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Named after the address of the Studio One recording studio and label at 13 Brentford Road, Kingston 5, Jamaica W.I. .

Matthew Montfort is recognized as one of the world's 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists by the "best of" site DigitalDreamDoor.com. As leader of the world music group Ancient Future, Matthew Montfort has devoted himself to the scalloped fretboard guitar since 1978. Montfort immersed himself in an intensive study with vina master K.S. Subramanian in order to fully apply the South Indian gamaka (note-bending) techniques to the guitar. He is also known for his work as a composer and performer on Glissentar (11-string fretless guitar), electric guitar, flamenco guitar, mandolin, charango, sitar, and gamelan. He has studied with the master musicians of...

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Ray Montford is a Toronto-based guitarist composer who engages the senses as he puts out the powerful grooves and liquid guitar tones that mark his narrative style. Throughout six independent albums, his heart has remained loyal to the rock influences he loves while incorporating the sounds of jazz / blues / roots and world music that continue to inspire him. Consistently, audiences rave about Ray's "emotional, intimate, powerful and haunting" music and performances. For more than 15 years Ray has been supported by a dynamic group featuring some of Canada's best known musicians, and they have shared their visceral energy...

It all began with Coxsone Dodd's sound system in 1950. After working as a plantation worker in Florida for some time Coxsone earned enough money to buy an amp, speakers and lots of records which he brought back with him to Jamaica. There he (and his mother) set up a sound system in front of the family's record-shop to promote the music they were selling and to play up for dances. This proved to be an extraordinary success, and soon competition came in the person of Duke "The Trojan" Reid, who set up a similar sound system named "Treasure Isle",...