Calling Rastafari
Encyclopedia
Calling Rastafari is a studio album by Jamaica
n reggae
singer Burning Spear
.
It won the Grammy Award
for Best Reggae Album
at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
singer Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Winston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
.
It won the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Reggae Album
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre...
at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000.
Track listing
- "As It Is" – 4:56
- "Hallelujah" (Extended Mix) – 6:51
- "House of Reggae" – 4:37
- "Let's Move" – 4:36
- "Brighten My Vision" – 4:47
- "You Want Me To" – 4:57
- "Calling Rastafari" – 3:51
- "Sons of He" (Extended Mix) – 5:59
- "Statue of Liberty" – 3:36
- "Own Security" – 4:27
- "Holy Man" (Extended Mix) – 5:47
Musicians
Burning Band- Stephen Stewart - keyboards
- James Smith - trumpet
- Num H.S. Amun’Tehu - percussion
- Clyde Cumming - saxophone
- Micah Robinson - trombone
- Burning SpearBurning SpearWinston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
- percussion, harmony vocals
Guest Musicians
- Howard "Saxy" Messam - saxophone
- Wayne Arnold - lead guitar
- Ian "Beezy" Coleman - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, harmony vocals
- Chico Chin - trumpet
- Uziah "Sticky" ThompsonUziah ThompsonUziah "Sticky" Thompson is a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active since the late 1950s. He has worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.-Biography:...
- percussion - Shawn "Mark" Dawson - drums
- Chris Meridith - bass guitar
- Carol "Passion" Nelson - harmony vocals
- Rochelle Bradshaw - harmony vocals
- Lesline Kidd - harmony vocals
- Yvonne Patrick - harmony vocals
Technical Personnel
- All songs written and arranged by Burning SpearBurning SpearWinston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
- Executive Producer - Sonia Rodney
- All songs published by Burning Spear Publishing, ASCAP
- Recorded at Grove Recording Studio, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
- Engineered by Barry O'Hare
- Mixed by Barry O'Hare & Burning SpearBurning SpearWinston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
- Mastered by Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording, Southborough, MA
- Album supervision and lyric transcriptions by Joshua Blood
- Photography by David Corio
- Design by Anne Murdock