About Ammoye
Short Biography:
I Was born and raised in Halse Hall, Clarendon Jamaica on September 4th. After my mother migrated to Toronto Canada when I was 6yrs old. My grandparents became my guardians until my Grand Mother passed away when I was 16yrs. Two yrs later after I graduated from high school (Clarendon College) I migrated to Toronto, Canada to live with my mother. Raised by strict Christian grandparents in Jamaica, I was brought up in the Church. We grew up singing in the church choir where I fell In love with music and singing. I was also shy but developed more confidence over the years singing in the choir with my family and being apart of my high school dance group “Princess5″.
We were introduced to all kinds of music and artists in Jamaica. My biggest influences were Bob Marley, Grace Jones, Sade, Clark Sisters, Michael Jackson, After Seven, BabyFace, Whitney to name a few. I enjoyed listening to all the genres of music as well, Rnb, Soul, Jazz, Pop, HipHop, Dance and would sing along with all my favourite artists learning all their lyrics which helped me become more versatile in being able to sing not just Reggae.
Skills and Progression
I am able to fuse my reggae music with all these different genres which you can hear in my music today. It also helped with developing my writing skills. As a child after church I would climb up the mango tress in my grandparents back yard and make up my own songs and melodies and sing out to the birds and trees who never judged me. When I came to Toronto with my siblings to live with our mother. I continued singing in her Church Choir and even formed my first group “Sisters in Christ” with my younger sister and two girl friends from our church. A couple years later I decided to answer the call of my heart to pursue my own solo career.
I went on to record with and work with some of the best producers and artists worldwide. I am now a 2 time Juno nominated artist. Juno to Canada is like the Grammys to the United States. And I have also garnered several other awards, Best Reggae Singer/Artist from multiple music organisations. I am now currently recording my second album The Light to be released summer 2016.
The Interview
Gav Pauze: What is your performance name and what does it mean?
Ammoye: My Name is Ammoye. Which is my middle name given to me by my father. It is from the Italian word Amore, which means Love.
Gav Pauze: When did you first start singing?
Ammoye: I started singing at the age of three. I sang in the children’s choir in my grandmothers church.
Family Encouragement
Gav Pauze: Did your family do to encourage you?
Ammoye: I come from a very artistic and talented family of singers. Who always encouraged us as children to sing and be creative. However they would have preferred me singing in the church. They were very disappointed at first in the beginnings of my professional career, when I left the Church and decided to go solo and pursue my own path …
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