Englishman and The Shango Band

The Shango Band is a D.C. area reggae group that sings about real life and current world issues with a likeable mix of smooth, lovers-edged tunes and harder, more "true" roots tunes. With all-encompassing sound, strong instrumentation and quality songwriting, the Shango Band has been performing since the late 1980's and won the award for Best Reggae Band in the 2001 D.C. Annual Reggae Music Awards. The band's bass-player, lead singer, songwriter and producer, Englishman, spent a number of years in England as a youth. He has performed with many reggae bands there and around the U.S. for about 30 years. Englishman received WAMMIE awards in 1989 for Best Male Vocalist, in 1990 for Best Instrumentalist, three in 1991 and two more in 1992. He has been a Master Artist in the D.C. Folks Arts Program for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Other members of the Shango Band also have performed with reggae bands throughout Europe and the U.S. They include Eric (Spiduki) McDermott (drummer/singer) and Jackson (Professor) Briscoe, a graduate of Howard University and MIT, where he studied mathematics and classical music. The Shango Band performs at many university night clubs and international events in Europe and the U.S. Their live performance keeps the audience feeling upbeat, irie and positive! Englishman and the Shango Band recorded their latest CD, Got to Know Your Purpose, in Iceland, while completing their European tour.

Recommended releases:

	Title: Wise Shepherd Artist: Englishman and The Shango Band Year: 2007 Label: E.A. Briscoe More info: www.englishman-shangoband.com Where to buy: Amazon \| CD Baby
Tracks: 01 - So Jah Say 02 - Who send You Come 03 - Good Driver 04 - Million Reasons 05 - World of Trouble 06 - They don't know 07 - Feel my Groove 08 - Go Down 09 - Hold On 10 - Hero/Shero 11 - Ball and Chain 12 - O Jah Creation 13 - Raging 14 - Play Reggae 15 - Jah will be there 16 - Keep Jah Light 17 - Paid like that 18 - Why Won't You

	Title: Keep It Real Artist: Englishman and The Shango Band Year: 2006 Label: E.A. Briscoe More info: www.englishman-shangoband.com Where to buy: Amazon \| CD Baby
Tracks: 01 - Calling The Youth 02 - Rise 03 - Ban-ga-rang 04 - Day and Night 05 - Come Right On 06 - Jah is on Your Side 07 - Stranded 08 - Sign 09 - Just Gwan 10 - Eyes is the Window 11 - Sweet Like a Rose 12 - My Party 13 - Get Up 14 - Show that Love 15 - Granny's Song 16 - Focus 17 - See and Know 18 - Same Old Story 19 - Jail House Rocking