Cafe Crooner - Mike Harris @ Susie's

Words, particularly for those of us who make a living from them, are so often inadequate. It would hardly be an overstatement to say that Michael Sean Harris is the best male vocalist we have in Jamaica - and indeed, have had for some time.


His awesome talents, as singer, songwriter and bandleader are sadly not enough to earn him widescale notice in the present rubric, notwithstanding the exposure afforded by his stint as Judge on TVJ's choir programme All Together Sing.

It was enough though, to lure a fair-sized crowd out to Kingston's Susie's Coffee bar and Terrace - where of course, the focus is not so much of java, but on harder brews and spirits. Time, and the early onset of influenza, meant we could not take in much, but we caught Harris belting out chestnuts like Third World's "96 Degrees in The Shade" and his own composiiton, "Everyday".

Susie's, through Seretse Small's Griot Music company features live music each Wednesday - No cover.