Nelly stharre biography
- Born in 1974 (the year the dread act was passed) under the tribe of Joseph, in the month of February, she's a "Revolutionary Baby.” Through songs like “Chant.
- Born in the year of Dominica's notorious Dread Act (1974), Nelly Stharre picked up the nickname “Revolutionary Baby”.
- Nelly Stharre is a unique artiste who uses her music to bring about change, which she says has been a long time coming.
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Nelly Stharre: woman of the earth
Ten years ago, when I saw Nelly Stharre on stage in Dominica for the first time, she sang songs that made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Dressed in a forest-green jacket, matching long skirt and black boots, she looked like a child of Che Guevara. Completely hooked, I rushed out the next day to buy her latest CD, Rain Jah. It was her second album, a collection of reggae that embraced Rastafarianism, challenged those who sought to “lick you with sticks and bricks and break your feelin’”, and, with ballads such as “Inside of Me”, offered insights into the artist’s innermost thoughts and sensitivities.
Rain Jah followed her 1995 debut album Wake Up!, an ensemble of mostly zouk songs recorded in Guadeloupe, during a period of her life that still conjures up sad memories but which, she says, has made her stronger and brought her to where she is today. Soul Country, in 2004, was an album that suggested Stharre (pronounced “star”) was on a musical journey, maturing as an artist, and not afraid to experiment. It is a fusion of caden
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Nelly Stharre’s music is a unique fusion of world beats that to date has produced an exquisite and exciting version of ‘One Drop reggae’, featured on her albums Rain Jah (1997) and Soul Country (2004), the latter of which was produced by the inimitable Clive Hunt, who has also worked with other French artists such as Alpha Blonde from Cameroon, Pierpoljak out of France, Boukman Eksperyans Haiti's leading band, Kreyol Syndikat and ‘Rai’ music star Khaled from Algeria.
She hails from the Nature Island of "Waitukubuli", which she says was ‘rediscovered’ and named Dominica by Christopher Columbus. Born in 1974 (the year the dread act was passed) under the tribe of Joseph, in the month of February, she’s a "Revolutionary Baby.” Through songs like “Chant Dem Go,” “No One,” “Leaders of The World” “Rise My Sister” and “Peace and Love”.
Nelly uses her powerful, stimulating lyrics and captivating live reggae accompaniment as agents of change; spreading her message of “One Perfect Love.” Nelly has performed to glowing reviews at music festivals
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