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 THE PATH:
Morgan Heritage are more than just a legendary reggae band. They're a revolution, a family, a force of nature, and a crew of five independent artists on a musical mission. With "Full Circle", their seventh album for VP Records, Morgan Heritage connect with reggae's past while blazing an uncharted path into a musical future beyond categorization.
Morgan Heritage is comprised of vocalist/keyboardist UNA MORGAN, vocalist PETER MORGAN, and keyboardist/vocalist ROY "GRAMPS" MORGAN, rhythm guitarist "LUKES" MORGAN and percussionist "MR. MOJO" MORGAN. But "Full Circle" is much more than the sum of its musical parts; it's the sound of Jamaican dancehall systems and New York hip-hop boom boxes and New England pop radio and California punk rock mosh pits, all fused into an unprecedented, harmonious whole.
When they're not touring the world, the band currently divides its time between Brooklyn, New York, and St. Thomas, Jamaica. Lukes, Una, Gramps, Mr. Mojo, and Peter Morgan - all children of roots reggae icon Denroy Morgan draw on new wave, punk, hip-hop, dancehall, R&B, but manage to ground all of their musical explorations in the sound that's in their blood: ROOTS REGGAE. "The most important thing about "Full Circle", says Una, "is that we were able to be creatively free and not worry about anyone trying to put us in a box. It's a manifestation of the journey we've been on all our life. From listening to Journey and U2 to Capleton and Sizzla we've been able to absorb all those influences and put in on wax, so you can hear it."
Born in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and raised in Springfield Massachusetts, Denroy Morgan's children were brought up with intensive vocal and instrument training, and exposed to a wide variety of musical influences. since forming in 1990, the band has scored with the hit singles "LET's MAKE UP", "DONT'T HAFFI DREAD", "DOWN BY THE RIVER", "SHE'S STILL LOVING ME", "REGGAE BRING BACK LOVE" and "WHAT WE NEED IS LOVE".
"Our music really is roots", says Peter, "and it has an almost revolutionary vibe to it. It's more underground and reggae is the underground part of black music."
FAMILY:
"We're family, straight up", says Lukes. "Sometimes it gets hard but at the end of the day, we squash all arguments right then and there. The advantage of being a family group is we come to dexisions quickly, and it's easy to get us all together". Having played together since they were children, Morgan Heritage can't recall or imagine having bandmates other than their siblings. And you can hear the closeness of their bond in the way they sing and play together, throughhout "Full Circle".
THE MISSION:
"The mission is all about trying to get a roots reggae artist back on the scene", says Gramps. "Sean Paul and Bounty Killa have done great things for dancehall reggae, but we want to bring roots back to a younger audience, like Bob Marley and Black Uhuru did."
"To me, the goal is just to display love, peace and unity", says Lukes, "and to help people realize that with allt hat happens in life, you still gotta have a good time. If the whole world was more like kids are today, there would be no war".
"We're Rastafarians", says Mr. Mojo. "And we're not here to impose our beliefs on anyone but to share our message through music. And the message is, with love we can conquer all things."
"We just want to display that God really lives", says Una. "We show people through our music that it's all up to you".
"Our mission is just to uplift humanity", says Peter. "It's a mission of love and oneness for all people, no matter what walk of life". |
| HOMEPAGE: www.morganheritagemusic.com |
| Country: Jamaica |
| Style: Roots & Concious Dancehall |
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