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Mike Love is an American reggae musician and singer from Hawai'i. His 2014 record, Jah Will Never Leave I Alone , reached #3 on Billboard ' s Reggae chart. [ 1 ] He self-describes his style as "revolutionary consciousness music".
Lovers rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid-1970s. [1]
Eddie Lovette (born Eddie Lovett, 1943 – April 29, 1998) was a Coconut Grove reggae musician. He recorded six albums, that all have a strong Caribbean influence. Lovette was born in the town of Cairo in the state of Georgia. He was the fourth of ten children. When he was nine years old, he joined the Cairo Echo Jr's gospel singing group.
His 2000 album Simply Being Me reached number 14 on the US Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart, and 2002's Stays on My Mind hit number 9. [ 7 ] Primarily known for love songs and cover versions of pop and R&B songs, in the 1990s he mixed gospel themes with other topics on his albums, and released the totally gospel Who is This Man in 1999 and He ...
The band continued making roots reggae and dub music, and in 1985, released Jah Shaka Meets Aswad in Addis Ababa Studio. Once the band's line-up had stabilised into the trio of Forde, Gaye, and Robinson, Aswad followed a more commercial reggae style, gaining a wider audience with the New Chapter album (1981).
It debuted #1 on Billboard ' s Reggae chart and iTunes Reggae chart. [7] [8] It was also voted people's choice "Album of the Year" by Surf Roots TV & Radio. [9] Rootfire defined their music as "warm weather reggae out of one of the coldest places in the country." [10] The band is currently represented by Madison House Agency. [6]
Boris Gardiner (born 13 January 1943) [1] is a Jamaican singer, songwriter and bass guitarist. He was a member of several groups during the 1960s before recording as a solo artist and having hit singles with "Elizabethan Reggae" (in 1970), "I Wanna Wake Up with You" and "You're Everything to Me" (both 1986).
In 1992, her "Let the Music Play" was included on the Oscar/Grammy nominated and BAFTA winner soundtrack to the film The Crying Game, and in 1993, she worked with Neil "Mad Professor" Fraser on the album The Other Side of Love. [3] In 2018, Thompson recorded an album of Phyllis Dillon songs as a tribute to the late singer, set for release in ...