Ras Michael
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Michael George Henry, born in 1943 and better known as Ras Michael and also performing as Dadawah, is a Jamaican reggae singer, Nyabinghi specialist, and Rastafarian elder. Raised in a Rastafari community in Saint Mary Parish, he later moved to Kingston, where he worked as a session musician at Studio One and founded the Zion Disc label. With his group, The Sons of Negus, he popularized traditional Nyabinghi drumming and chanting through albums including Nyahbinghi (1974), Rastafari (1975), and Kibir Am Lak (1977). He also recorded with Lee "Scratch" Perry and Bob Marley, and in 2015 received Jamaica's Order of Distinction for his contributions to Jamaican music.
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- Birds In The Tree Top
- Sweet Jamaica (Rainbow People)
- A Weh Dem A Go Do Wid It?
- Ethiopian Anthem
- Fisher Of Man
- Fire
- Give Love
- Gathering Time
- Hosanna
- He Is Risen
- Haile Selassie Is In The Chapel
- I'm A Man Just Like You
- Int'l Year Of The Child
- In Zion
- Jah Giveth Life
- Walk the Walk by Ras Michael
- Nyabinghi Medley*
- Jah Jah Rainbow Sign
- Jah Jah Power Shall Endure
- Jamaican History
- Key Man
- Marriage In Canaan
- New Name
- Music History
