Conversation with Luciano

 ON "JAH WORDS"

ReggaeMovement.com : First off, I want to thank you for speaking with me today.  Back when i was first becoming interested in Reggae music, a person in the USVI, a drummer of a steel drum band, said i should listen to Luciano.  Since then, you have helped to form an inspiration and passion for reggae in me, and I thank you for sitting down and taking some time.

Luciano : Give thanks for the kind words my brother, and Big up the Reggae Movement! 

ReggaeMovement.com :  You have recently released Jah Words (review), your latest album.  As with each album of your past, your spirituality shines through in Jah Words (review).  What feelings did you have as you approached this latest album, and how did you feel after you were finished?

Luciano : Actually, on this album, all these songs were written by Brother Ian (Ian Clough) and Brother Calvini (Calvini Bakker).    It started off to be just one song.  For 2 years Brother Ian had been checking me down trying to get me to sing this one song, which was Foot Souljah.  Then after we did that song, it led to another, and I realized that him and I had formed a chemistry, where whatever song he wrote I could feel what he was writing.  I could put spirit to it, and he realized…he couldn’t believe how easy I could interpret his songs.

ReggaeMovement.com : Have you worked with others in the past who have written songs for you in the past, or is this the first album of such a collaboration?