there isn't nearly enough by Burning Spear on here, despite his forty years as a recording artist, starting with "Door Peeper" for Coxsone, and more recently winning Grammy Awards for his self-produced albums. While his Studio One tracks have acquired an influence far in excess of their initial sales, many of them being repeatedly versioned, some say that his late seventies records showed him a...
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you want to make sure it's memorable, but in my view very few if any debuts can come up to the standard of *this*
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hope you are too. Happy New Year friends!!! xXOXx
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..Winston Rodney, is the Burning Spear! Check out this fairly recent footage of the Spear Burning with a very tight back up band...the horn section is especially on hit. But you have to wait 'till the end for the conch solo...enjoy! the video does work..click it.
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The song I was going crazy for a week trying to find..BIG thanks to Fijah,
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....and here is the good Reggae Physician, Dr Winston Rodney to cure all ills - this comes from the album 'Appointment with His Majesty', but I've got it on a CD called 'Cultural Riddims' - issued by a Dutch label which specialised in compilations of different genres, in which you got 14 killer tracks for £3.99 - genres including reggae, blues, country, tex-mex etc. I haven't seen any for sever..
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So for some reason, I can listen to any music I want at work, but not reggae. I don't get it. It's not like the moment reggae music comes on, I just can't hold back and have to spark up a doobie. I'm pretty sure they would be down with Megadeath, even if it made me grow horns, but Reggae is just not good work place music. I don't know why I put Burning Spear up in the tag stuff except that ...
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World Music News Wire Reggae legend Burning Spear has been through more than his share of trials, but the biggest test of Spear's positive message of unity, peace, and love came on his first trip to Kenya last year.The country had been rocked with violence when a bitter election campaign sparked intergroup conflict that raged for months. The United Nations called on Spear, who had adopted at t...
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ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ROOTS REGGAGE SINGERS IS MY FAVORITE WINSTON RODNEY AKA BURNING SPEAR. I REMEBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM LIVE AT PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL TWO YEARS AGO, WHAT AN ULTIMATE HIGH! HIS BAND IS THE BEST AND I COULD FEEL THE WORDS IN EACH SONG HE CHANTED WITH COMPLETE POSITIVE VIBRATIONS. HIS MUSIC SPREADS A POSITIVE VIBE THROUGH MY SOUL AND ITS LIKE READING A HISTORY BO...
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--- - |- Winston Rodney aka Burning Spear is one of the most endearing long tenured roots reggae artists in Jamaica's history. At times an artist, at others an academic. Rodney is a part Rastafarian preacher and part black historian. He speads the values and virtues of Rastafarianism through his epic roots tracks. My most favorite Burning Spear record is his 1974 album, Rocking Time . Rockin...
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Sat Sapienti is a periodical where we feature songs with wise lyrics. #2 by Burning Spear.
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