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Juno Award Winner Lazo , was born in Castle Bruce on
the beautiful island of Dominica in the Caribbean. He began his career
at an early age with a band called Black Blood (their very first album
charted number two in Dominica and received extensive air play in the
Caribbean). Soon after immigrating to Ottawa, Canada, Lazo formed his
own band, Unity, to start performing his original compositions.
Lazo has since toured extensively in the United States, Canada, and t he
Caribbean sharing the stage with artist such as Maxi Priest, Burning
Spear, Third World, and the Wailers, to name a few.
Relocating to Toronto he created the Lazo Band , releasing the well
received EP, Satisfaction Guaranteed. The following year Lazo wa s
awarded the Top Reggae Performer of the Year, at the internationally
recognized Canadian Reggae Music Awards. Lazo subsequently produced four
CDs: Impetus (which received the honor of being the first independent
album to chart on Vancouver's Z95.3 TOP 30) for the Washington D.C.
based RAS records, becoming the first Canadian artist to be signed by
the label, Something Real (nominated for a Juno Award in 1995), Heart
and Soul, winner of the 2000 Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording, Love
is on Your Sid e (the hit single),also nominated for a Juno Award, and
Children of the Palm Race.
Lazo's music video, Crucial, produced by Video Fact and RAS Records
reached number three on the charts in Guyana, South America, and
received extensive play on CSN (Caribbean Satellite Network), as well
rotating on America's BET (Black entertainment Television). |
