Arisezon: Aba Shanti-i Feat. Sister Aisha & Barbara Naps / Dj D.vyzor & Ras Steve

Dub Crusader & the UK's House of Roots Presents another chapter of the ARISEZON: In the Season of Good Will

DJ's on Rotation from 6-9pm
DJ D. VYZOR (From Brazil)
+ (Arisezon's) RAS STEVE


And from 9PM Onwards the Mighty
ABA-SHANTI-I, featuring Live on his Sound System;
2 Empress's of Roots-Rock-Reggae...
... SISTER AISHA
& BARBARA NAPS
(Presenting her new Album "Empress Lioness!)

+ Hot Food Available all Day Provided by Mama's Jerk Station (www.mamasjerkstation.com)


Fully Licensed Bar * Arts & Crafts * Records & CD's on Sale

Background Information on Artists:

SISTER AISHA

Born Pamela Ross on October 1962 in Wolverhampton, England, child of Jamaican parents, she debuted at the tender age of eight on her father's Soundsystem. Demonstrating her individualism, she followed in the direction of roots music as opposed to singing soulful cover versions of R&B hits, the latter being the most frequent route for reggae divas. This success led to other recording sessions with female vocalists, performing conscientious lyrics and culminating with the Roots Daughters series, in which Aisha featured alongside the revitalized Fabian.

‘Don’t Tell Me No Lies’ and ‘Raise Your Voice’, both of which achieved acceptable placings among the ragga hits that dominated the reggae chart.

Aisha has done many more recent songs such as 'Do you know', released on Mellow vibes label, which made a huge hit amongst the Reggae sound system scene.

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BARBARA NAPS

Barbara’s musical career started at the tender age of 17 when she appeared on stage singing backing vocals with the popular UK singer Vivian Jones.
Her first track, released under the pseudonym NyaNatty, was entitled ‘One Love Style’. She wrote the song while travelling on the train to a recording session for the group Black Slate which they recorded and released on the S&G Records label.
Barbara went on to work with UB40, recording several tracks for their DEP International record label. ‘Suffering’ featured on the B-side of the band’s UK top 10 hit ‘Please Don’t Make Me Cry’. She was offered a 5-year recording contract with DEP International but declined after being invited to join the all-female band Akabu, first as a drummer, then as guitarist/backing vocalist. As an integral part of Akabu, she toured continuously all over the world, performing at the world famous Reggae Sunsplash festival, and at prestigious venues such as Madison Square Gardens and the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York.
After several years as a member of Akabu, Barbara decided it was time to pursue a solo career and she released several singles, as well as her debut album ‘No Apologies’ on the Ruff Cutt label. She became a regular feature of the critically acclaimed Ruff Cutt Band, becoming one of the most highly rated backing vocalists in the reggae business. Barbara has regularly worked with a long list of the most prestigious reggae acts both live and in the studio, including artists such as Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Beres Hammond, Alton Ellis, John Holt, Luciano, Sanchez, Ken Boothe, Delroy Wilson, Cornell Campbell, Al Campbell and Michael Rose, to name just a few.
As well as being a talented vocalist, Barbara is also an accomplished musician, composer, producer and music programmer. She produced and programmed a number of the rhythm tracks for songs on her debut album and has programmed and produced all the rhythm tracks for her latest album, Empress Lioness, which was released on March 25th, 2013.

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ABA-SHANTI-I

Aba was introduced to Roots and Culture through his father Allan's sound system at a very early age.
He went on to become MC for 'Jah Tubbys Sound' travelling up and down the country chatting his
conscious lyrics over heavy dubplate mixes.

With the coming of Ragga-Muffin in the 80's, Roots sound systems were forced to take a back seat
and only a few remained loyal.
Fortunately, Aba never lost his vibes or his belief in 'The Father' and after taking over the running of
Tubby's sound, he made his debut at the Leicester Carnival in 1990 playing his own brand of dub
plates.

Over the last 10 years Aba has been playing his sound, and the music created by his brother
Blood Shanti on that sound,in small and large halls throughout this country and in the process has
developed a following covering the widest spectrum of Jah's humanity.
Black/ White/ Asian /Young /The Not So Young /Rastafarians /Bald head /Dread.All races.
All creeds.All genders.
We don't segregate,we integrate.

Let Each One Teach One be the order of the Day!