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Andru Branch

Andru Branch (Andru Reginald Arnold Branch)
Born June 27, 1968 in Sackville, New Brunswick, Andrew is a Canadian reggae musician. He is the lead singer-songwriter of the reggae band Andru Branch & Halfway Tree. He was nominated for a Juno Award for his debut 1998 album What If I Told You. http://halfwaytree.ca/
Andru's traditional roots-reggae style is wide-ranging, varying from African high-life to suggestions of country influence and has been described by Exclaim! Magazine as "some of the rootsiest bottom-heavy music ever to come out of the Great White North". He performed at Jamaica's 1998 Reggae Sunsplash Festival and as a percussionist. Andru developed a profound love for reggae music while growing up in multicultural Toronto, Ontario, where he was mentored by Tony "Raffa" White and Bernie Pitters, before moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2000. He graduated from Lawrence Park Collegiate and received a "Sound & Music Recording Diploma" from Recording Arts Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andru_Branch

Andrew Tosh (Carlos Andrew McIntosh)
Andrew Tosh (born Carlos Andrew McIntosh, 19 June 1967 is a Jamaican reggae singer and the son of Peter Tosh. He is the nephew of reggae singer Bunny Wailer, also an original member of the Wailers. Andrew has a strong vocal resemblance to his late father and like his father, rides the unicycle. Tosh was exposed to the music of his father's group the Wailers from an early age, his mother, Shirley Livingston, also being the sister of Bunny Wailer and half-sister of Claudette Pearl Livingston by Cedella Booker, the mother of the Wailers' third member, Bob Marley. Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tosh Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andrew.tosh.75
Eldest son of the late Wailer Peter Tosh, Andrew made his debut at his father's funeral in 1987, wowing the mourners with his physical and vocal similarities to Peter. Two promising albums later, Andrew is looked upon as one of conscious reggae's greatest hopes. A tour with the Wailers in 1991 solidified his live reputation. With strong material, he could fill his famous father's shoes in a manner similar to that of Ziggy Marley [more] - Roger Steffens, AllMusic Guide https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-tosh-mn0000037591

Andrew Diamond (Andrew Seidel)
Born June 19, 1969, in Stanford, California) Andrew is an American reggae artist and music producer. Originally a drummer, he also sings, plays keyboards, and guitar. He also writes, produces and mixes music for other artists. In 1995 he performed with the Itals and was invited by singer David Isaacs to visit and record in Jamaica. http://www.andrewdiamond.com/
In 2004 Andrew moved to Jamaica where he became the Resident Engineer at the GeeJam recording studio in Port Antonio. From 2010 to 2015 he lived in Lusaka, Zambia where he recorded traditional African music. In 2015 he returned to Kingston, Jamaica where he works from his private recording studio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Diamond

Ambelique (Owen George Anthony Silvera)
Born c.1956 in Waltham Park, Kingston, Jamaica, Ambelique is a Jamaican reggae singer, primarily working in the lovers rock genre. He began his career in the late 1960s, when he worked with Derrick Harriott's 'Musical Chariot' sound system as a deejay under the name Ramon the Mexican, also recording with Harriott's band The Crystallites on the album The Undertaker. Ambelique relocated to New York City and joined Hugh Hendricks and the Buccaneers with whom he toured the United States. He continued to perform but supported himself working as a bank clerk in California. He resumed his music career in 1989 and began a working relationship with Sly & Robbie, with whom he recorded a string of singles, achieving commercial success in the 1990s and beyond. Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambelique
Ambelique was considered to be a late starter in the music business as it was generally supposed that his major breakthrough came in the mid-90s. The music’s commentators concentrated on the fact that he had been a bank clerk turned reggae singer without acknowledging his early involvement in the Jamaican music industry. In reality Ambelique began his career in the late 60s with Derrick Harriott And The Crystalites, under the guise of Ramon The Mexican [more] AllMusic Guide - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ambelique-mn0000018603

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