Alborosie
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'''Alberto D'Ascola (; born 4 July 1977), better known by his stage name Alborosie''', is an Italian reggae artist. He is sometimes called the "Italian Reggae Ambassador".
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Person · Open Library
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- 1
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- Unbreakable
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1977-04-04
Discography
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Alberto Dascola aka Alborosie is an Italian reggae singer, deejay and producer based in Kingston, Jamaica. He was born in Sicily in 1977 and in 1993, he formed a reggae band in Italy called Reggae National Tickets. He produced his biggest hit ‘Herbalist’ in 2006 and notably released several other singles as ‘Kingston Town’ , ‘Rastafari Anthem’, ‘Slam Bam’, ‘Life’ featuring Jah Cure and ‘Call Up Jah’ all on his own label Forward records. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alborosie">Read more on
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Alborosie
- Musical artist.image
- 2013-08-25 Chiemsee Reggae Summer - Alborosie & The Shengen Clan 6127.JPG
- Musical artist.caption
- Alborosie performing at Chiemsee Reggae Summer 2013
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Marsala, Sicily, Italy
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Alberto D'Ascola
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocals, drums, guitar, keyboard, bass
- Musical artist.genre
- Reggae, dancehall, dub
- Musical artist.occupation
- Singer-songwriter, record producer
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1993–present
- Musical artist.label
- Greensleeves, VP
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alberto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Marsala
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- reggae
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Greensleeves Records
- Official website
- www.alborosie.com
- Image
- 2013-08-25 Chiemsee Reggae Summer - Alborosie & The Shengen Clan 6127.JPG
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- Commons category
- Alborosie
- date of birth
- 1977-07-04
- Commons gallery
- Alborosie
- birth name
- Alberto D'Ascola
- pseudonym
- Puppa Albo
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- social media followers
- 119000
- name in native language
- Alborosie
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Music career
- Early life (2001–2005)
- ''Soul Pirate'' & ''Escape From Babylon '' (2006–2009)
- ''Dub Clash'', ''2 Times Revolution'', & ''Sound The System'' (2010–2013)
- ''Collaborations & Re-masters'' (2014–2015)
- ''Freedom & Fyah'' & ''The Rockers'' (2016)
- Collaborations with The Wailers and Roots Radics (2016–2019)
- ''For The Culture'' (2021)
- Personal life
- Discography
- Solo studio albums
- Dub albums
- Re-edition albums
- With Reggae National Tickets
- Produced by Alborosie
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
'''Alberto D'Ascola (; born 4 July 1977), better known by his stage name Alborosie, is an Italian reggae artist. He is sometimes called the "Italian Reggae Ambassador".
==Music career== ===Early life (2001–2005)=== Born Alberto d’Ascola and raised in Marsala, Sicily, Italy, but now residing in Kingston, Jamaica, he is a multi-instrumentalist, being proficient in guitar, bass, drums and keyboard. His musical career began in the Italian reggae band , from Bergamo city, when he was 15 years old in 1993, in which he was known as Stena'''.
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