Yami Bolo

Rolando Ephraim McLean (born 1 October 1970), better known as Yami Bolo, is a Jamaican reggae singer. Yami Bolo grew up in postal zone 13 of Kingston. His first professional job and exposure was with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion Crew. His first singles were released in 1986, and he had his greatest success working with Augustus Pablo in the late 1980s and early 1990s, on singles such as "Struggle in Babylon". His success as a reggae artist has allowed him to record many songs professing the Rastafarian faith as taught by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church throughout his three decades in the reggae industry. Yami Bolo has been performing Rastafarian works since the mid-1980s touring with many different reggae groups including Augustus Pablo's Rockers crew.

In addition, Yami Bolo has supported the city of New Orleans and its surrounding areas by volunteering his musical talent at live performances in Louisiana in the summer of 2009. In 2014 he was reportedly recording a new album, to be called The Singer.... (Read more

Links to Peel

 * The 1998 single Richer Than Cory (based on the Them/Van Morrison song 'Richard Cory') is the penultimate disc in John Peel's Record Box. John espoused hopes that his plays of Jah Jah Love in the latter part of 2002 might have propelled the song into the Festive Fifty: this proved to be either a blindside or optimism.

Festive Fifty Entries

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Sessions

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Other Shows Played

 * 21 January 1991: 'Struggle In Babylon (7")' (Rockers International)
 * 01 March 1992: 'It's Not Surprising (Groove Musik?Grove Music/Parson Pickney) (7” (pre-release))
 * 09 May 1992: 'Waiting For A Sound (7")' (Rockers International) with Blacka T
 * 21 March 1992: 'Iniquity Workers (LP-up Life Street)' (Leggo)
 * 24 July 1992: 'Joe The Boss (7")' (Tapper)
 * 06 August 1992 (Radio Mafia): 'Joe The Boss (7") (Tapper)
 * 03 July 1993: ‘Jah Love Is The Solution (7")’ (Kingston 11)
 * 10 April 2001: 'Jah Love Guide I And I (7")' (Yam Euphony) with Shalom
 * 02 May 2001: 'Jah Love Guide I And I (7")' (Yam Euphony) with Shalom
 * 01 May 2002: 'Ghetto Under Fire'
 * 14 May 2002: 'Ghetto Under Fire'
 * 20 August 2002: 'Reason For (7")' (John Shop)
 * 22 August 2002: 'Mystery Unfolds (7")' (B.I.G.)
 * 28 August 2001: 'Jah Fire Throne (7")' (Roots Foundation)
 * 16 July 2002: 'Mystery Unfolds (7")' (B.I.G.)
 * 07 August 2002: 'Reason For (7")' (John Shop)
 * 12 September 2002: 'Jah Jah love (7")' (Thompson Sound)
 * 24 September 2002: 'Jah Jah love (7")' (Thompson Sound)
 * 03 December 2002: 'Jah Jah Love (7")' (Thompson Sound) (JP: 'We've been playing that one since the day after my birthday back in August...perhaps it'll be in the Festive Fifty. We'll find out together, you and I, on Boxing Day, when we go through the whole Festive Fifty and perhaps other things besides.')