Ghanaian reggae star Rocky Dawuni continues to lift his global profile since the release of his critically acclaimed new album Hymns for the Rebel Soul. The album has been nominated for a prestigious NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding World Music Album.”
Luckily for Buju Banton fans and music enthusiasts around the globe, the jailed reggae singer made these ten seemingly prophetic recordings before his incarceration in November 2009. On a new album entitled “Before The Dawn” (Gargamel Music), which he mainly produced himself, the titles of some of these songs seem almost ironic considering Banton’s current legal situation.
Gregory Isaacs left this world at 9:45 this morning, Monday 25th October 2010 in Harrow Weald, London. His wife, Linda, and his children Sandra, Maurice, and Tommy and grandchildren were with him when he passed on.
MISTY IN ROOTS’ status in the canon of British Reggae is unparalleled; not just because of the band’s longevity (still going strong) but also because they have stuck to their original brief of playing spiritual, rootsy, African fusion reggae.
