Album Notes

Newsflash!! Congratulations to Deyansa for his Third Place Award for "Best Reggae Album" at the Just Plain Folks award show in Nashville, TN this August. The song also took Fifth Place Award for "Best Reggae Song" .
JPF had 576,000 songs submitted and over 45,000 albums! Check out the other winners here: www.jpfolks.com

**Deyansa breaks onto the scene with a CD of inner strength and fortitude**

Deyansa was born Wayne Fearon in May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica in 1973 and while he was always singing and writing songs it wasn't till 12 years ago that he got serious and started to write down his lyrics and working out the songs on his acoustic guitar.

Deyansa hooked up with fellow Jamaicans, Keith Senior and Jonathan Ford. The band toured with such reggae dignitaries as Culture, Meditations, Augustus Pablo, Cutty Ranks, and even Gregory Isaacs! Giving their able support on tours that took them throughout the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.

Keith Senior and Jonathan Ford had been session musicians for Coxsone Dodd, Lee "The Upsetter" Perry, and Ms. Pottinger performing on many hit songs. They also worked on such great projects as "The Black Ark Dub" and "The Upsetters" albums. Keith is a multi-talented musician who is very comfortable in the studio no matter what instrument you place in front of him, keyboards, bass and rhythm guitar, or drums. Jonathan is an accomplished bass player and was one of the original members of the Rhythm 1000 band.

Rounding off the core of Riddim Zone is Ian Joseph, a drummer with a passion who hails from the tropical islands of Trinidad & Tobago. He joined the band two years ago after touring in Asia.


Deyansa and Riddim Zone are here.

Holding On To Life - SKCD025

Produced and Arranged by Silver Kamel 2005 ©