Cool Shade heating up on the gospel scene

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Cool Shade

Horace Fisher, Star Writer

Gospel artiste Orville ‘Cool Shade’ Sutherland, second-place winner in this year’s Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Gospel Song Competition handed Clarendon back-to-back podium finishes, following Owen Brown’s triumph in 2013, and a platform to accelerate his career.

Sutherland, whose entry was a song called Cool Shade, is basking in his new found fame.

He will record two new singles On Calvary and Silver and Gold at the Tuff Gong Recording Studio this week.

“I just started my singing and recording career like a couple of months ago, so second-place finish in the completion is an enormous achievement. I feel really blessed,” the former studio engineer said. “It is a massive shot in the arm for my career.

The gospel singer insisted that music is in his DNA. He is from a family of gospel ministry achievers.

“My younger brother, Bradley, won the JCDC’s Children’s Gospel Song Contest in 2010 and my sister Sadra was a winner of the 2013 Clarendon Music Award Best Gospel Song category,” he shared in a recent interview with the Star.

The gospel artiste worked on productions for secular artistes including Cashew Man, Kamanda and Queen Ifrica, among others, while employed to Air Waves Studio in May Pen. He said his involvement with some of the secular artistes led to a strong appreciation for cultural music, which he began writing.

The Jamaica Theology Seminary student suggested that with the success of Cool Shade, and the scheduled releases, he is hoping to attract a manager who will guide his music to an international audience.

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Cool Shade heating up on the gospel scene