Biography
Sherieta Lewis, a Jamaican performer fusing soul with reggae under the name Sherieta, invested more than ten years sharpening her skills through global tours as a supporting vocalist, studio sessions, and songwriting contributions for acts including Damian Marley, Tarrus Riley, Gentleman, and Diana King. Her full-bodied, velvety delivery—rooted in soul, jazz, reggae, and vintage R&B—stepped into the spotlight only after she issued her first EP, Conversations in Key, in 2019.
Born to a minister, Lewis sang regularly in church during her upbringing. While enrolled at university in Kingston toward the end of the 2000s, the local artist secured her initial professional break as a backing singer, joining Tarrus Riley on worldwide tours. Subsequent engagements followed with Marcia Griffiths, Diana King, and Duane Stephenson. Although she had long envisioned a solo path, those years of behind-the-scenes work produced an extensive résumé that encompassed vocal appearances on numerous albums and singles plus co-writing credits with Riley, Stephenson, Jah Cure, Luciano, and Etana. She simultaneously tested solo waters by issuing a few singles in the early 2010s on Island Star and Penthouse Records while contributing tracks to assorted reggae compilations.
Beginning in 2015 during her time as a touring and recording member of Damian Marley’s band, Lewis started shaping material that merged smooth soul and R&B textures with reggae and jazz. Keyboardist and bandmate Sean Diedrick helped her refine the sessions into a tight seven-song set she described as “exotique soul.” Credited simply as Sherieta, she released the resulting EP, Conversations in Key, on the Marley family’s Ghetto Youths International label in 2019.
Born to a minister, Lewis sang regularly in church during her upbringing. While enrolled at university in Kingston toward the end of the 2000s, the local artist secured her initial professional break as a backing singer, joining Tarrus Riley on worldwide tours. Subsequent engagements followed with Marcia Griffiths, Diana King, and Duane Stephenson. Although she had long envisioned a solo path, those years of behind-the-scenes work produced an extensive résumé that encompassed vocal appearances on numerous albums and singles plus co-writing credits with Riley, Stephenson, Jah Cure, Luciano, and Etana. She simultaneously tested solo waters by issuing a few singles in the early 2010s on Island Star and Penthouse Records while contributing tracks to assorted reggae compilations.
Beginning in 2015 during her time as a touring and recording member of Damian Marley’s band, Lewis started shaping material that merged smooth soul and R&B textures with reggae and jazz. Keyboardist and bandmate Sean Diedrick helped her refine the sessions into a tight seven-song set she described as “exotique soul.” Credited simply as Sherieta, she released the resulting EP, Conversations in Key, on the Marley family’s Ghetto Youths International label in 2019.
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