Veteran lovers rock singer Tony Anthony credits resilience and self-belief for the success of his album, Then Now & Forever, which won the Bright Star Award for Best Reggae Album on January 27.
The ceremony took place at Colorful Radio Studios in London, England.
“Whenever you spend time and put a lot of effort in making music from the heart, it is always fulfilling seeing it been accepted and appreciated. When it reaches the stage of gaining an award nomination in the UK as one of the best albums in 2019, it is another level of humility and gratitude,” said Anthony, a longtime resident of Toronto, Canada.
Then Now & Forever, which was released on October 27 by his Phylani Music label, got the nod over Royal Soldier by Jah Cure, Morgan Heritage’s Loyalty, More Love by Phillip Leo’s New Horizon and More Love by Chucky Banton.
The album is a collection of reggae covers of popular songs including Tom Jones’ Wonderful Sound, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes’ Wake up Everybody and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw’s Speak To A Girl.
Anthony also put his spin on Charlie Wilson’s There Goes My Baby and Johnny Reid’s Today I’m Going to Try And Change The World. There Goes My Baby did well on the Foundation Radio Network Reggae Chart, both New York & South Florida, and the latter did well in Jamaica.
Born Mark Bennett, Anthony is originally from St. Catherine parish in rural Jamaica. He has lived in Canada since the early 1990’s, and has established himself there as a leading reggae act.
Black ‘N I’m Proud by singer Angie B won the Bright Star Award for Best Reggae Single while Barbados-born Dennis Lovell, a pioneer of lovers rock in Britain, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
It was the third staging of the Bright Star Awards.
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