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Burning Spear
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Burning Spear, born Winston Rodney, is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, composer, and musician. He was born in Saint Ann's Bay and holds Jamaican citizenship. His professional work began in 1969, and he has worked in New York City. He performs in the roots reggae and dub music genres, using his voice as his primary instrument.
He has released music through Studio One and Island Records. His accolades include the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. He speaks English and is recognized under the pseudonym Burning Spear, which is also his name in his native language. His work is associated with tags such as reggae, roots reggae, dub, and Jamaican styles.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Burning Spear: Live in Germany — Self1981
- Rockers — Burning Spear1979
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1945
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 541,679
- Total plays
- 6,267,876
Tags
Winston Rodney (born March 1, 1945), also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Like many famous Jamaican reggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages. Rodney was born in Saint Ann's Bay, St. Ann, Jamaica, as were Bob Marley and Marcus Garvey; who both had a great influence on Rodney's life. Garvey in his philosophy, which Burning Spear greatly took to, and Marley in directly helping Burning Spear get started in the music industry.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Winston
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Saint Ann's Bay
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- dub music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.burningspearwebsite.com
- Image
- Burning Spear Live.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- date of birth
- 1945-03-01
- Commons category
- Burning Spear
- Commons gallery
- Burning Spear
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- pseudonym
- Burning Spear
- birth name
- Winston Rodney
- name in native language
- Burning Spear
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