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Groundation

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Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences, from Sonoma County in Northern California. [1]

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  1. 33 relations: Bass guitar, California, Choir, Don Carlos (musician), Drum kit, Dub music, Grounation Day, Groundation, Guitar, Haile Selassie, Hammond organ, Israel Vibration, Jaffa Gate, Jamaica, Jazz, Jazz fusion, Keyboard instrument, Leroy Wallace, Northern California, RAS Records, Rastafari, Roots reggae, Singing, Sonoma County, California, Sonoma State University, Summerjam, The Abyssinians, The Congos, Trombone, Trumpet, United States, Will Bernard, Ziggy Marley.

  2. Easy Star Records artists

Bass guitar

The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Choir

A choir (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.

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Don Carlos (musician)

Don Carlos, a.k.a. Don McCarlos (born Euvin Spencer, 29 June 1952), is a Jamaican reggae singer and composer.

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Drum kit

A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.

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Dub music

Dub is an electronic musical style that grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Grounation Day

Grounation Day (April 21) is an important Rastafari holy day, second only to Coronation Day (November 2).

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Groundation

Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences, from Sonoma County in Northern California. Groundation and Groundation are American reggae musical groups and Easy Star Records artists.

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Guitar

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.

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Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I (Power of the Trinity; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.

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Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935.

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Israel Vibration

Israel Vibration are a reggae harmony group, originating from Kingston, Jamaica.

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Jaffa Gate

Jaffa Gate (Sha'ar Yafo; Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion (also known as fusion, jazz rock, and jazz-rock fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers that are pressed by the fingers.

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Leroy Wallace

Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace (born 22 August 1950) is a Jamaican drummer who worked for several years at Studio One, and has worked with numerous reggae artists including The Gladiators, Inner Circle,Hebdige, Dick (1987) Cut 'n' Mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music, Routledge,, p.

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Northern California

Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's 58 counties.

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RAS Records

RAS Records, also known as Real Authentic Sound, is a reggae record label.

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Rastafari

Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s.

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Roots reggae

Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of Africans and those in the African Diaspora, including the spiritual side of Rastafari, black liberation, revolution and the honouring of God, called Jah by Rastafarians.

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Sonoma County, California

Sonoma County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Sonoma State University

Sonoma State University (SSU, Sonoma State, or Sonoma) is a public university in Sonoma County, California.

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Summerjam

Summerjam is a European reggae festival.

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The Abyssinians

The Abyssinians are a Jamaican roots reggae group, famous for their close harmonies and promotion of the Rastafari movement in their lyrics.

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The Congos

The Congos are a reggae vocal group from Jamaica which formed as the duo "Ashanti" Roy Johnson (tenor) (b. Roydel Johnson, 1947, Hanover, Jamaica) and Cedric Myton (falsetto) (b. 1947, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica), later becoming a trio with the addition of Watty Burnett (baritone) (b. early 1950s, Port Antonio, Jamaica), and have been active on and off from the mid-1970s until the present day.

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Trombone

The trombone (Posaune, Italian, French: trombone) is a musical instrument in the brass family.

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Trumpet

The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Will Bernard

Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader.

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Ziggy Marley

David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican reggae musician.

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See also

Easy Star Records artists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundation

Also known as Dub Wars, Each One Teach One (Groundation Album), Here I Am (Groundation album), Upon The Bridge, We Free Again, Young Tree.