Roots singer Everton Blender is poised to release his first album in 13 years in late August. Titled ‘Can’t Take my Space’, it has 14 songs including the title track which was released three years ago.
The new album contains songs from several producers including Molando “DJ Virus” Dale of Ochi City Records, and Jason “Jahson” Bromfield of Orlando-based Open Doors Records. It is the 68-year-old Blender’s first studio collection since ‘Higher Heights’ which came out in 2011. Like that set, ‘Can’t Take my Space’ bears the imprint of his company, Blend Dem Music.
Based in South Florida, Blender is known for anthems such as ‘Lift up Your Head’, ‘Create A Sound’ and ‘Ghetto People Song’ which were released in the 1990s. The latter was sampled two years ago by rapper French Montano and Harry Fraud for their song, ‘Higher’.
Blender is from Clarendon parish in rural Jamaica. He was part of the roots-reggae revival in the 1990s along with Garnet Silk, Tony Rebel, Kulcha Knox and Yasus Afari.
He reeled off a succession of radio-friendly songs produced by Richard Bell including ‘Lift up Your Head’ and ‘Piece A di Blender’ which endeared him to fans in Jamaica, the United States and Europe. Another hit, ‘Blend Dem’, was produced by Jack Scorpio.
