Sinéad throws down her arms with Rasta CD

IRISH singer Sinéad O’Connor says she has found solace in Jamaican music and the Rastafarian faith after recording her first reggae album on the Caribbean island.

“To me, I have not made a reggae record, I’ve made a Rasta record,” O’Connor said at a Kingston launch party for Thrown Down Your Arms, scheduled to be released in September.

The album includes covers of classic reggae protest songs such as Burning Spear’s Throw Down Your Arms, Peter Tosh’s Downpressor Man and Bob Marley’s War.