{"id":9685,"date":"2024-11-08T10:51:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T10:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=9685"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:51:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T10:51:49","slug":"elihu-morris-drops-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=9685","title":{"rendered":"Elihu Morris Drops Debut Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took 10 years of work, but singer Elihu Morris has finally released his first album. <strong><em>\u2018Broken Silence\u2019<\/em><\/strong> is the title of the set which he co-produced with bassist Andrew \u201cBassie\u201d Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>The duo, who first collaborated in 1989, also co-produced \u2018The Evolution of Courtney Morris\u2019, the Boston-based artist\u2019s 2010 EP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDi journey brings so much experience, so there\u2019s so much to share in these songs. Wi wanted to give di people something dat\u2019s different than what\u2019s out there,\u201d said Morris.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the songs on <strong><em>\u2018Broken Silence\u2019<\/em><\/strong> have been released, including the title track, <strong><em>\u2018I Need You Jah\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>\u2018All Who Can\u2019t Feel\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>\u2018On Your Side of Town\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell, who was a member of Junior Reid\u2019s One Blood Band for several years, led the recording sessions for <strong><em>\u2018Broken Silence\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. Veteran keyboardist <strong><em>Franklin \u201cBubbler\u201d Waul<\/em><\/strong>, drummer Kush McAnuff and Dalton Browne also played on the album.<\/p>\n<p>Morris lived in the Craig Town area (birthplace of The Shocking Vibes Crew) area of Kingston, before migrating to the United States during the 1980s. He launched his career that decade, first working with Campbell on the song, <strong><em>\u2018How You So Cold\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the songs from the recording sessions that produced \u2018The Evolution of Courtney Morris\u2019, are also on <strong><em>\u2018Broken Silence\u2019<\/em><\/strong> which Morris says has messages meant for misguided youth, community development and global peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took 10 years of work, but singer Elihu Morris has finally released his first album. \u2018Broken Silence\u2019 is the title of the set which he co-produced with bassist Andrew \u201cBassie\u201d Campbell. The duo, who first collaborated in 1989, also co-produced \u2018The Evolution of Courtney Morris\u2019, the Boston-based artist\u2019s 2010 EP. \u201cDi journey brings so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9686,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685\/revisions\/9686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}