Ras Midas
Encyclopedia
Ras Midas is a reggae
artist and member of the Rastafari movement
most famous for his album Rastaman in Exile. He went to the United Kingdom
to live age 13. He began his career in music in 1968, and later enjoyed popularity with reggae audiences in France, before relocating to the United States.
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...
artist and member of the Rastafari movement
Rastafari movement
The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s in Jamaica, which at the time was a country with a predominantly Christian culture where 98% of the people were the black descendants of slaves. Its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia , as God...
most famous for his album Rastaman in Exile. He went to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
to live age 13. He began his career in music in 1968, and later enjoyed popularity with reggae audiences in France, before relocating to the United States.
Discography
- Kudea-A-Bamba (1978), Island/Harry J
- Rain & Fire (1979), Island/Harry J
- Rastaman In Exile (1980), SKEJ/Disc AZ
- Stand Up Wise Up (1984), Celluloid
- Loving Vibration (1996), Worldwide
- Confirmation (2000), JML
- Reaching Out (2008), White Eagle
- Fire Up (2010), JML
External links
- Website
- Ras Midas Video clipVideo clipVideo clips are short clips of video, usually part of a longer recording. The term is also more loosely used to mean any short video less than the length of a traditional television program.- On the Internet :...
s - "Cultural Fiesta" - interview with Ras Midas" by Peter I, reggae-vibes.com