Musical Notes: Sacaj

This enthralling singer/songwriter, Danece Alia Jácas, is commonly known as Sacaj. She becomes the 5th Woman to Win Jamaica’s Festival Competition in Its 56-Year History. Her festival song beat the nine other entries. Danece hails from St. Mary, in Jamaica, who began singing when she attended the University of Technology in Kingston at the age of 18 majoring in entrepreneurship. All though Sacaj was always singing and writing songs, she did not plan to follow it as a music as a career. However, a producer friend reached out to her and encouraged the talent that he saw. This began her journey in the music industry. Sacj describes her music as “passionate, soulful, and enthralling”. Her honeyed tone voice is a refreshing reggae sound that is one of the new faces Jamaican music.