Music from Jamaica – Winston McAnuff

Winston McAnuff, also known under the stage name Electric Dread, (born 1957, in Mandeville) is a Jamaican singer and composer of reggae- and dub music. McAnuff was born in a family of preachers. He started his musical career, singing gospels in the church choir.

Although McAnuff had reasonable fame in Jamaica, none of his work was released elsewhere. It took til 2002 that his work was released in Europe. In 2002 the French record label Makasound released the first two albums and acompilation album Diary of the silent years. The release of the albums revived McAnuff’s career, notably in France. (wikipedia) 

Music from Uganda – Jackie Chandiru

Jackie Chandiru,  known as Jackie is one of Uganda’s leading female R’n’B artists and vocalists. Jackie kicked off her musical career in 2004 after she emerged as one of the winners for the Coca Cola Pop stars. This led to formation of the Blu 3 which became one of the leading girl groups in Africa. Here is the song “Gold Digger”