Kashief Lindo is a

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singer.

Career

Born in

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

, Kashief is the son of guitarist and producer

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.Larkin, Colin (1998) "Kashief Lindo" in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 170 He moved with his family to

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as a child.Quattro, M. Peggy (1993) "Dancehall, Rising Stars Propel Reggae In Miami", ''

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'', 10 July 1993, p. 1, 49 Kashief's first recording was produced by his father in 1992. He had a successful Jamaican single in 1993 with "Hard Times", based on the "

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" rhythm, and recorded a popular version of "

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" in 1996. In 1999 he released the album ''We Need Love'', described in ''The Rough Guide to Reggae'' as "a lovely album of smooth romantic material sung in the purest of voices".Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) ''The Rough Guide to Reggae'', Rough Guides, , p. 436 In 2012 he released the album ''A Reggae Tribute To Michael Jackson'', featuring 18 reggae cover versions of Jackson's songs, with contributions from

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and

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.Campbell, Howard (2012)
Kashief does MJ tribute album
, ''

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'', 22 February 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2013

Discography

Albums

*''Trouble Free'' (1994), Heavy Beat *''Sings Christmas'' (1995), Heavy Beat *''Soul and Inspiration'' (1996), Heavy Beat/ Jet Star *''What Kinda World'' (1997), VP *''We Need Love'' (1999), VP *''Love Knows the Way'' (2002), VP *''Solid Soul'' (2007), Charm *''Keep On Keepin' On'' (2008), VP *''A Reggae Tribute To Michael Jackson'' (2012), Heavy Beat

References

1970s births Living people Jamaican reggae singers Jamaican male singers VP Records artists {{Reggae-stub