Pablo Moses

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Pablo Moses
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Performing at Reggae on the River in 2010
Background information
Birth namePablo Henry
Born (1948-06-28) June 28, 1948 (age 76)
Origin Manchester, Jamaica
Genres Reggae
Instrument(s)Vocals

Pablo Moses (born Pablo Henry, 28 June 1948, Manchester, [1] Jamaica) [2] is a roots reggae vocalist.

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Moses got his start in music performing with informal school bands. He and Don Prendes formed a group and entered talent shows, performing under the name, "The Canaries". [1] Moses released a number of records over several decades, but he is best known for his debut, 1975's Revolutionary Dream , produced by Geoffrey Chung, which included "I Man A Grasshopper", engineered at The Black Ark by Lee "Scratch" Perry. His 1980 follow up, A Song, was well received by his fans and music critics. Also well received was the single "Ready, Aim, Fire" off his 1983 album "In The Future".

Reviewing the 1978 I Love I Bring LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said "a lot of these charming, moralistic reggae ditties have the lyrical and melodic simplicity of Sunday School hymns—'Be Not a Dread' could almost be a roots 'Jesus Loves the Little Children.' And whoever devised the synthesizer riffs that set off Moses's spacey singsong deserves a gold star." [3]

Album discography

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References

  1. 1 2 Brennan, Sandra "Artist Biography by Sandra Brennan", Allmusic , Retrieved 30 July 2014
  2. Larkin, Colin: "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", 1998, Virgin Books, ISBN   0-7535-0242-9
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 8 March 2019 via robertchristgau.com.