Artist of the Week - Finley Quaye

Carrying on the reggae theme started by last week by the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Bob Marley this week we have a reggae artist as Artist of the Week. The artist in question is Finley Quaye.

I'm not sure where I came across Finley Quaye, but I know listened to him years ago. While doing some research for an artist of the week with a reggae background I remembered the song "Sunday Shinning" and I took it from there. Listening to his music again I decided I had found my man. Unfortunately SME has decided to stop the embedding of his YouTube content. Hence the single video that doesn't show him at his best. Shame really when this blog entry might have introduced people to his music. It just goes with the luck I'm having I guess. The video's I picked worked when I started the entry. Please listen to the link at the bottom of the post. It is a must it is a beautiful song.

Finley Quaye is an award winning Scotish musician. He won the Mobo Award for best reggae act in 1997, and the 1998 BRIT Award for Best British Male Solo Artist. He is the son of the jazz musician Cab Kaye and was he was born in Edinburgh. He went school in both Scotland in England. Leaving school with no qualifications he went straight into work doing what ever he could before finally he started making records after signing with Polydor Records. Although this first contract didn't work out he was soon signed by Epic/Sony with whom he started releasing his work and he soon started winning awards. He has recorded various recordings some just singles, others EP's and a number of albums, and he is currently working on a new album that is a must for anyone who likes this kind of music.

Make sure you listen to the song "Dice". I couldn't include it as a video clip because copyright problems with YouTube and SME but it is a lovely track. Listen for yourself and you hear what I mean. I wish YouTube and SME would sort themselves out. At least if you watch on YouTube then SME get some money, I guess, which is better than people downloading music illegally. Any way if you can find his music listen to it. It is wonderful. A good start is the "The Best Of The Epic Years" album. If you can't find it look for these tracks:

• Sunday Shining
• Your Love Gets Sweeter Everyday
• Dice
• This How I Feel
• When I Burn Off Into The Distance

I hope you look forward to listening to Finley Quaye despite only having one video to watch this week. I'm so sorry but I did try and find some replacements on YouTube but it just didn't happened thanks to SME.