Asian Dub Foundation’s Ghetto Priest has announced a new solo album, ‘Big People Music’, which sees him performing covers of records his parents regularly played when he was growing up.The album was originally conceived as an EP, made in tribute to Ghetto Priest’s late father, but as he remembered more of the songs that had been staples of his childhood, it expanded to a full album.
Now it features his own versions of songs including Nat King Cole’s ‘Nature Boy’, Aaron Neville’s ‘Hercules’, The Maytones’ ‘Madness’, and more.“It’s a history lesson in black music”, he says. “‘Big People Music’ looks back on a time when my parents came over to England [from Jamaica in the 1960s].
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