Sleater-Kinney first emerged from Olympia, WA in 1994. The group’s 1997 landmark album, Dig Me Out, earned a spot on Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” During 2015, they returned from a decade-long hiatus with the triumphant No Cities To Love, which closed out 2015 on dozens of year-end lists, reaching #1 for The Daily Beast and The Skinny. In 2019, they teamed up with St. Vincent to produce The Center Won’t Hold followed by a North American and European tour with multiple sold-out dates. Path of Wellness, their tenth studio and first self-produced album was released last year before embarking on a summer co-headlining tour with Wilco that included iconic venues such as Red Rocks, Merriweather Post Pavilion, and more. To commemorate 25 years of their iconic record, Dig Me Out, the band gathered artists across genres to reimagine the 13 original tracks. Artists include Courtney Barnett, St. Vincent, Wilco, The Linda Lindas, NNAMDÏ, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, and more. Their most recent record to date, Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album was released on October 21, 2022.

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Chardel is not a wannabe. It has taken many years of hard work and dedication to get her to this point. She took her quest for a successful musical career so seriously that she pursued and successfully completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Commercial Music at Westminster University. One of her tutors was music academic Mykael Riley, one of the founding members of Steel Pulse. Among the disciplines she learnt were music industry, copyright law, stage management, touring, preparing a business plan, sound engineering, recording techniques and performance.
It’s perhaps a safe bet that performance was her strongest module as  she distinguished herself in this area at Reggae Star Factor. She is a multi-instrumentalist who plays the guitar, bass, piano, clarinet, recorder and she knows her way around the studio very well having engineered and mixed many of her own recordings and others she has produced. 
It is easy to understand why she won the Reggae Star Factor; she has an incredible ability to bring it all together! 
Another interesting side to Chardel is her ability to sing in French and Arabic. A world tour with Natacha Atlas helped her to develop those skills and gave her the chance to appear on stages in the Middle East including Lebanon and Turkey, Croatia, France, Netherlands, Belgium, New York, Canada and many other countries.
“It was the most amazing experience for me. I have never had another job that allowed me to use my talents in the ways I did. I even learnt Egyptian dancing. I was the only backing vocalist and I was rapping as well. With Natacha, because she was singing in Arabic, I had to write out the melody and then learn the words. It sometimes took me a while to understand what I was singing. It was a fascinating experience.”
Chardel is the product of Jamaican parents who met in Harlesden, North West London, where she was born. But the story gets even more interesting. She is the first cousin to hit-making DJ Cutty Ranks and the niece of Jamaica’s top classical pianist Orrett Rhoden. There have been many other musical influences in her family.
It was Cutty Ranks who introduced her to legendary reggae producer King Jammys, during a trip to Jamaica in 2007. This led to her working with big names like Mykal Rose, Mavado and Capleton. It was out of that experience that Buss International Records was born. 
None of the wide and varied experiences she has had compares to winning Reggae Star Factor. She said: “I wanted to win so bad. I was totally focussed. I had auditioned for the X Factor and the Voice and did not get through and I thought that surely, this must be my time. During the competition every sinew of my body was focused. It was something I had to do.”
Now that she has the official title of Reggae Star Factor Winner 2014, what’s next for Chardel and what does the longer term future hold?
“In ten years time I would like have at least three successful albums, meaning they have made it to the top 10 internationally. I want to be the UK’s number one reggae artiste and be winning prestigious awards. I would also like to be touring and be fulfilled in my life and enjoying the love and delights of my children.”
Among her imminent engagements is appearing in a guest slot on the Sanchez and Etana show on November 23. She is quite eager to take up her Reggae Star Factor prizes of a recording contract, a management deal and a touring deal through Mediacom.

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