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sister nancy.....

I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LIVE VIBE OF THE GREAT FEMALE GROUP ABACUSH IN THEIR HEY DAY AS PERFORMING ARTIST THEY WHERE THE LICK, I WAS SUPPRISED THEY DID NOT BECOME A HOUSE HOLD NAME, THAT TUNE THEY RELEASED 'SUNSHINE ISLAND' WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME I REMEMBER RADIO DJ TONY BLACKBURN USE TO RINSE IT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP IN THE CHART,I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW A DAYS IF ANYONE IS OUT THERE KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING LET ME KNOW, ALTHOUGH RUMOUR HAS IT ONE OF THE GROUP MEMBERS IS DOING WELL AS AN ACTRESS ON BRITISH TV?

queen i-frica!!

Greetings,
My personal favorite roots female track of all time:

The I-Threes - Many Are Called.

Roots,
Jah Chicken

D KNIGHT: send me an email at mashdown45 AT gmail.com

Lady Junie also known as Junie Ranks

Messalie is on fiyah right now...Check the 10" ---Pretending w/ Barry Isaacs on the flip...
Sista Omi's "Judgement Come" 7" is militant....
Sis Jane "Stolen From Africa" 10" on the Kunte Kinte riddim is brilliant...
Judy Mowatt ' Black Woman"
Hortense Ellis "JAH Mysterious Creation" from the Family LP...

and the list goes on...

ranking ann

I have to second Dezarie. She is head and shoulders above any other female voice in reggae (including legends like Judy or Marcia) Then off course Kofi, Tanya Stephens... Especially Tanya has something to tell. On Impact label is a wicked wicked 7inch The Evil That You Do by The Roots, my favourite female song of all time. More than worth checking.

Wow out of four pages no one mentions DOREEN SCHAFFER

Original Studio one singer with a solo LP that needs to

be put on the Archives "Adorable You"