DADRE

Dadre Coleman was born in Portland Jamaica, under the sign of Virgo. She began singing at the age of eight. Dadre made her first singing debut to her mom the night before her mom migrated from Jamaica to live in the United States. Her passion for music came as a result of her mother constantly playing records around her.Dadre moved to the United States in 1982 and lived in Connecticut most of her life. In 1988, Dadre was forced by a friend to compete as a group in their High School talent show. She sang the reggae version of Sorry which was originally done by Tracy Chapman. Her performance opened the eyes of a local producer name Seizer.In 1988 Seizer brought Dadre to a local recording studio where she recorded her first demo entitle Chapel. That first recording opened the doors for many radio interviews and for her to be heard throughout the northeastern U.S. Dadres Family was very disappointed with her decision to pursue music. Because she was known as the hair dresser of the family, they couldnt understand why she would choose music over cosmetology. Her family had big dreams that she would some day own her own beauty salon.Here in the U.S her music and song writing has blossomed into a fusion of reggae and hip hop. In 2000 she wrote a song entitled Test Me for our very own Grammy winnerShabby Ranks. In 1997 Dadre was introduced to producer Pinchy by close friend and producerNiko Wayne. Pinchy took Dadre under his wings and bought her, her first recorder which helped her in retaining her melodies to her songs. He also paid for her to take professional vocal lesson. Pinchy then introduced her to recording engineer Mark Brown (a.k.a) Stumpy. Stumpy gave Dadre some constructive criticism and guided her song writing ability. He also arranged and recorded a song for her Entitle "Through all the years.Dadres musical career has gained momentum over the past 5 years as she performs in night clubs and dance halls throughout the northeastern U.S. and Jamaica. In January of 2005 Dadre took a trip to Jamaica, where she was introduced to the Free Willy crew by a close friend. She then collaborated with Free Willy Artist Zahair and recorded a song title Whats Your Name. Dadre was presented with another project by close friend and mentor Pinchy to record a song for Shocking Vibe Kolo Kolo project title Hold Up. Hold Up got lots of radio play and received great reviews throughout Jamaica. Dadre also did several television interviews on Jacs TV which had the phone lines ringing off the hook. She also shot 2 music videos, which helped tremendously with her promotions. In July of 2005 Dadre was interviewed by Irie FM very own Big A, on Hartford local radio station WRTC. That interview led to her stunning performance on the Connecticut Summer Reggae Fest. Her current song is titleDouble Trouble on the Quest label. She continues to receive lots of radio play throughout Jamaica and the northeastern U.S.