Pablo Moses
Pablo Moses is a Jamaican roots reggae vocalist.
Moses got his start in music performing with informal school bands. He and Don Prendes formed a group and entered talent shows, performing under the name, "The Canaries". Moses released a number of records over several decades, but he is best known for his debut, 1975's Revolutionary Dream, produced by Geoffrey Chung, which included "I Man A Grasshopper", engineered at The Black Ark by Lee "Scratch" Perry. His 1980 follow up, A Song, was well received by his fans and music critics. Also well received was the single "Ready, Aim, Fire" off his 1983 album In The Future.
Reviewing the 1978 I Love I Bring LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, Robert Christgau said "a lot of these charming, moralistic reggae ditties have the lyrical and melodic simplicity of Sunday School hymns—'Be Not a Dread' could almost be a roots 'Jesus Loves the Little Children.' And whoever devised the synthesizer riffs that set off Moses's spacey singsong deserves a gold star."
Album discography
- Revolutionary Dream
- A Song
- Pave The Way
- In The Future
- Tension
- Live to Love
- We Refuse
- Charlie
- Confession of a Rastaman
- Mission
- Reggae Live Sessions
- The Rebirth
- ''The Itinuation''