By Kon-Vick
OutAroad.com Writer
From cutting strictly dub plates in his early days to touring extensively outside of Jamaica, Terry Linen, OutAroad.com Break Out Artiste for the Month of June, is one of reggae music’s great waiting to explode on the international scene.
The St. Elizabeth resident have recorded songs that have stucked to the lips of many worldwide, including his biggest hit to date Couldn't Be the Girl for Me. He was also widely recognized for the reggae cover of Whitney Houston’s Your Love Is My Love, which ‘shot up’ reggae charts worldwide.
Terry Linen’s career started in the mid ‘90s, however it was in 1996 when he recorded Rainbow Never Touch the Ground on the Kutchie Rhythm for producer/songwriter Anthony Red Rose that people began to take notice of the young singer. His next single Jah Jah You Save Me also received raved reviews overseas.
You can also tune in to our media player at the top right to listen to his hit song Couldn't Be The Girl For Me.
Linen then began receiving assistance from the musician extraordinaire Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Gitsy, Jazzwad and Dean Fraser. He went on to do a collaboration with German star Gentleman on the single Jah Jah Never Fail, which appeared on Gentleman's 1999 album, Trodding On.
His debut album in 2001, self-titled Terry Linen, which was distributed by VP Records, was a success and Linen went on to tour North America and Japan. Despite all of this success, Terry Linen is far from a household name within the shores of Jamaica.
According to Terry Linen, the downfall of his popularity in Jamaica is directly linked to a lack of promotion.
“The radio stations always a play Terry Linen thing, but people never know that is me. I never put out any video to put an image to the voice in the past. Back then, management was hiding my image. I now work under Uplifting Music who does my thing. They have my career dealing with now,” Linen explained.
Posted on June 2, 2008 12:07
YOW MI HEAR THA' YUTE YAH TUNE DEM ALREADY. HIM SOUND REALLY SMOOTH LIKE GARNET SILK. MI DID A WONDA IF HIM AN' SILK A BROTHERS. MI LOVE DI 'COULDN'T BE THE GIRL FOR ME' TUNE. BIG UP MY YUTE
Posted on June 2, 2008 12:13
daredevil you thought him and garnet silk are brothers, but I almost thought it was a new garnet silk that just got release just as how there were so many songs of bob continuing to release even though he wasn't alive. this youth will go far with a voice like that
Posted on June 2, 2008 15:04
Bless to Linen but mi always a wonder why him never do a video fi di album so jamaica could hear it, a just in St.Bess alone mi could find D album, well right now him fi shoot a video fi one a him pass hits, Call on a fren, or one a dem track, jus build back from them time so people can sey jah know a him sing that and see what happen, and mek dem go bac go find out who Terry Linen, cause D bess of Terry Linen is in da pass
Posted on June 2, 2008 18:52
Mi know dah yute yah from inna Manchester. Him tuff tuff still. Mi a wonder how a talented artiste like Linen can't buss. Di man have at least 3 tunes weh mi love. Yute yuh really need fi duh some promotion and get yuh thing out deh
Posted on June 3, 2008 12:06
Terry Linen is the boss ... check out his myspace @ www.myspace.com/terrylinenmusic