Mishka Frith was born to a Bermudian father and
Nova Scotian mother, and grew up on his family's boat, sailing from island to island in the
Caribbean. Mishka and his sisters (one of whom is also a music artist,
Heather Nova, the other television news reporter and model Susannah Frith) were home schooled until their high school years. His uncle,
Michael K. Frith, worked for
The Jim Henson Company, and was a creator of
Miss Piggy, and of the television shows
Fraggle Rock and
Between the Lions. His son, Mishka's first-cousin, is folk singer
Jonathan Frith. In addition to developing his skills as a musician, Mishka also spent countless hours honing his windsurfing talents. He represented
Bermuda in 1991 and 1992 in the
windsurfing world championships, before concentrating primarily on his music career. Mishka's second album
One Tree was produced by Swedish producer Martin Terefe (
KT Tunstall, James Morrison) in 2005. On his third album,
Above the Bones, Mishka worked with longtime
Sly and Robbie guitarist, Daryl Thompson, who played for many years with
Peter Tosh and
Black Uhuru. It was at this time that Mishka met actor
Matthew McConaughey. The two shared a deeply rooted appreciation for
reggae music and it was a natural fit for McConaughey to sign Mishka to his j.k. livin record label. In February 2009,
Above the Bones debuted at number
one on the Billboard Reggae Charts, and Mishka was named 2009's Best New Artist in the singer/songwriter category by
iTunes. Mishka released his album,
Talk About, on 30 March 2010. It again debuted at number one on the iTunes Reggae Chart and includes the song "Homegrown" that features
Willie Nelson.
Talk About also features "Stars Will Be Shining" and "Give Them Love", produced by
Butch Walker (
Pete Yorn,
P!nk,
Fall Out Boy). Mishka began actively touring in support of
Talk About in the spring of 2010. At the same time, Mishka and surf-clothing giant,
O'Neill, entered into a partnership. O'Neill, the original California surf, snow and lifestyle brand, manufactures wetsuits, drysuits, sports clothing and accessories and is currently developing an eco-friendly apparel line, "ECO-Neill", which Mishka will have a hand in designing. In 2012, Mishka released his EP album "Ocean Is My Potion" on
Mailboat Records, featuring his long-time friend and legendary musician
Jimmy Buffett and cover album artwork by surf genre fine artist
Jay Alders. His album
The Journey, released in November 2013, topped the Billboard Reggae Albums chart in January 2014, his fifth album to achieve that position. ==Discography==