Nasio Fontaine

Nasio Fontaine, also known simply as Nasio, is a reggae artist from the Commonwealth of Dominica.

Biography Nasio is the youngest of seven children born to a Kalinago mother and father of African descent, in the village of Carte-Bois. When he was eight years old, Nasio began singing in the Bagatelle school and the village Catholic church choirs. Nasio had a habit of making instruments out of everything he could find. His father, Atto, made his very first instrument, a piece of board with fishing lines for strings. He was inspired at an early age by calypso artists and soul musicians such as Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, and Marvin Gaye.

A compilation of material from his earlier albums, Rise Up, was released in 2007.

Discography Reggae Power (1994), Reggae Power Wolf Catcher (1997) Revolution (1999), Import Living in the Positive (2003), Higher Love/RAS Universal Cry (2006), Greensleeves

Compilations Rise Up (2007)