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Jojo Mac
Reggae World Music
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Zion Babies
ZION BABIES BIOGIFICAL PROFILE One of Haiti’s prominent reggae bands over the pass decade, with a charismatic, insightful and rhythmic tone. Their music is spiced with the Haitian socio-political realities and rooted in cutting edge creativity inspired by Jamaican and African music/musicians. Found in 1998 by Jean Ronsard Dorzin aka Ras Tambou and Ralph Thomas aka Mr. Foot, and then subsequently join by Pele Privat aka Nabiy. Zion Babiez are fast climbing the ranks in the music industry in Haiti following the likes of such group as Boukman Eksperyans, a reggae icon of the country. Influenced by the like of the late great Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley, Peter Tosh, Jacob Miller, veterans such as Bunny Wailer, Gregory Isaacs and John Holt, along with present star Beres Hammond Richie Spice, Luciano, Lucky Dube and others. Zion babies found their inspiration in the Rastafarian and African traditions, richly blended with their own Haitian culture. The groups first release Gangsta Boogie was released in 1998 followed by songs such as Penitentiary and Briquet in 1999
Singer, songwriter JoJo Mac hails from the island Jamaica where she has been singing since the tender age of three years old. She migrated to the United States of America where she eventually decided to seriously pursue a singing career. She started her very own band and began performing in the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia tri-state area at night clubs, concerts ,hotel lounges and other musical events. Her singing talents caught the attention of a gentleman whose only connection with the music was that he owned a sound system, whom after seeing her perform decided that he would create a record label just so he could record her. The name of the label was "Throb Music". Throb music released an album "Hard and Soft" that was produced by Duckie Simpson of the group Black Uhuru, who instigated the making of the album after he saw her in a performance at the DC Civic Center/Symbolic House Hall in Washington DC. She continued to perform on the hotel and night club scenes and still opening for major acts like Beenie Man, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Shinehead and many more. She was the host of a cable television show in the Washington, DC area titled "Reggae on the Move". She had a column called "Issues of the Heart" in a Baltimore newspaper giving advice to lovers. That she said came easy because as a writer she is especially ballad-oriented, "in touch with love'.
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Lee – Anna Gallimore, a tenement yard recording artist, was born in London England. Her mother, whom is her strongest influence, was a lover’s rock singer and a protégé of the late Deboragh Glossgow. She recall following her mother to the studio from a tender age, giving her the belief that she was indeed born to sing. This led both of them to forming a group when Lea – Anna was just thirteen years of age. They named themselves ‘Black Woman and Child.’ Offering harmonies for artist such as Queen Ifreeka at the 2oo7 Rebel Salute, they also harmonizes for lots of other popular artist in the studio and did a combination with Chino ‘to live and die in Ja’, for Big Legue records..
Lee - Anna had sang in the presence of the Prince of Wales and in 2006 she offered her rendition at the Stephen Lawrence memorial (a teenager who was racially attacked and fatally stabbed in 1993).
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Kenny P
Kenneth Price was born in Birmingham, England to Jamaican migrants who decided to return to their Island home in the early 70's Kenneth formed his first band at age 12 "Bricks" with a strong musical influence from his dad who was quite a crooner himself. Kenneth went on to front for several other bands and entertained in the Tourist industry at numerous resorts around Jamaica. He migrated to the United States in 1988 and performed with "Anthem" based in Bridgeport Ct. for a while then relocated to Florida and started a family. With his children now in college. Kenneth is back to his passion. Singer, songwriter, producer and radio personality.
