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The Abyssinians are a Jamaican roots reggae group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics. The vocal trio was originally formed in 1968 by Bernard Collins and Donald Manning. Their first song was "Satta Massagana", which was strongly influenced by Carlton Manning's "Happy Land". "Satta Massagana" is a Rastafarian hymn sung partly in the Ethiopian Amharic language. They recruited a third vocalist, who was still at school and often unable to attend rehearsals; he was soon replaced by Donald's brother Lynford Manning, who like Donald had previously been a member of their brother Carlton Manning's group Carlton and The Shoes. In 1971, the group purchased the master tapes from Dodd for £90 and released it on their own Clinch label, the single becoming a massive success, prompting Dodd to release his own instrumental and deejay versions. The original line-up reunited in 1998 and went on to record new material. The album "Abyssinians & Friends Tree of Satta vol. 1" was released in 2003.

Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Founded by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers, most notably Chad Channing, and then recruited Dave Grohl in 1990. Nirvana's success popularized alternative rock. Their music maintains a popular following and continues to influence modern rock culture. Characterized by their punk aesthetic, Nirvana's fusion of pop melodies with noise, combined with their themes of abjection and social alienation, brought them global popularity. The album "Greatest hits" was released in 2002. It includes songs from Nirvana's three studio albums and the live album MTV Unplugged in New York, plus the previously unreleased "You Know You're Right", recorded in 1994 during Nirvana's final studio session, a version of "Been a Son", previously only available on a UK limited release, and the Scott Litt remix of "Pennyroyal Tea".

10 Ft. Ganja Plant is a roots/dub Reggae group primarily based in Boston, Massachusetts. They often places no personnel credits on any of their albums. Most of their music has a traditional reggae sound, but their musical styles vary. During their tenure, the band has had 5 albums on Billboard's Reggae Albums chart. The album "10 Deadly shots Vol. One" was released in 2010.

ZionLab is from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. It's a laboratory where music projects are carried out, bringing the word of the most high Jah with all the simplicity of his majesty, bringing spiritual music to all our brothers and sisters, with the aim of promoting the work of various artists inspired by reggae culture. The album "Dun in Lab" was released in 2018.

ZionLab is from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. It's a laboratory where music projects are carried out, bringing the word of the most high Jah with all the simplicity of his majesty, bringing spiritual music to all our brothers and sisters, with the aim of promoting the work of various artists inspired by reggae culture. In a partnership between ZionLab and RafharI, the album "Armagedom D.C." was released in 2012.

ZionLab is from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. It's a laboratory where music projects are carried out, bringing the word of the most high Jah with all the simplicity of his majesty, bringing spiritual music to all our brothers and sisters, with the aim of promoting the work of various artists inspired by reggae culture. In a partnership between ZionLab and Nega Fyah, the album "DeixaEuQuieta" was released in 2013.

ZionLab is from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. It's a laboratory where music projects are carried out, bringing the word of the most high Jah with all the simplicity of his majesty, bringing spiritual music to all our brothers and sisters, with the aim of promoting the work of various artists inspired by reggae culture. In a partnership between ZionLab and Ras Sansão, the album "Vida Positiva" was released in 2013.

Born in Salvador - Bahia - Brazil, Daniel Pontual, artistically known as ZABAH BUSH, the Witch, Shaman, Hermeneutic. He began his musical career in 2002 with the formation of the band Semente da Paz. He also played with Red Meditation and Unidos e Resistentes, a project called JAH Music, produced by I-TAL Studio. After 10 years working with Semente, in 2012 Zabah began a new artistic journey in São Paulo. In January 2013, he released his first album, entitled "FÉ", with songs recorded at WR Studio, I-TAL Studio (in partnership with D'Jah Vicente de Jesus), KAFOFU Records, Unidade 76 Records, Jah-B Production and Echo SOUND. Currently, Zabah is between São Paulo, Brasília and Salvador playing shows. You can feel in her songs a strong vocal expression, defined by her posture on stage and in her lyrics. This is the most striking and authentic characteristic of a new artist on the national reggae scene. His great inspiration comes from a spiritual experience. Influenced mainly by the Jamaican rhythm, Nyabhinghi Reggae and all its strands. The creativity and expression of the words convey a message that transports his audience to another level of consciousness, impacting directly and indirectly on their lives.

The Abyssinians are a Jamaican roots reggae group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics. The vocal trio was originally formed in 1968 by Bernard Collins and Donald Manning. Their first song was "Satta Massagana", which was strongly influenced by Carlton Manning's "Happy Land". "Satta Massagana" is a Rastafarian hymn sung partly in the Ethiopian Amharic language. They recruited a third vocalist, who was still at school and often unable to attend rehearsals; he was soon replaced by Donald's brother Lynford Manning, who like Donald had previously been a member of their brother Carlton Manning's group Carlton and The Shoes. In 1971, the group purchased the master tapes from Dodd for £90 and released it on their own Clinch label, the single becoming a massive success, prompting Dodd to release his own instrumental and deejay versions. The original line-up reunited in 1998 and went on to record new material, including the release of the album "The declaration of Dub".

The Abyssinians are a Jamaican roots reggae group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics. The vocal trio was originally formed in 1968 by Bernard Collins and Donald Manning. Their first song was "Satta Massagana", which was strongly influenced by Carlton Manning's "Happy Land". "Satta Massagana" is a Rastafarian hymn sung partly in the Ethiopian Amharic language. They recruited a third vocalist, who was still at school and often unable to attend rehearsals; he was soon replaced by Donald's brother Lynford Manning, who like Donald had previously been a member of their brother Carlton Manning's group Carlton and The Shoes. In 1971, the group purchased the master tapes from Dodd for £90 and released it on their own Clinch label, the single becoming a massive success, prompting Dodd to release his own instrumental and deejay versions. Their first album, "Satta Massagana" was released in 1976.

At the end of 2009 six friends with the same philosophy, musicians who have been in the "Reggae scene" for many years, felt the desire to make a modern sound, respecting and always following the roots, where it all started, in Jamaica, not leaving their influences aside, becoming characteristics in the sound of the band as, dub, blues, Brazilian music among others. A new project is born, with heavy groove of bass and drums, with excellent harmonies of guitars and keyboards, very creative percussions and the unmistakable and powerful vocal, Youth Lions the new "revelation" of Brazilian Reggae, launching in 2010 the cd "Demonstration" with 5 tracks of excellent musical quality, recorded in the Studio Jamaica-RJ. The lyrics, composed by the members themselves, convey messages of love, justice, peace, unity among other themes so necessary to the current times. The songs "Dia após dia" and "Ilusão" pleased reggae lovers and promoted the band all over Brazil. The band is formed by: Ras Carlos - Vocals / Guitar Thiago "JAHbass" - Bass / Vocals Ras Bruno - Keyboards / Vocals FredLocks - Percussion / Vocals Mauricio "Bongo" - Drums.

The Abyssinians are a Jamaican roots reggae group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics. The vocal trio was originally formed in 1968 by Bernard Collins and Donald Manning. Their first song was "Satta Massagana", which was strongly influenced by Carlton Manning's "Happy Land". "Satta Massagana" is a Rastafarian hymn sung partly in the Ethiopian Amharic language. They recruited a third vocalist, who was still at school and often unable to attend rehearsals; he was soon replaced by Donald's brother Lynford Manning, who like Donald had previously been a member of their brother Carlton Manning's group Carlton and The Shoes. The album "Forward" was released in 1982.

Born in Curitiba PR, has experienced musicians influenced by the purest Reggae Music, born and raised in Jamaica that soon spread to the four corners of the world! All aspects of the rhythm, such as Dub, Earl, Dancehall, Ragga, Original Roots and the original Ska, form our musical influences, as well as several other musical styles! The band works as support for musicians / vocalists of the Reggae scene of Curitiba Paraná. Currently accompanies the band Realize with its vocalist Rachel Autran in with the Marley Night project of the Vocalist Nisio Jr and also in the project Tribute to Dennis Brown, with the vocalist Rodolfo Xaba current vocalist of the band Djambi. The album "Recarreggae " was released in 2009.

The Abyssinians are a Jamaican roots reggae group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics. The vocal trio was originally formed in 1968 by Bernard Collins and Donald Manning. Their first song was "Satta Massagana", which was strongly influenced by Carlton Manning's "Happy Land". "Satta Massagana" is a Rastafarian hymn sung partly in the Ethiopian Amharic language. They recruited a third vocalist, who was still at school and often unable to attend rehearsals; he was soon replaced by Donald's brother Lynford Manning, who like Donald had previously been a member of their brother Carlton Manning's group Carlton and The Shoes. Arise (1978), was recorded under stressful conditions with internal rivalries threatening to break up the group, and after the album's release, Collins left the band, to be eventually replaced by Carlton Manning. This line-up performed at the 1979 Reggae Sunsplash festival, but split up the following year. Donald Manning had a brief solo career in the early 1980s, in which he recorded as Donald Abyssinian.

Born in Curitiba PR, Virtude Rasta has experienced musicians influenced by the purest Reggae Music, born and raised in Jamaica that soon spread to the four corners of the world! All aspects of the rhythm, such as Dub, Earl, Dancehall, Ragga, Original Roots and the original Ska, form our musical influences, as well as several other musical styles! The band works as support for musicians / vocalists of the Reggae scene of Curitiba Paraná. Currently accompanies the band Realize with its vocalist Rachel Autran in with the Marley Night project of the Vocalist Nisio Jr and also in the project Tribute to Dennis Brown, with the vocalist Rodolfo Xaba current vocalist of the band Djambi. The album "Intru mental Dub" was released in 2012.

Singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist. He started composing and singing with friends at neighbourhood parties, rocked by the local rhythm. Soon he met Reggae music, through a great icon of World Reggae Bob Marley, but only came to sing in this style when he found out about Ras Tafari. As a result of his study of Reggae music, he was able to learn about its fundamentals and its aspects.

Ten Foot Pole was founded in 1983 under the name Scared Straight. In the early 1990s, after releasing You Drink, You Drive, You Die (1988), Scared Straight changed their name to Ten Foot Pole. One of the reasons for the name change was to move away from the "straight-edge" reputation that followed the band with a name like Scared Straight. In the beginning, Ten Foot Pole had a reputation of being a more aggressive, hardcore punk band that likes to party and have fun. After the release of Rev and a split EP with Sweden's Satanic Surfers, Radinsky was forced to leave the band due to his professional baseball commitments and Ten Foot Pole's desire to be a full-time touring band. From then on Dennis Jagard took over lead vocals for the band. The album "Rev" was released in 1994.

Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. The 2012 release, Lonerism, was also acclaimed, reaching platinum status in Australia and receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.

Formed in 2008 the band Verde Girassol already brings in its luggage a long experience on stage. In Apucarana-Pr where it all began the young Gibran Kobo Amari (vocals, guitar and scalette), Humberto o Dois (guitar), Ricardo Bastos (drums) and Paulo José Costa Junior (bass), began to stand out for the presentations in the pub V8. At first it would be just one presentation, but the energy and harmony that the band brought to the public made other presentations come. The year was a success for the band that played covers of Reggae and Rock national mainly, with crowded presentations the band soon gained notoriety throughout the region. In 2011, Verde Girassol dedicates several months exclusively to the production of its first seft-tittled EP and in October ends up releasing its first work with six songs. The songs Resposta Certa and Meu Amor are hits that the band brought in this first work and that were acclaimed by the public.

Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. After a series of singles and EPs, Tame Impala's debut studio album, Innerspeaker, was released in 2010; it was certified gold in Australia and well received by critics.

Wilson da Silva, better known as Ventania (Pariqüeraçu, 21 August 1962), is a singer and wanderer whose musical inspiration comes from the hippie movement of the 60s and 70s. Ventania currently lives in São Thomé das Letras, Minas Gerais. One of the most important musical influences of Ventania is the singer and composer Raul Seixas, the "Raulzito", historical landmark of national rock and the mixture with "alternative" influences. Ventania was born in Pariqüeraçu, state of São Paulo, on 21 August 1962. According to the singer, his career began at the age of eight, playing piano in church. But later, around 1980, Ventania began singing and composing, officially hitting the road. His concert life, which for the time being was summarised only in the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná, was recent, and the performances precarious. Ventania's shows, at the time, were literally "only for the crazy". To be Ventania is to be connected to simple things like receiving a name from an angel in childhood. Wilson da Silva, an illustrious visitor to São Thomé das Letras, was given the name Ventania. Adopting the hippie garb of the 60s was what really modulated the musical and personality structures of Ventania, who left the routine life to become a nomad, travelling the country, hitchhiking at gas stations, composing, playing, singing and enjoying life, with cannabis and hallucinogenic mushrooms as inspiration for his songs. Although he has not declared to the media his relationship with religion and his beliefs, Ventania claims to have started his career as a singer singing in the church, but we know perfectly well that it did not influence him, because Ventania composes lyrics that the church repudiates. An unavoidable subject to study Ventania's biography. With the song "O Diabo é Careta", one of his biggest hits, Ventania tells the story of the devil who refuses a marijuana cigarette and says he is careta, a story that reveals a little about the musician: agnosticism/liberalism, which is the lack of beliefs or absence of them. Completely indifferent to record labels, Ventania follows his steps independently. He began composing and singing his songs in the mid-1980s, and only achieved success through the internet, with the disc "Só Para Loucos" which was released in 2009 and is the name of one of the songs, which is still the most famous, but which, in fact, is a rock version originally by the band Black Zé.

System of a Down (also known as SOAD or simply System) is an American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. All members of System of a Down are of Armenian descent, being born to Armenian immigrants or being immigrants themselves. In 2005 they definitely announced the release of a double album, which would be called Mezmerize and Hypnotize, however, it would be a double album, but different, because it would be released in two parts, one in May and one in November. The albums are linked in a way, because joining the booklet of the two forms a unique design, the opening song of Mezmerize is "Soldier Side - Intro" and the closing song of Hypnotize is "Soldier Side", thus making the link between them.

Jah-Van", the work of singer-songwriter Djavan, gets re-recordings in reggae and ska versions. Producer Bid and musician Fernando Nunes brought together names such as Arnaldo Antunes, Rincón Sapiência, Ivete Sangalo, Fernanda Abreu, Seu Jorge, Chico César, Zélia Duncan, among others, to participate in the album. The tracks "Nem Um Dia", with Chico César, and "Meu Bem Querer" with Seu Jorge and Black Alien. Bid is the creator of the project alongside Fernando Nunes. The album "Djavan goes Jamaican" was released in 2018.

Tribo de Jah is a reggae band from Brazil formed in 1986 at the Maranhão's capital city, São Luís is known as the Brazilian Jamaica, by Fauzi Beydoun, who in that time was a multinational CEO coming from Ivory Coast in África, that maintained a successful reggae program on a radio in town. It was in this school where the members met. Four band members are fully blind while the fifth has partial vision. While buying equipment to form a band, Fauzi had a conversation with the leader of a band called "Banda Reflexo", whose musicians are still acquainted with him today. There, they worked as hired musicians, playing in São Luis and nearby cities parties, running a repertoire that held all the successful rhythms from that time, such as reggae, lambada, dance, serestas, meringues etc. As a peculiar feature, the band is formed by four visually impaired men who had met each other still young at Escola de Cegos do Maranhão and awake to music using school's old instruments (a music keyboard with missing piano keys, a guitar missing chords and the drummer used to use the writing desk to set the pace). Then, they agreed to follow together the project to form a reggae music band. Contested by the cultural elite, but embraced by the masses, reggae music became one of the most relevant features of maranhense culture, where it was created a very singular way to listen and dance the rhythm, creating an aspect that is unique in the entire world. At that time, the "radiolas", or sound-systems, recognized in this manner in Jamaica, were responsible for spreading reggae music in the whole state, while different reggae clubs maintained the rhythm on top attending a great public frequency, even though reggae was still not played on radios. In this situation, Tribo de Jah started to propagate its reggae roots, approaching social, political, spiritual subjects with love and peace messages. The band opened a market for reggae music in Brazil, playing in places where the Jamaican rhythm was never heard before attracting a legion of fans in the entire country. The band was the pioneer introducing reggae theme in Brazil: terms like "Jah" (God), "Babylon", "Roots" (title of their first album), among others, were never been spread nationally until then, what made the culture to be known in large scale by fans and other bands. The band's success out of the borders is due to Tribo de Jah sing in other tree languages besides Portuguese: French, Spanish and English. The tribute to Bob Marley "À Bob Marley" was released in 2001.

System of a Down (also known as SOAD or simply System) is an American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. All members of System of a Down are of Armenian descent, being born to Armenian immigrants or being immigrants themselves. The group's big break arrived when their second album, Toxicity, released in 2001 and debuted at No. 1 on the American and Canadian charts. The album has eventually achieved 3x multi-platinum certification in the United States.