I launched it when I was on tour with Stephen Marley, Damian Marley, Tarrus Riley and Morgan Heritage, we all came together for the Catch A Fire tour in 2015. So we have a jerk sauce, mild and hot, those things are coming together at the end of the year and then it will be available all over the US and the UK. We make our own Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce, cause you know we island people love spice (laughs). I grow scotch bonnet peppers in Jamaica, in Trelawny. Yes, the Gramps Farms is for my jerk sauce. Great! Also you are doing some farming, can you tell us about that? We are working on a homepage right now, so all these things will be in place very soon. I've done a lot of things, helping with education, helping to get school supplies in Uganda, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago. It's my charity that I use for anything that I do to help people. It means Gramps Music Orchestrating Miracles. A charity for example, that you founded in 2010. Before we talk about your album, I'd like to ask about some other projects of yours, because when you google Gramps Morgan, there are many things popping up. They are doing concerts and tours here in America already. In Germany we still have to wear masks in the shops and in public transport, and the clubs are still closed. And you don't have to wear masks anymore. They are closing a little early, maybe 9, 10 o'clock, but that's almost normal. Well, we don't have curfews anymore, that's gone. How is the current situation in Nashville? Read on to find out about what this album means to him, how he linked up with the featured singers and what other projects this bustling artist juggles: Greetings! How are you, how is the family?Įverybody is good, just making the best of this Covid, you know. What these are and why Gramps chose to join forces with Johnny Reid for its production, he tells us in our Reggaeville interview. It is special in that it combines Roots Reggae and Country, two genres that seem very distinct but actually share common features. Una, Mojo and Peetah have each released an impressive string of singles, and Gramps has just given birth to his third solo album, Positive Vibration.
Next to their involvement with the band, however, the individual Morgans have always pursued solo-careers as well. Initially groomed by daddy Denroy, the Morgan offspring have released some of the most beautiful Reggae hits, have toured the world, won a Grammy and successfully put the third Morgan generation on stage. A name inextricably linked with Reggae for decades, a family as dedicated to Jamaica's music as the Marleys. The anthemic “People Like You” was tracked at Soultrain Sound Studios in Nashville, TN (previously Randy Scruggs’ Scruggs Sound Studios.) It is the first time Morgan has released new solo music since 2012’s Reggae Music Lives, and “follows 12 albums with his critically-acclaimed reggae group, Morgan Heritage.”ĭid you enjoy this story? Consider donating to Rootfire to help bring more stories like it! DONATE HERE.Gramps Morgan inna Positive Vibration - The Interview
In times like these people need comfort and need to feel appreciated,” says Gramps Morgan. The three-time GRAMMY award-winning reggae artist “immediately felt compelled to record and release his own version” to amplify the song’s message regarding the vital importance of feeling good about the good one does in life, as people around the world deal simultaneously with the emotional tolls of a pandemic and systemic global racism. Morgan heard “People Like You” for the first time during Johnny Reid’s initial recording session for the track. I am so humbled to have Gramps Morgan be the voice that shares this song and its message to those who need it the most.” “This song was written as a dedication to all the good people out there who put love and kindness above everything else including themselves. “Every once in a while a song comes along that defies genre and attaches itself deep into the hearts of people around the world,” says Johnny Reid, whose original version was released in May with profits benefitting the Canadian Red Cross’ Stronger Together Nova Scotia Fund. “People Like You” was penned originally by Johnny Reid. And when the song he sings carries a powerful message of hope and validation, as is the case with his new single and video “People Like You,” everyone within earshot takes a deep breath and feels a little better. Gramps Morgan is one of the GREAT voices in modern music.