Sister Aisha
was born in the north of England in the sixties.
She was always surrounded by music as her father ran a sound system playing at weddings and parties.
It was her father who encouraged her early development as singer as he realized her natural talent and would give her the microphone so she could sing over the records that he played.
As a teenager, she developed her skills jamming on Lippy’s Locks City sound. “I was writing conscious stuff then because I think I just came into finding myself. Her first break came in ‘79 when she joined the group Capitol Letters singing backup vocals. She’d just gone solo in �84 when she met Dr. Alimantado, who was working locally with Neil Fraser,
aka Mad Professor. For Professor she cut several tracks, including Creator, which released in 1986. Jah Shaka, the respected UK Soundman, Itinually played a dubplate of “Creator” in session, thus introducing ones to Aisha’s magical & angelic voice singing one of the deepest and
most heartikal of roots tunes. “Creator” not only became her signature tune, it became a bona fide Roots Anthem.
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