Shiah Coore is a Jamaican musical artist and producer born in Kingston, Jamaica on 20 August 1979.

Biography

Shiah Coore, firstborn to musician Cat Coore (

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) and artisan Donna Feltis-Coore (Ital Craft), was born in Kingston

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, 1979. As one of a handful of children belonging to the island’s reggae-elite, Shiah Coore was raised in the music industry. He showed interest for music early in life, performing living room shows with

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at 6. The Shepherds was later developed by Donna Feltis-Coore after she put an advertisement in the newspaper to find other members and named the band. The members of the band were Shiah Coore’s lifelong friend

, Yashema Beth Mc Gregor, daughter of

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, Richard Bertrand and Noel Parks, son of

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. They would later perform together at Sunsplash 1991. Shiah Coore later attended the Jamaica School of Music, playing bass guitar under the instruction of Maurice Gordon. Then submitted an audition tape featuring his best scales and patterns to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, and in the fall of ’99 entered on a scholarship, Here he furthered his bass studies with Rich Appleman and Danny Morris and also began to explore music production and engineering. To date, his bass tones can be heard on album recordings with

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, Joss Stone,

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and Stephen Marley or on the SuperHeavy project. Since 2003, he is touring as a bass player with

. As a producer, Shiah Coore is the creator of 'Mad Ants Riddim' , other notable work include contributions to

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’s ‘Rise to the Occasion’,

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‘No Holding back’,

’s ‘Welcome To JamRock (Grammy winner),

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and

’s Distant Relatives (2010). As well as tracks for

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, Beenie Man, Bounty Killa. Shiah Coore launches his own label « Shiah Records » in 2012.

Discography

Musician

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Producer and Composer

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References

1. 2009, Oxford University Press
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Collin Larkin 2. 2016, Reggae.fr

3. Music Credits : http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shiah-coore-mn0000748723/credits 4. Music Credits : http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/credits/shiah-coore/2961635 5

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