Jimmy Lindsay

About Jimmy Lindsay

JIMMY LINDSAY: is a genuine reggae/soul artist with a cultured musical history. He began as a soul singer in the sixties and came to fame as the front man of Cymande in the 70’s ... His undisputed excellence when commanding vocal authority and technique is delivered with a remarkable confidence and passion. Jimmy then went on to a solo career and found himself at the forefront of British reggae aligning himself with reggae greats as Joe Gibbs, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Andy and Bob Marley. Further, Jimmy’s song writing delves deeper into the roots of reggae and communicates a powerful message through his Jamaican roots touching your soul and dancing feet. The strength of song writing is documented on 3 solo albums ‘Where Is Your Love’, ‘Children Of Rastafari’, and Jimmy Lindsay and Rasuji Live at The Venue 1980. He has performed alongside Ronnie Lane, (expired link), Steel Pulse, Status Quo and many contemporaries. His chart success includes his superlative re-working of the 1977 British Reggae award winning single Commodores’ ‘Easy’ and ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’.



Jimmy returned to the stage in 2006 after being invited to join other x-members of Cymande to perform with them on the BBC’s Soul Britannia this led to a UK tour with them using the name Cymande11, in 2009 Jimmy received another British Reggae Award for his contribution to UK Black music



Jimmy as also been the lead vocalist with Fowokan their album



Shadow Of Rasta includes five of Jimmy’s original songs and some Cymand’e songs in a fowokan style



Forged from their time together in “Cymande”, the legendary British funk band, FOWOKAN re-unites core member Sam Kelly (drums/bvs) with lead vocalist, Jimmy Lindsay. Indeed, it is as lead vocalist that Jimmy’s musical excellence comes to the fore.



FOWOKAN is also Paul Jobson (MD/keyboards/bvs), Spy Austin (bass/bvs), Tony Qunta (guitar/bvs) Michael Lally Carey (guitar/bvs) and Jerome Marcus (percussion/bvs). Each of these musicians brings their own history of great performances and collaborations



They have undertaken several European tours and some great Uk dates.



Jimmy is currently working on a new album “More Love” his first in over thirty years all the songs are written by Jimmy and should be ready for release March-April 2015 when we hope to be able to announce tour dates that will see Jimmy returning to re-deliver the magic of British Black Music once again.



Booking information contact: musichive@(expired link)