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Souljah Fyah is an award-winning Reggae band based in Canada. The band is lead by Janaya "Sista J" Ellis and stylistically straddles Roots Reggae and Dancehall. Their second full-length album, Truth Will Reveal, released in 2008, was nominated for a Juno Award for “Reggae Album of the Year”, and won “Outstanding Urban Recording” at the Western Canadian Music Awards. The album’s producer, IBO, was nominated for a Reggae Music Achievement award for his work on the recording.

Souljah Fyah was named “Best Band of the Year” at the 2009 Canadian Reggae Music Awards. The band has opened shows in western Canada for such Reggae and World Music luminaries as Morgan Heritage, Mikey Dread and King Sunny Ade.

Besides Ellis, Souljah Fyah’s current lineup includes Dorrant Ricketts on drums and lead vocals, Renowned sociologist Paul Joosse on bass, guitar, vocals and keyboards, Stormin' Norm on keyboards, and The Original Tribesman on percussion.

The band also released a self-titled album in 2005. In June of 2009, Souljah Fyah released an EP of songs produced by Stew Kirkwood. A second EP is planned for fall of 2009. Souljah Fyah has recently played the acclaimed Edmonton Folk Music Festival, as well as numerous other Canadian Music Festivals.

References

1) http://www.junoawards.ca/nominees-2009/en/categories.html

2) http://www.wcmw.ca/nominees-artistic

3) http://www.reggaemusicachievementawards.com

4) http://efmf.ab.ca/004.performers/004-02.programme.htm#performers

5) http://communities.canada.com/edmontonjournal/blogs/pluggedin/archive/2009/02/03/sweet-love-for-souljah-fyah.aspx