Derajah

MyGen Profile GeneratorDERAJAH brings a new wave of roots rock reggae to world music scenes. With over 30 recordings and nuff live performances since the late 1990s, DERAJAH’s stout vocal range soars into haunting falsetto chants and his baritone reaches deep into the roots of Jamaica’s Rasta/African music traditions. Multi-talented, DERAJAH is a singer, songwriter, percussionist, and producer but it’s his voice and his charismatic presence that rocks. DERAJAH has recorded with musicians abroad such as the Austrian IrieVibrations Soundsystem. However, his key musical apprenticeship was a yard (in Jamaica) with master guitarist Chinna Smith and legendary Rockers vocalist Kiddus I. Derajah (as Jah Youth) sings “Well Ah Oh” on Earl Chinna Smith and Idrens, the must-have acoustic reggae album put out by Chinna and Kiddus I’s Inna De Yard collective and the label Makasound. This French company is known for its catalog of acoustic reggae recordings. Coming up in the summer DERAJAH completes a new album in Paris with the French band Donkey Jaw Bone. In all his projects, DERAJAH aims to make roots reggae music at the highest level, incorporating lovers rock and social commentary, to reach everyone worldwide.