Reggae Angels

Currently based in the San Francisco, Calif. East Bay, the Reggae Angels have established themselves as a national conscious roots act. The Reggae Angels play regularly around the greater S.F. Bay area, and have been touring regularly from San Diego to British Columbia, Canada, into Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Utah, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico and Arizona. Every year since 1995 they tour 20 - 35 city stretches, so they are well known in the major cities of the western U.S. They have also performed in South America. The Reggae Angels have played many festivals including Reggae on the River, The Roots Mountain Reggae Festival in northeastern Washington State, Reggae in the Park in San Francisco, Kauai Splash in Hawaii, The Monterey Bay Reggaefest, The Sierra Nevada World Music Festival and many others. The Reggae Angels have backed other artist including Don Carlos, Horace Andy, Michael Rose, Big Youth, The Abyssinians, Edi Fitzroy, Bernard Collins, Carlton & The Shoes and Junior Murvin. <P> The Reggae Angels vocalists are Fenton Wardle, Cynthia Roots and Alreca Smith. Cynthia has completed her own premiere album - "Save Our Souls" in 2000. Before working with the Reggae Angels, Cynthia worked as a solo artist doing studio work and singing lead and harmony vocals with various music projects. She is a message recording artist. Alreca Smith has been singing with the Angels since the beginning. She comes from Westmoreland, Jamaica and has also worked with Della Grant and Sister I-Live. She is well gifted and well loved. Fenton, the lead vocalist, took his accordion to the streets in San Francisco where he started playing for the public at the age of twelve. In 1986 Fenton formed a band on the West coast called The Chosen Few. In 1989 the band re-arranged and was called The Elevations. Fenton sang lead and harmony vocals, and played keyboards. With the Elevations he produced two albums - "Jah Guide" and "Good Judgment". In 1992 Fenton left the Elevations and started the Reggae Angels.Since then he has produced "Guard the Honor", "Jealousy", "Truth and Conviction", "Spirit, Signs and Wonders", "Which Road will you Choose", "Live Positive", "Come To Jah", "Save Our Souls", "A Heart With Love" and "Balance", along with six instrumental albums. Augustus Pablo is featured playing melodica and synthesizer on the earlier works adding his melodious far eastern sound. The early mixing was done in Jamaica with some of the foremost reggae engineers including Sylvan Morris, David Rowe, Soljie, Dr. Marshall and Hugh Palmer. Scientist mixed the next four albums in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. "Balance" was mixed at Lion and Fox recording studios by Jim Fox in July 2003 and sold quickly upon release. <P> The Reggae Angels music brings a message of God consciousness. Their live shows are high energy performances featuring vocal harmonies and live horns. The Reggae Angels keep a seriousness in their music delivering conscious messages to help to bring people to righteousness. Theirs is an uplifting, happy sound with lyrical content good for all kinds of people. The Reggae Angels have their own recording studio in Oakland, California called The Workshop. Their focus is on spirituality, affirming and spreading the message of the prophets - advice and prayers to bring us nearer to God.