– "First we want to thank largest jah bless, We took a long time doing this. Thank Jamaica, to all our family in Brooklyn and New York, where we were raised, and to all our followers in Africa, Europe. Reggae music is global, so if you didn't know, “Now we tell you”, the leader and vocalist expressed at the ceremony, Peetah Morgan.
Yes Rasta! The 58th Grammy Awards crowned the Reggae Royal Family, Morgan Heritage, as the winners in the “Best Reggae Album” category 2015 for his recent work “Strickly Roots”, production that quickly reached the top spots on the Billboard charts after its publication last April. Definitely a surprise, all darts pointed to Jah Cure being the one who would take the prize 2015 after a year of great recognition for his latest work that has had enormous sales success.
“Strickly Roots” is the new bet of the Jamaican band formed in 1994, thirteen songs that, At a simple reading they could seem like a journey to the root sound, that roots from the seventies, but not, It is rather a bet of varied rhythms where Reggae Roots also converges., or the also called “authentic and organic Roots sound of Morgan Heritage”, an example of this is the second track of the album, “Child of Jah”, a powerful combination with Chronixx. Includes collaborations with artists such as Eric Rachmany of Rebelution, SOY Bobby Lee, Jo Mersa Marley, Jemere Morgan and J Boog. If you get the album through iTunes, then you have an extra song, the number 14, a combination with Shaggy.
The album is, further, the first production published under his own label C.T.B.C. (Cool To Be Conscious) Music Group, after his previous job, “Here Come the Kings” (2013), It will be made by VP Records.
This recognition comes at a great time for the band - for the first time they were nominated for the Grammy Awards., after having overcome their differences in 2008, when they were steps away from dissolving the formation made up of Peter “Peetha” Morgan, Roy “Gramps” Morgan, “Nakhamyah”Lukes” Morgan, Memmalatel “Mr. Mojo” Morgan y A Morgan. All children of Denroy Morgan, Reggae artist who formed the band “Black Eagles” in the 70s and reached his highest level of knowledge in the 80s., In New York, U.S.
It should be remembered that for this version 2015, Morgan Heritage shared the nomination with other great Reggae artists such as “Jah Cure” with his album “The Cure”, Barrington Levy con “Acousticlevy”, those already mentioned were nominated for the first time in their musical careers while Luciano was selected for the second time in his history, with the album “Zion Awake”. Novelty also caused the nomination – for the first time in history since the Reggae category was incorporated into the Grammys.- from a Reggae artist from Africa, as is the case of Ghanaian Rocky Dawuni with his latest work “Branches of the Same Tree”.
As a curious fact, in fifteen years of Grammy Reggae, No woman has ever won this award given by the music industry.. Pending task.
