ROOTS REGGAE (1979) 🌿FORGOTTEN ALBUM🌿NYAH SOUL 🌿 BREAK BABYLON скачать в хорошем качестве

ROOTS REGGAE (1979) 🌿FORGOTTEN ALBUM🌿NYAH SOUL 🌿 BREAK BABYLON

🎙️ The Story of Nyah Soul – The Voice of the Island Women (1948–1982) Nyah Soul was born on April 10, 1948, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, to a humble family of fishermen who lived by the rhythm of the ocean. Her father would rise before dawn to cast his nets, while her mother sang soft island hymns as she cleaned the catch of the day. From that rhythm — the waves, the work, the songs — Nyah learned that music was both survival and spirit. By the late 1960s, radio waves from Jamaica began to reach the Pacific, carrying the pulse of a new sound — reggae. To Nyah, it felt like a revelation: the same longing for freedom that echoed in her people’s hearts now had a rhythm. She found in reggae a spiritual home, a mirror of her island’s own struggles — poverty, inequality, and the silence forced upon women. In 1970, Nyah Soul burst onto the scene with her first single, “Rise, Island Woman,” a haunting roots anthem that blended Hawaiian chants with the deep bass and steady heartbeat of Jamaican reggae. Her voice — warm, soulful, and commanding — carried both the pain of her ancestors and the hope of a new dawn. She was a woman ahead of her time, unafraid to sing about what others whispered: the injustice of gender, the weight of inequality, the quiet power of the oppressed. While men dominated the reggae stages, Nyah stood tall, barefoot, her dreadlocks wrapped in cloth dyed by her own hands, singing truth to the world. Her influences ranged from Peter Tosh, The Wailers, and Toots Hibbert, to the sacred Hawaiian mele she had grown up with. In her music, she fused the fire of Rastafari with the calm of the ocean, creating a sound both militant and meditative — a true “soul of the islands.” Nyah’s lyrics spoke of freedom, sisterhood, and awakening. Songs like “Freedom Tide,” “Sister of the Sun,” “Roots of the Sea,” and “No Chains for My Heart” became underground hymns among women and activists across the Pacific and Caribbean. She sang not for fame, but for justice. Not for applause, but for awakening. Her message was clear: “No woman should ever be told to be quiet when truth needs to be sung.” Though history forgot her name, her legacy remains like the tide — always returning, always singing. Today, Forgotten Albums remembers Nyah Soul as one of the lost voices of reggae’s golden dawn — a woman who carried both the sea and the struggle in her voice, fighting for equality, dignity, and the freedom of all women. 🌊🔥