Island Voices Reggae & New Jamaican Music ‘Sample’ Purchase full book at Amazon or iBooks Online Stores Connect to the heart of Jamaica through music... the music that frees people’s souls. “Jamaicans have music within them. They are born with it… That is the whole essence why the music has risen up. It’s a music spiritually, telepathically, metaphysically, vibrating in the wind…” From RiseUP an award-winning film by Luciano Blotta “Island Voices Reggae & New Jamaican Music” is proud to be an official product of the 50th Anniversary Celebration & Jubilee 1962 to 2012 50th Anniversary Jamaica: Official Song “On A Mission” by Shaggy & Various Artists You are reading the PDF version of the book. We are providing the PDF version to reviewers, media and others who may not be able to read the intended file formats which are EPUB (iBooks and other readaers) or MOBI (Amazon) file. Those files “reflow” the text according to the device reading the book. The PDF file will have page breaks that are not elegant. Also, the Table of Contents in the PDF file may seem out of order, but it’s done intentionally as the EPUB and MOBI files displays two Table of Contents and we made them different on purpose for the e-readers. Hope that makes sense. Call Dona with any other concerns at 561.309.9621. Thank you. Copyright Authored by Dona Omanoff and Fureus Dona Omanoff is an American technologist, photographer and writer. Richard Gardner (Fureus) is a Jamaican producer and composer. Read about them in the “Authors’ Introduction” chapter. ISBN: 978-0-615-74721-7 Copyright © 2013. All rights reserved. Published by Universal Eye Media 12898 SE Hobe Hills Drive Hobe Sound, FL 33455 United States of America Contact Dona at 561.309.9621 in USA Contact Fureus at 876.284.7186 or 876.850.0881 in Jamaica Visit: www.reggaemusicguide.com. “Like” us on our Facebook page. Editor: Ely White Cover Design: Zard Tompkins Photography: Dona Omanoff Special Thanks Angel investors, Carole Girouard and Donna Finan. Book review, Steve Bruno. Note from Publisher The intent of the e-book is to promote the artists by introducing readers to music and Jamaican culture. We hope the reader will also buy music from the artists via their chosen distributors, in the case of this book, iTunes. All of the artists featured in this book have a relationship with iTunes. Please contact us is you would like to be featured in the next edition of the e-book or if you would like to be removed from the guide. We did our best to use the proper affiliate linking to ensure that links to music and books work. Most of the artists in the book are Jamaican, however we do feature a few reggae artists from countries other than Jamaica and we hope you enjoy them. 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Table of Contents “Island Voices” on page 1 “Copyright” on page 6 “How to Use This Book” on page 15 “Table of Contents” on page 10 “Authors’ Introduction” on page 18 “Metaphors & Tips to Enjoy Reggae & Dancehall Music” on page 22 “History of Rastafarianism” on page 29 “Artists A - C” on page 30 “Admiral Tibet” on page 30 “Aidonia” on page 30 “AJ Brown” on page 31 “Alaine” on page 32 “Alborosie” on page 32 “Alton Ellis” on page 33 “Anthony B” on page 33 “Assassin” on page 34 “Baby Wayne” on page 35 “Barrington Levy” on page 36 “Bascom X” on page 36 “Beres Hammond” on page 37 “Bitty McLean” on page 38 “Blak Ryno” on page 39 “Bob Marley” on page 40 “Bounty Killer” on page 41 “Brian & Tony Gold” on page 42 “Bryan Art” on page 42 “Buju Banton” on page 43 “Bushman” on page 46 “Capleton” on page 47 “Chuck Fenda” on page 49 “Cherine Anderson” on page 50 “Chevaughn” on page 50 “Chezidek” on page 51 “Christopher Martin” on page 52 “Courtney “Yogi” John” on page 53 “Artists D - F” on page 55 “Damian Marley” on page 55 “Danny English” on page 56 “Da’Ville” on page 57 “Dennis Brown” on page 58 “Desmond Dekker” on page 60 “Everton Blender” on page 60 “Fanton Mojah” on page 62 “Faithful” on page 63 “Fureus” on page 63 “Artists G - J” on page 72 “Garnett Silk” on page 72 “Gentleman” on page 73 “Ginjah” on page 74 “Gyptian” on page 74 “Half Pint” on page 75 “The Heptones” on page 76 “Hotta Red” on page 77 “I-Octane” on page 78 “I-Wayne” on page 79 “Ikaya” on page 81 “Jah Cure” on page 83 “Jah Mason” on page 86 “Jah Prince” on page 87 “Jimmy Cliff” on page 90 “Artists K - M” on page 92 “Khago” on page 92 “Konshens” on page 93 “Laden” on page 94 “Lazo” on page 94 “Lenkey Paul” on page 96 “Luciano” on page 97 “L.U.S.T.” on page 99 “Lutan Fyah” on page 100 “Mavado” on page 101 “Maxi Priest” on page 103 “Mikey Spice” on page 104 “Minky” on page 105 “Morgan Heritage” on page 105 “Munga Honorable” on page 107 “Artists N - P” on page 109 “Natural Black” on page 109 “Norris Man” on page 110 “Pinchers” on page 111 “Pressure” on page 112 “Artists Q - S” on page 114 “Queen Ifrica” on page 114 “Ras Shiloh” on page 115 “Richie Spice” on page 116 “Richie Stephens” on page 117 “Ricky Flex” on page 119 “Sanchez” on page 120 “Sean Paul” on page 121 “Serani” on page 122 “Shabba Ranks” on page 124 “Shawn Storm” on page 125 “Singing Melody” on page 126 “Sizzla” on page 127 “Spanner Banner” on page 130 “Spragga Benz” on page 131 “Stephen Marley” on page 132 “Super Cat” on page 133 “Artists T - V” on page 135 “Tarrus Riley” on page 135 “Teflon” on page 137 “Tenor Saw” on page 138 “Tessanne Chin” on page 139 “Tinga Stewart” on page 140 “T.O.K.” on page 141 “Toots And The Maytals” on page 143 “Turbulence” on page 144 “Vybz Kartel” on page 145 “Artists W - Z” on page 148 “Warrior King” on page 148 “Yami Bolo” on page 149 “Zamunda” on page 150 “Zareb” on page 151 “Recommended” on page 153 “Share Our Book” on page 157 “Travel, Health & Wealth” on page 158 “Dedication” on page 66 How to Use This Book We wrote the book to share reggae and dancehall with tourists, music lovers, and visitors to Jamaica.