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George Nooks – Soulful Libations for Stormy Weather

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Called Prince Mohammed in his earlier days as a deejay, but better known today as George Nooks, the dapper, heart-rending soul-stirring reggae balladist & gospel artiste will soon release his 2nd gospel album Ride Out Your Storm. The title track is a remake of the 1988 song of the same name by Betty Jean Robinson, and is already receiving rave reviews.

Executively produced by himself alongside Tad’s Records, and featuring productions from Bobby Digital, Danville Davis and a lone collaboration with Richie Stephens titled Father I Love You, the studio album which is expected to be released in June promises to be one of his best works ever.

“Whether financial, physical, a rocky relationship or the loss of a loved one, we’re all just riding out the storm and jus affi have someone fi believe in,” Nooks said, explaining the inspiration for the album.

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Executively produced by himself alongside Tad’s Records, and featuring productions from Bobby Digital, Danville Davis and a lone collaboration with Richie Stephens titled Father I Love You, the studio album which is expected to be released in June promises to be one of his best works ever.

“Whether financial, physical, a rocky relationship or the loss of a loved one, we’re all just riding out the storm and jus affi have someone fi believe in,” Nooks said, explaining the inspiration for the album.

“When yu a come back come do some gospel?” Nooks said his grandmother had asked. But it wasn’t until her final moments that George Nooks would record and dedicate God is Standing By to grandma.

His Christian ministry transcends his music and extends into his family and daily life. As he usually does with social commentary in music, George Nooks comments on the recent spate of brutal murders.

“It sad, it sad man, just mind boggling fi see and hear. Most a dem gruesome acts a nuh madman a do dem innu. Dem jus nuh get di teaching, di love weh dem fi get, suh dem just grow different and do tings different. All wi affi do is pray and nuh give up hope.”

Still hopeful of a bright future for Jamaica’s youth, himself a father of three, Nooks’s advice for Child Month is simple, “Dem fi have manners to dem parents and respect dem elders, do well in school, aim for the sy, have God inna yu ting, and nothing is impossible.”

George Nooks has weathered his fair share of storms, but has also seen many a sunshine and moonlight over his illustrious musical career, spanning nearly 30 albums. He has been in the music business for over four decades; this under the wings of Jamaican

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