RAS MICHAEL
Dub/Ska/Reggae • Jamaica
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Michael George Henry (born 1943), better known as Ras Michael, is a Jamaican reggae singer and Nyabinghi specialist. He also performs under the name of Dadawah.
Henry was born in St. Mary, where he was raised in a Rastafari community. As a teenager he moved to Kingston's Waterhouse district where he played with local Rastafari musicians. He set up the Zion Disc label in the mid-1960s, and also worked at Coxsone Dodd's legendary Studio One as a session musician and released a number of singles. He was the first member of the Rastafari movement to have a reggae radio program in Jamaica (The Lion of Judah Time program first aired in 1967 on the JBC). His band is called The Sons of Negus and are known for their traditional Nyabinghi drumming and chanting. From 1974 they regularly released albums, combining electric instruments with traditional hand drumming. Ras Michael contributed to recording
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Dub/Ska/Reggae
1989
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Mediator
Dub/Ska/Reggae
1992
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