Bermuda’s reggae/folk rock artist Mishka was performing in Nashville last night [Apr. 26], the first gig in a four-city mini-tour that will also see him giving concerts in Georgia and Texas over the next week.
Singer/songwriter Mishka is currently signed with recording legend Jimmy Buffett’s Mailboat Records.
Mr. Buffett, whose songs have made him synonomous with a laid-back island lifestyle, first met Mishka when he was only four years old.
Born in Bermuda and raised in the Caribbean, Mishka Frith and his sisters — one of them future alternative rock star Heather Nova – were selling croissants in the French West Indies when he came upon the “Margaritaville” and ”Cheeseburgers In Paradise” star himself. The acoustic-leaning American songwriter even wrote a song about that encounter with Mishka called “Chanson Pour Les Petis Enfants” [a picture of that early meeting is shown here].
Now the musicians’ relationship has come full circle: not only is the Bermudian artist signed to Mr. Buffet’s label but he also provided vocal contributions to “Ocean Is My Potion”, the title track on Mishka’s recent chart-topping EP.
Established in 1999, Key West-Mailboat Records’’s first release was “Buffett’s Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.”
In addition to Mr. Buffett and Mishka, the label’s roster includes Dan Fogelberg, Bret Michaels, Boz Scaggs, Def Leppard and Walter Becker.
Mishka announces mini-tour dates to his fans