Veteran sound system selector Ricky Trooper has recounted details of the night in the 1990s when the late Reggae singer Garnett Silk influenced his Manchester compatriot Luciano, who was embracing Christianity at the time, to become a Rastafarian.
Bounty Killer’s debut album Jamaica’s Most Wanted, which was laced with firearm imagery, had resulted in Rastafarian artists Garnett Silk and Luciano refusing to perform on any show where the Warlord was scheduled to appear.
Walshy Fire’s 14 favorite Reggae and Dancehall songs, which he hand-picked for VP Record’s Riddimentary Selection, were sparked from a place of nostalgia as well as the Toast co-producer’s sentimental side.
One virtue all Jamaicans want to be is “blessed and sanctified.” As a country with Christianity as the most widely practiced religion, both devout Christians and the secular aim to live their lives in good favour.
New music from roots-reggae crooner Garnett Silk could be on the way, according to his widow Novlyn ‘Lovey’ Banton.
It has almost become a rite of passage for Jamaican artistes to release at least one song dedicated to the one they call mom.