root base reggae sound for an eclectic, experimental dub strategy up to date by African, Middle Eastern, and Asian noises, as well simply because digital dance music. After creating his very own Third Eyesight label in the …

Puerto Rican singer/guitarist Millo Torres began monitoring music at an extremely early age, joining different rings while attending Boston College or university, later on, graduating from Berklee University of Music. When the talented musician came back to his indigenous country he shaped a Latin ska/reggae music group called Un Tercer …

The brainchild of brothers Ron and Vaughn Benjamin, Midnite formed in the Virgin Islands island of St. Croix in 1989. The quintet people possess included Dion Hopkins (drums), Joe Straws (bass), Trippa (acoustic guitar), Ron (keyboards), and Vaughn (lead vocals). They’re well-known in St. Croix, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, as …

Christened the “King of Lovers Rock” by his fans, British reggae star Maxi Priest was one of the most internationally popular reggae singers since Bob Marley. Priest’s pop and contemporary R&B affects didn’t precisely endear him to reggae purists, however they offered him a solid crossover charm that paid in …

Brazilian reggae-pop foursome Omeriah shaped in 1992 by Mourao brothers Juliano, Dinho, and Alexandre, who had been soon joined up with by keyboardist Fernando Delaretti. The band’s self-titled debut record premiered by Plug-BMG/Ariola in 1995, offering the hit one “Dois Neguinhos” and and a cover of Djavan’s “Sina.” Omeriah was …

After operating under Motown Information and hanging out like a singer for Spirit II Spirit in the first ’90s, Richie Stephens turned his career toward reggae, ska, and contemporary gospel once by himself again. Spending a lot of the past due ’90s and in to the following century focusing on …

Roots Radics will be the leading session music group in Jamaica. Furthermore to touring and documenting as Gregory Isaac’s back-up music group, the group offers collaborated with an extended list of performers including Bunny Wailer, Israel Vibration, Sugars Minott, the Wailing Souls, On-U-Sounds, Creation Rebel, and Prince Far-I. The group …

The son of reggae legend Bob Marley and Lucy Pounder, Julian Marley was raised from his half-brothers Ziggy and Damian, having been raised in Britain with his mom. He still been to his dad and Rita Marley in Jamaica, and by 1989 became involved with Ziggy and Stephen Marley’s creation …

A superstar in his local Jamaica, Luciano combines his like of God and beauty right into a soulful, religious blend of rock and roll and R&B-tinged reggae. Given birth to Jepther McClymont in Davey City, he started his musical profession singing in chapel and relocated to Kingston to pursue music …

One-third from the I-Threes, reggae’s most influential feminine vocal trio, Judy Mowatt helped to carefully turn the final recordings of Bob Marley into long lasting classics. Her sensuous harmonies strengthened albums by Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Big Youngsters, Pablo Moses, Freddie McGregor, U-Roy, as well as the Wailing Souls. Her …