Dadawah - Peace and Love (spiritual roots reggae)

Dadawah – Peace And Love - Wadadasow
2022 reissue LP op Antarctica Starts Here (US) label, nog helemaal nieuw in plastic, uit voorraad leverbaar.
Includes a double-sided insert with photo and extensive writings on the recording
In 1974 Nyahbinghi musician Ras Michael teamed up with producer Lloyd Charmers to make one of the most soulful albums of the era.

Michael George Henry (aka Ras Michael and, for this lone release, Dadawah) was born in 1943 in Saint Mary Parish, in northeastern Jamaica. Henry was raised in a Rastafari community when the religious movement was still in its infancy and marginalized within Jamaica. It was there that he began performing Nyahbinghi, the Rastafarian devotional music that combines the influences of African drumming and Black gospel.
Henry found himself in Kingston in the late 1950s where he worked for Coxsone Dodd at the legendary Studio One. By 1968, he had formed the group Sons of Negus and the first overtly Rasta record label, Zion Disc. As Rasta filtered into the mainstream, Henry released more music including albums for Trojan, Dynamic and Grounation labels.
Originally released in 1974, Peace And Love - Wadadasow is Dadawah's magnum opus. Produced by Lloyd Charmers, the album features slinky basslines, wah-wah guitar, hypnotic keyboards, dubbed-out studio trickery and, of course, the propulsive drumming and rhythmic chanting characteristic of Nyahbinghi.