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SOUTH FLORIDA’S SASHA DIAS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “JOURNEY” IN SEPTEMBER!
Sasha Dias— Journey , the second album from singer Sasha Dias, is scheduled for release in September on LTK20 Records. Her first, Break Free , came out in 2014. Her manager Lindel Thompson said the set will have 14 songs including her covers of Olivia Newton John’s Borrowed Time and Will You Still Love Me Tomorroworiginally done by The Shirelles. Ten of the songs are originals, which Thompson said shows growth. “There’s nothing wrong with covers, but people want to hear original songs, stuff they … Read entire article »
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SONGSTRESS KAREN SMITH IS EXCITED AND OPTIMISTIC FOR HER NEW ALBUM “RUSH!”
By Janet Silvera Karen Smith—- Veteran producer, Willie Lindo combined Karen Smith’s personality and her vocal styling and the result, he said, inspired Rush, the title to the songstress’ new album. Launched officially three weeks ago at the St Hugh’s High School’s ‘Swansation’ in South Florida, Lindo, who described Smith as an excellent singer, said her personality shines through her music. This, he said, radiated several nights in the studio he spent recording the artist who has earned the reputation … Read entire article »
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SOUTH FLORIDA-BASED SASHA DIAS IS RIDING THE WAVE ON “BORROWED TIME!”
Sasha Dias.— Sasha Dias had never heard of Olivia Newton John’s Borrowed Time before producer Lindel Thompson suggested she cover the song last year. She was, however, familiar with the Australian singer’s turn in another hit. “I loved her from the movie Grease. That was my favorite movie when I was little,” Dias told the Jamaica Observer. “I loved the song when I first heard it,” Her version of Borrowed Time was released in late 2016. Produced by Thompson, it … Read entire article »
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PRODUCER WILLIE LINDO TELLS HOW DENNIS BROWN RECORDED THE HIT “LOVE HAS FOUND ITS WAY!”
BY BRIAN BONITTO— Top: Dennis Brown Bottom: Willie Lindo— THREE weeks after recording his second album for American label A&M Records, Dennis Brown visited the set’s producer Willie Lindo. “I had already started mixing the album in Jamaica… And one day Dennis Brown came to me and sey him know the album finish, but he has a song he wanted me to hear. He took out his guitar and start sing a few lines of Love Has Found Its Way. Dennis is a slippery man an’ if you let him leave the studio, him nah come back. So I kept him at the studio an’ sent for the musicians. That’s how the song appeared on the album,” Lindo told the Jamaica Observer. Released in 1982, Love Has Found Its Way became the lead single for the … Read entire article »
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SEVEN YEARS IN THE MAKING – ILEY DREAD TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “UNLEASHED”, FEBRUARY 1!
Iley Dread— SINGER Iley Dread is back with a new song, Smile, which is the lead single from his upcoming album, Unleashed. The track, released on Tuesday, is produced by veteran Willie Lindo whose credits include Dennis Brown’s Inseparable and What One Dance Can Do by Beres Hammond. Unleashed took seven years to complete. It hears Iley Dread (real name Colin Levy) working with several high-profile producers including Dean Fraser and Grammy winning Stephen Marley. The 17-track set will … Read entire article »
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VETERAN PRODUCER/SONGWRITER WILLIE LINDO SPEAKS HIS MIND!
Veteran producer and songwriter, Willie Lindo, spoke to the Sunday Observer from his North Miami studio earlier this week. He said he noticed this “deliberate” trend since the 1970s. “I have a little Oxford Dictionary that says ‘Rasta is a member of a Jamaican sect…’ while reggae is a ‘West Indian style of music’ — not Jamaican. But a phase out system a gwaan. I understand that there is a global financial crunch, but Jamaican acts and musicians are getting fewer and fewer shows compared to their non-Jamaican counterparts. Even if they (foreign acts) come to Jamaica to put on a show, they don’t want local musicians to work with,” he said. “Just like what dem a do with Japan Splash, a mostly Japanese artists on it, no Jamaican nuh deh pon it. Maybe they might … Read entire article »
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HOPETON LINDO IMPRESSES ON “MY WORLD, YOUR WORLD!”
By Leighton Levy— Hopeton Lindo— Seasoned reggae singer and songwriter Hopeton Lindo, is enjoying success with his latest album – My World Your World – that was inspired by the state of the world today. The 16-track album, Lindo’s fourth, features the production talents of the iconic Sly and Robbie, Bobby Digital, Syl Gordon, Gilmore Walters,and John FX, as well as a number of reggae’s greatest voices. ‘My World, Your World’, has held the top spot on the South Florida Top 15 Album Charts for the past three weeks and two singles from it, Love You All Over and Imagine, are number 15 and 19 on the Singles Chart. The album also holds number four on the New York Reggae Charts. “The album was released on September 11 and we have had some good responses … Read entire article »
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SINGER/SONGWRITER HOPETON LINDO, IS ON THE MOVE!
Singer/songwriter Hopeton Lindo released his highly anticipated 4th album “My World Your World” in Sept 2015, again he captures the positive vibes of an excellent collection of songs, thus creating a well balance album. Multi-talented Hopeton Lindo or “The Pen” as he is affectionately called for his song writing ability, is used to donning many hats, and it is no different with his new album. He multi-tasks as songwriter, singer and producer on this sixteen tracks journey, of which fourteen are originals with the signature sound of The Pen. The album opens with the title track remix, featuring the legendary Dennis Brown, Luciano and Sly & Robbie, and it closes the set with the ballad mix featuring Dennis, Luciano and Dean Fraser. The other featured guests on the album include Anthony B … Read entire article »
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“WHAT ONE DANCE CAN DO” DID FOR BERES HAMMOND THIRTY YEARS AGO!
By Howard Campbell— Beres Hammond— SINCE recording the Soul Reggae album in 1978, singer Beres Hammond had settled into a groove as Jamaica’s premier R&B artist. A reggae hit song, however, eluded him. That all changed 30 years ago, thanks to an uptempo track named What One Dance Can Do. Written and produced by Willie Lindo, What One Dance Can Do finally broke Hammond in the dancehall/reggae market. He has been one of the genre’s top acts since. Lindo now operates the Heavy Beat label and studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He told the Sunday Observer that he had the rhythm track for the song laying around for some time. “It was really written for Cynthia Schloss who I was doing an album with but it never made the album. One day I was listening to it … Read entire article »
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WITH NEW MEMBERS, IT’S THE RETURN OF THE LEGENDARY MELODIANS!
(From left) Trevor McNaughton, Taurus Alphanso and Winston Dias. WHEN Tony Brevett died in October 2013, it left Trevor McNaughton as the sole survivor of The Melodians, one of reggae’s great harmony groups. The other original member, Brent Dowe, passed away in January 2006. McNaughton, who started the group in 1963, was not ready to call it quits. After performing solo last year in the United States, Canada and Europe, he recruited Winston Dias and Taurus Alphonso to revive the group and is currently recording songs for an album with producer Willie Lindo in South Florida. So far, they have done fresh versions of Sweet Sensation and You Don’t Need Me, two of The Melodians’ biggest hit songs, for Lindo’s Heavybeat Records. Lindo was working on new material with the group when Dowe … Read entire article »
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