REGGAE CROONER Freddie McGregor is back home in Jamaica after a sojourn in the United States and he is already up to his neck in work.
He's preparing tracks for a new CD due for a March release. This will follow his Signature album which will a year-old next month.
"That album is still doing very well and there are new songs coming through all the time. That album has done rather well in all other territories before picking up in Jamaica, but the signs here are very encouraging," he said.
Signature contains the popular tracks I See It In You, If You Wanna Go and Keys To The City which have all done very well in Jamaica.
In addition to his projects, Freddie is busy as a producer of Lymie's new CD Start All Over which is also due for a March release. Two singles from that album have already been released in Europe and are attracting attention. They are La La Means I Love You and a cover of Celia Black's Conversation. McGregor said he is also preparing an album for dancehall group Hotta Flex as well as a Big Ship compilation.
Meanwhile, he's beaming that one of his songs, Lovers' Rock Ja Style has been used in the new Wesley Snipes movie Disappearing Act.
"It's good when your work is regarded in that manner," he said.
Freddie McGregor was recently in England where he recorded a song for UB 40's album project Fathers Of Reggae.
"They are doing a really nice project which involves several veteran Jamaican artistes singing UB 40 songs. It's kind of the flip side to what they did with our songs and we have all been delighted to be a part of it," he said.
- Andrew Clunis
