Since his debut, Junior Kelly released a succession of hit singles and several albums, furthering his renown as a skillful mediator between traditional roots music’s spirituality, social conscience and dancehall’s gritty everyday realism. Junior Kelly oft utilizes rich, multi textured one-drop rhythms which propel Kelly’s thoughtful lyrics into selections that stir the soul as readily as they move your feet.
Buju Banton is unequivocally the greatest reggae artist to have ever commanded a microphone. The man born Mark Anthony Myrie is a living legend, world class deejay, breaker of records set by the honorable Robert Nesta Marley, revolutionary and ambassador of the Jamaican sound called “Dancehall.” Born in the Kingston slum of Salt Lane, he’s made a career of teaching music lovers how to love and be loved.
Dennis Brown was an inspiration and influence for many reggae singers from the late 1970s through to the 2000s, including Barrington Levy, Junior Reid, Frankie Paul, Luciano, Bushman, and Richie Stephens. In July 1999, a group of UK-based musicians and more than fifty vocalists working under the collective name The British Reggae All Stars recorded "Tribute Song", a medley of six of Brown's best-known songs, in memory of Brown.