Trojan Jamaica, a new label from Zak Starkey and Sharna Liguz, has tapped reggae legends like Black Uhuru's Mykal Rose to cover blues classics for its first release. In 2019, musicians Zak Starkey and Sharna “Sshh” Liguz launched the Trojan Jamaica record label, in partnership with BMG. The label’s critically-acclaimed debut offering, Red, Gold, Green & Blue, was a compilation of classic American soul, r&b, and blues tunes, as interpreted by legendary Jamaican reggae artists. Listen free to Various Artists – Trojan Jamaican R&B Box Set (I Wanna Love, Drinkin' Whiskey and more). 50 tracks (136:33). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. RED, GOLD, GREEN & BLUE marks the eagerly anticipated debut full-length LP from Trojan Jamaica, the new record label co-founded by musician-producers Zak Starkey and Sharna 'Sshh' Liguz. The Trojan Box Set series is a range of various artist triple CD box sets, periodically released by the British reggae record label Trojan Records since 1998. The series covers a wide variety of reggae subgenres, styles and themes.
NewsBMG United States 30 Mar 2019US: Trojan Jamaica to release compilation Red, Gold, Green & Blue, debuts first new track
Trojan Jamaica, the newly created reggae record label in partnership with BMG, has announced their first official release, the groundbreaking compilation Red, Gold, Green & Blue. The announcement follows the release of the label’s musical debut, a cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' ‘I Put A Spell On You’ performed by Mykal Rose feat. Sly & Robbie. Produced by the legendary Youth (U2, Paul McCartney, The Verve) at Trojan Jamaica Studios in Ocho Rios, the song features Jamaican guitar great Ernest Ranglin.
Overseen in partnership with Zak Starkey and Sharna 'Sshh' Liguz, Trojan Jamaica arrives with a mandate to explore Jamaica's diverse musical legacy, from its African roots to the endless inspiration of classic and contemporary American soul, R&B and blues. With that goal in mind, an array of genre-spanning session superstars were enlisted for Red, Gold, Green & Blue, including drummer Cyril Neville (The Meters, The Neville Brothers), guitarist Tony Chin (of the famed Soul Syndicate session outfit) and keyboardist Michael Rendell (The Orb, Pink Floyd). With Youth behind the board, Starkey and Sshh lead this extraordinary band through all new performances of archetypal American music which deeply inspired the reggae revolution but whose influence on Jamaican music and culture is often forgotten.
Aided in their mission by Grammy Award-winning rhythm section Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, both of whom make indelible contributions, the album sees such stars as Sshh, Toots & The Maytals, Big Youth, Freddie McGregor, Phylea Carley, Kiddus I, and Andrew Tosh taking on definitive songs by Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Peter Green, and Johnny & Shuggie Otis.
Trojan Jamaican R&b Box Set Songs
'I find both reggae music and American blues to be similar with a different approach,' Starkey told the Jamaica Observer last year. 'Very cleverly, Jamaican music is 'up' music with a serious message. US blues has a very similar message in the words but the music can be harder or more 'down', but both rock just as hard.'