Fiona

Born in May 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica, Fiona Robinson earned early comparisons to Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt, and Pam Hall. Three nominations in the New Artist Of The Year category at the 1998 Tamika Reggae Awards marked her first breakthrough, prompted by the single ‘I Could Fall In Love’. That track paved the way for her debut long-player, Fiona’s Moment, a critically praised set that paired her with Brian Gold, Merciless, and Teisha. Although the project centered on Jamaican lovers rock, it also revisited Junior Byles’ ‘Fade Away’ and Slim Smith’s ‘Rougher Yet’; alongside Merciless she delivered the dancehall cut ‘Have A Nice Weekend’. Subsequent singles such as her cover of ‘Oops I Did It Again’, ‘Hold On’, ‘Yours Tonight’, ‘Sky’, ‘Every Little Bit Hurts’, and the Lukie D duet ‘Love Me’ kept her in steady rotation. Her 2002 follow-up, Wanna Make Love, again showcased her range through the inspirational ‘Pray’, the uplifting ‘Rise Up’, the romantic ‘Take Your Heart’, and the offbeat ‘Kindness For Weakness Part 2’, written as a reply to Glen Washington’s track of nearly the same name.