About the Artist
The foundation of Jah Works is based on a love and respect for Jamaican music and culture. It is this sentiment which gave birth to Jah Works and has become the thread which has kept them together for 11 years and counting. While their music is clearly more “reggae” than any other style, as US natives they’ve always added their own flavor to the mix. The group has a remarkable list of achievements, none of which have been at the hands of a single record company, management team, or distribution deal. They’ve produced, funded and released six independent releases, including 2001’s acclaimed “Bassmentality”, for a total of over 70,000 units, all sold from a merchandise table. They average 200-250 shows per year, domestically and internationally, and have shared stages with a host of national/international acts including N.E.R.D., Damien Marley, UB40, Ben Harper, Buju Banton, Burning Spear and many, many more. In 2002, the band was accepted as a member of AFE (Armed Forces Entertainment) and was sent on their first tour entertaining troops at Thule AFB in northwest Greenland. In the fall of 2004, they embarked on their second AFE tour, this time for 6 weeks in the Pacific (Hawaii, The Marshall Islands, Guam, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Diego Garcia). In 2003, the band fulfilled their dream of playing for European audiences with a two week tour in Holland. The eight show tour concluded with two performances at High Times week long annual festival, ‘The Cannabis Cup’, held at Amsterdam’s premier Melkweg club. Jah Works has also made an annual pilgrimage out of their tours to Jamaica (4 years in a row). The trip exposes the band to both Jamaicans and tourists from around the globe and fuels the fire of inspiration that got them started.
Product Description
Mixed by Jamaica’s legendary dub-pioneer Scientist, Send the Rain is Jah Works’ roots album. Having taken a solid year and a half to release (legal difficulties), it’s also Jah Works’ labor of love. That being said, the process did bear many fruits and Send the Rain became an album that established the band as a regional force. Positive, conscious lyrics dominate an album inspired by lean times and current events like the Million Man March. Nearly every track became a requested favorite in the years that followed.
