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Burning Spear

Background information
Birth name Winston Rodney
Born March 1, 1948
Genre(s) Reggae
Years active 1969 – present
Website www.burningspear.net

Winston Rodney, OD (born March 1, 1948[1][2]), also known as Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s The Order of Distinction in Jamaica is the fifth in order of precedence of the Orders of Societies of Honour which were instituted by an Act of Parliament – The National Honours Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Roots reggae is a subgenre of Reggae that concerns itself with the life of the ghetto sufferer and the rural poor Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Like many famous Jamaican reggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages. The Rastafari movement (also known as Rastafari, Rastafarianism or simply Rasta) is a monotheistic, Abrahamic, New Testament

Rodney was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica, as were Bob Marley and Marcus Garvey; who both had a great influence on Rodney's life: Garvey in his philosophy, which Burning Spear greatly took to, and Marley in directly helping Burning Spear get started in the music industry by introducing him to Clement Dodd. Brief history St Ann is one of the oldest populated areas in the island of Jamaica tracing back to 600 - 650 A Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr, National Hero of Jamaica (17 August 1887 10 June 1940 was a Publisher, Journalist, Entrepreneur, Black nationalist Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd CD ( Kingston Jamaica, January 26, 1932 &ndash May 5, 2004) was a Jamaican [1] Burning Spear was originally Rodney's group, named after Jomo Kenyatta, the first Prime Minister and President of an independent Kenya, and initially including bass singer Rupert Willington, later expanding to include tenor Delroy Hinds. Jomo Kenyatta ( October 20, 1894 &ndash August 22, 1978) served as the first Prime Minister (1963&ndash1964 and President This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south [1] As fame took hold the name of the group gradually became synonymous with Rodney.

Burning Spear is one of the strongest proponents of Marcus Garvey's self-determination and self-reliance for all African descendants, thus leading to several album releases in commemoration of the Jamaican activist.

In 2002, Burning Spear and his wife, Sonia Rodney who has produced a number of his albums, founded Burning Spear Records. Sonia Rodney is the co-founder of Burning Spear Records. She is the wife of the Reggae artist Winston Rodney and has on occasion produced her husband's [3]

Burning Spear advocates messages of honesty, peace, and love, which tie in with his religious and political messages of Rastafarianism and black unity. Along with his musical message, the Spear continues to tour all over the world. His concerts often last 2 hours long with several bongo drum solos by Burning Spear himself.

Burning Spear was awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer on October 15, 2007. The Order of Distinction in Jamaica is the fifth in order of precedence of the Orders of Societies of Honour which were instituted by an Act of Parliament – The National Honours [4]

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Awards

Burning Spear won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000 for Calling Rastafari. He has been nominated for a total of 11 Grammy Awards. [5]

Nominations for Best Reggae Album

References

  1. ^ a b c Thompson, Dave:"Reggae & Caribbean Music", 2002, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin: "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", 1998, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9
  3. ^ Darmik
  4. ^ Artistes presented with national awards - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
  5. ^ Fact Sheets - The Envelope - LA Times

Discography

Main article: Burning Spear discography

External links

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