Horace Martin

Martin was an underrated singer who released a large number of recordings but received little recognition. He began his recording career in 1980 with Robert Palmer's Negus Roots, releasing ‘Zuggy Zuggy' and ‘Sweet Something', while with the fiercely unconstrained Big Ben label he released ‘Africa Is Calling', ‘We Are All One', ‘Beautiful Dream' and ‘Jah Jah Children'. Throughout the 80s he maintained a high profile as a singles artist, although he was unable to achieve crossover success. In 1985 his fortunes changed when he recorded ‘War', produced by veteran DJ Jah Thomas ove...