"Jah Love" is the title of a six-song EP by singer/songwriter Var Hillsman. It will be independently released in November.
Var Hillsman is former lead singer of Pentateuch, a band that formed at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica.
In addition to writing all the songs, he produced four of them. Most of the tracks have a strong acoustic guitar flavor, featuring Var Hillsman. He said going unplugged was deliberate.
"Because I am a songwriter and I write music with the guitar, so it boils down to using what I have to make music as long as it have a feel and vibration to it and the message is clear, especially now when we are all facing this time of world crisis," he explained.
The other songs on "Jah Love" are produced by German singer/producer Patrice Bart Williams.
Var Hillsman is from Portland, a parish in eastern Jamaica. He moved to Kingston in his late teens to attend music school.
Some of his schoolmates played on Jah Love. They include bassist Jason Welch (of Notis Heavweight Rockaz) and his cousin, Shaquir McQueen, guitarist for Kabaka Pyramid's band.
Written By Howard Campbell