Album: My Roots
Artist: Monsoon
Release: 2021

An album produced with the heart and the mind!

Monsoon is a Jamaican artist based in the USA, who has a great track record that few know. For this reason cocoreggaefoundation.com think it was very important for the world to discover it. For 10 years “Storm”, which was Monsoon’s band in its early days, was considered the best Jamaican band in Washington, USA, winning many awards, including being able to play at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. When we watched Monsoon in action, the first question we asked ourselves was, why didn’t we meet him before?

His band consists of world-renowned musicians such as Desi Hyson, who was nominated for Grammy in 2013 alongside the original Wailers of Al Anderson and was a Culture Band keyboardist.

A very powerful vocal range and an ease to adapt to musical genres and changing times.

We thought it was necessary to find a producer with the same ideals of the artist and that is where “Blow Riddim” and his session musicians come in. The love of what is done is the first motivation, for this reason it is an album produced with the heart and the mind.

There are 8 songs with a social message, which are aimed at current problems such as global warming, the importance of youth and their right to be heard, the defense of the original peoples, etc.

The song “My Roots” especially speaks of the moral and physical damage caused to the African continent.

The song “Music is life” was produced and co-written by the Grammy nominee (Desmond “Desii” Hyson), the song pays tribute to Roots Rock Reggae and its founders.

The songs “Work Hard” and “Night Taxi” were produced and co-written by Desmond Desii Hyson too, and for these reason you can feel the roots.

Guitar: Mateo Monk – Bass: Stephen Samuels – Drums: Paapa Nyarkoh – Key boards: Desmond Desii Hyson

On the other side, the songs: My Roots, Speak Out, Revolution Time, Man ah lion, and Up Yonder were produced by Gerardo Fabian Avila (Blow riddim) Argentina

Guitar: Sly Gabriel – Bass: Oscar Lobo – Drums: Facundo Tomas Di Bella – Key boards: Gerardo Avila – Percusion: Anibal Moreno

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