Twinkle Brothers - The Elements (1996)

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Twinkle Brothers

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Jamaican reggae band formed in 1962

The Twinkle Brothers – Norman and Ralston Grant – were born in Falmouth in the north of Jamaica. Both started to sing at the Sunday school choir and built their own instruments at the age of six and eight. After they succeeded the National “Pop and Mento” competition, they won third place at Jamaica Festival Song competition in 1970. In the same year they set up their own lable “Twinkle Music” and released their first LP record ”Rasta Pon Top”, which is followed by numerous records until today. They have produced more than 6o records plus many singles and Live albums.

The two brothers Norman and Ralston Grant are one of the real classics in Jamaican Roots-Reggae. Their most outstanding album, which became a real classic in reggae music is “Countrymen”, originally released in 1980, including the famous Rasta anthem: “Since I Threw The Comb Away”.

The formation of the band changed from time to time. Even Norman, who is often seen as head of the Twinkle Brother’s, once left the band for a short time to take over the lead singer’s part at “Inner Circle” after Jacob Miller’s death in 1980.

What makes the Twinkle Brothers an outstanding reggae band is above all their soulful voices. Their melodies are often inspired by soul or even gospel music. This touch of soul, that more represented by Norman’s voice, than by explicit quotations of soul music, but becomes obvious, when comparing the Twinkles with other reggae bands. Nevertheless the Twinkle’s themes are classical Rastafarian ones and it would miss the point to say the Twinkle Brothers would create some kind of reggae-soul fusion. The only word that is befitting to describe their music is: “Roots”. If you want to express it in a superlative way, one can say that “Twinkle Brothers” recorded some of the most stirring and captivating tunes of reggae music ever.

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