Garnet Silk’s meteoric rise to stardom

In a five-year recording career that began in 1989, Garnet Silk forged a formidable catalogue of songs that made him one of dancehall-reggae’s biggest stars. December 9 marked the 30th year since he died in a fire at his mother’s home in Manchester. Etiga Gray, his mother, also perished in the blaze which occurred when a propane cylinder on the premises exploded. Garnet Silk was a native of Manchester. There are over 30 albums listed in Silk’s discography, the majority of them compilations o...