Yami Bolo

Genres: Reggae

Biography

International star Yami Bolo has been recording and performing "Jah-centered" cultural reggae since the 1980s. Bolo believes that he has been divinely called to make himself and his entourage revolutionary soldiers of the Almighty on a mission to spread their message of love, peace and hope to the entire world with their performances and recordings. He is particularly interested in uplifting the youth songs that warn against violence such as "Gun War." Born Rolando McLean, Yami Bolo's earliest musical influence was church music; he began performing at age 11. He got his big chance when he hooked up with Sugar Minott and his Youth Promotion organization. Minott was impressed by Bolo's sincerity and eventually allowed him to record special promotions for traveling DJs -- none of the many tracks he recorded with Minott were ever released. While associated with Minott, the adolescent Bolo would spend much time hanging out at Jamaican studio listening to roots beats and learning about recording. Later, Bolo performed with Stur-Mas and Third World. As an independent artist, Bolo signed with Techniques in the mid-'80s and released three singles. He then went on to cut one LP with Junior Delgado and another with Augustus Pablo before recording the solo CD He Who Feels it Knows It for Heartbeat in 1989. In the early '90s, he was signed with Taxi Records and also to Paisley Park Records as a songwriter. Throughout the duration of the nineties Bolo recorded for the RAS and VP labels, as well as issuing 1991's He Who Knows It Feels It and 1992's Up Life Street on Heartbeat. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Yami Bolo
Birth name	Rolando Ephraim McLean
Born	1 October 1970
Origin	Jamaica
Genres	Reggae
Instruments	Vocalist and Musician

Yami Bolo (Born Rolando Ephraim McLean, October 1, 1970) is a Jamaican reggae singer and performer.

Contents

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Footnotes
4 See also
5 External links

Biography

Rolando Ephraim McLean, better known as Yami Bolo, is a Jamaican reggae singer, musician, artist, and performer. He was born on October 1, 1970 and grew up in Kingston 13. His first professional job and exposure was with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion Crew.

Yami Bolo, a reggae artist with deeply held Rastafarian beliefs, has worked as an Ambassador for reggae around the world. He contributed to Damian Marley's 2001 Grammy Award winning album Halfway Tree (2002 Best Reggae Album).

Yami Bolo has collaborated with some of reggae's greatest artists and producers; including Damian Marley, Tenor Saw, Sugar Minott, Capleton, Augustus Pablo, Tapper Zukie, Sly and Robbie, and King Jammys Studios. His success as a reggae artist has allowed him to record many songs professing the Rastafarian faith as taught by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church throughout his three decades in the reggae industry. Yami Bolo has been performing Rastafarian works since the mid 1980's touring with many different reggae groups including Augustus Pablo's Rockers crew.

His Rastafarian inspired music is listened to around the world, particularly in reggae niche markets like Japan, Australia, Britain, France, USA and Germany. As an ambassador for reggae, Yami Bolo conducted Rastafari cultural studies at world renowned universities, like SUNY in New York State and MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, Yami Bolo has supported the city of New Orleans and its surrounding areas by volunteering his musical talent at live performances in Louisiana in the Summer of 2009.^[1]

Discography

Albums

Jah Made Them All (Rockers, 1990)
He Who Knows It Feels It (Heartbeat, 1991)
Up Life Street (Heartbeat, 1992)
Fighting for Peace (RAS, 1994)
Wonders And Sign (Super Power, 1997)
Wisdom Cry (IMAJ, 1998)
No Surrender (Jet Star Records, 1998)
Freedom And Liberation (Tabou 1, 1999)
Healing Of All Nations (Roots Foundation, 2001)

EPs

Blood Diamonds Dub Set (Gold Moor Sound, 2008)

Singles

"Blood Diamonds" (Gold Moor Sound, 2008)
"Bloody Coltan" (Gold Moor Sound, 2011)

Footnotes

^ "Yami Bolo - SNWMF 2003". Sierra Nevada World Music Festival. http://www.snwmf.com/zerothree/bios/yamibolo.html. Retrieved February 11, 2007.

External links

Yami Bolo official web site
Yami Bolo discography at Discogs
Blood Diamonds Dub Set official web site
Blood Diamonds official web site
Bloody Coltan official web site

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Yami Bolo

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Yami Bolo

Biography

Discography

Footnotes

See also

External links