NEW YORK – It had been seven years since Carlene Davis launched an album when her newest effort, Songs Of Zion, got here out in February. Her earlier album, The Assignment, dropped in 2018 by VP Information, the New York-based firm that handles distribution of Songs Of Zion via its affiliate, VPAL Music.
Davis, an ordained minister of faith, stated she started writing songs for the album after returning to Jamaica from the UK in 2020.
Carlene Davis
“It’s early days, however an album like this may final for generations. Longevity has its place. Nonetheless, it’s thrilling and inspiring to see the constructive response we’ve been getting. We write and produce music not solely to get pleasure from, however to sow seeds for constructive change in a single’s life,” the veteran singer instructed South Florida Caribbean Information.
Rapha, lead single from Songs Of Zion, is nominated for Finest Gospel Music on the International Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA), scheduled for March 30 at Coral Springs Middle for the Arts in South Florida.
Davis and her husband Tommy Cowan co-produced Songs Of Zion, which she describes as “roots Nyahbinghi Reward”. It has obtained six nominations for the twenty seventh Marlin Awards which takes place on July 27 in The Bahamas.
“This sort of recognition I don’t take as a right and I’m grateful because it speaks to dedication, laborious work and being relentless in steady pursuit of your God-given expertise and task. All of the glory belongs to God,” stated Davis.
Born in Clarendon parish, southern Jamaica, Davis spent a lot of her adolescence within the UK and Canada. She launched her recording profession in Toronto throughout the Nineteen Seventies, nevertheless it was not till she moved again to Jamaica within the early Nineteen Eighties that Davis’ profession took off with songs like Stealing Love, Like Outdated Buddies Do and Going All the way down to Paradise.
She turned a born once more Christian within the early Nineties.
