Meet Courtney John, the reggae rocker, that enigmatic, rare artist who comes along every once in a while, with uniqueness that simply radiates. Blessed with a gift for creating music that speaks to the human condition, Courtney John sings about love, about life, about relationships and about good times; and of course, the women love his music, especially his trademark falsetto which resonates romance, transcending social and cultural boundaries. Courtney John’s songwriting and production capabilities are well respected among his peers. 
Writing, singing and producing comes naturally to Courtney John who was born into a musical family. He grew up listening to his uncles Winston and Beres Hammond, so it came as no surprise, when at age twelve; Courtney John wrote and performed his first song. He acknowledges being influenced by the singing styles of Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder while his peers have called him a modern day Slim Smith; some say he’s like a young Eddie Kendrick’s or even Curtis Mayfield.
Nevertheless, Courtney John is quick to admit he is a work in progress. “I get bored easily. What you get on this album, is not necessarily what will be on the next,” he smiles, “It’s about creating quality music that is positively progressive, that touches people where they live.” His vocal styling is captivatingly sultry yet strong. His melancholic strains get under your skin.
Courtney John’s solo efforts has garnered him some of music’s highest accolades. Courtney John’s releases From Letters to Words and 2009’s Made in Jamaica with the infectious single "Lucky Man" saw crossover success and was picked for the 2011 Axe/Lynx summer campaign that ran in the UK.  Lucky Man is also featured in the Jon Favreau’s movie “Chef” and on its soundtrack and Julianne Moore’s “Still Alice”. Currently Lucky Man has over 1 million streams on Spotify. 
Courtney has also penned and produced hits for international stars, Nelly Furtado & Michael Franti, as well as Luciano, Mr. Vegas and reggae legends Joseph Hill, Beres Hammond, Culture and Marcia Griffiths to name a few.
Vocal and lyrical contribution to Sly & Robbie’s 2011 Grammy Nominated Album “One Pop Reggae” only further established John as a musical heavyweight and his title as the worldwide “Lovers Rocker.”
Jamaica’s Irie FM, recognized Courtney John as Best Male artist of 2007 and his album, Unselfish as Best Album of 2007 and Singles like Miss You, Baby Tonight, and When You Say, have hit the Top 10 charts. Unselfish was the first album recorded as Courtney John. Previously, he was Yogie who broke through with That Was Then and I Go Crazy.
In 2012, Courtney invited producers to work on a new genre he co-created called “Rootstronic”. He eventually named the project, The Courtney John Project and released an album called Future in 2013. The Courtney John project has enjoyed praise on numerous indie blogs and caught the eye of Billboard Magazine’s Patricia Meschino who wrote an article titled “How Reggae Meets EDM in Jamaica’s 'Rootstronic' Courtney John Project” about her experience with the project.
Courtney John just released the singles: “Yes We Are” and “All the Way” from his upcoming fifth solo studio album set to be release June 16, 2017.

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In an era where genre mash-ups and hybrid music are becoming commonplace, it may be difficult for the seasoned aficionado to really be startled, or positively moved by new music.
But such is the case with the "Rootstronic" offering of The Courtney John Project. Since 2013's "Future", Courtney John founder and lead singer, admittedly more well-known in Jamaican music circles for a more conventional lovers rock (though "Lucky Man" from his "Made in Jamaica" disc, placed in Axe/Lynx UK campaign, Jon Favreau critically acclaimed “Chef” and Julianne Moore’s “Still Alice”) has been unabashedly taking Jamaican music into a more global theatre of ideas, with results that are causing folks on all sides to take note.
This kind of "global-local" duality is in fact nothing new for the singer-partly schooled overseas, (Canada) but still very much in touch with his rural St Mary roots. "I grew up in much the same way doing the same things as all my peers, but i also had the opportunity to experience a different culture, a more cosmopolitan outlook where it isn't just one set of beliefs that prevail." 
Through the Rootstronic project, John has vibrantly linked Jamaica’s glorious (if somewhat fading) musical past and its gritty origins with today’s technological advances springing from the fast-paced ethos of the developed world.
The interplay between these forces is brilliantly captured in the latest single and video "Live a Blast”. The sonic density very much in evidence from John on the previous set, has been transmuted (note: not eliminated) into a more calibrated intensity. John's trademark near breathless falsetto cuts unapologetically through - basically in step with a minimalist keyboard signature that is re-stated until the other elements creep in and the whole sonic vehicle gathers momentum towards the more "tronic" part of the expression. 
Similarly, the video for Live A Blast continues what for John is a fast-building tradition of snappy narrative treatments (see the aforementioned "Lucky Man" and also "Rain Like Gold") that have multiple visual dimensions and references and feature not established TV or film personalities, but regular people. "The point of the story in this video,” he points out "is to show that we don't have to allow our origins or circumstances to limit us. More than that, if we really consider it right, our beginnings have a lot of the key to a better life - as I state in the song the future's in the past."
Initial response to the Live A Blast record is already vibrant, and John who by his own admission has been extremely prolific, is looking to similarly be busy over the next few months. "I am inspired by all that is around me. It’s just that the types of songs like Live A Blast with a particular kind of message is what I've been dominantly hearing."
And though he never writes from a demographic or market-driven point of view, one can argue that with increasing chaos in all forms around the world, there has never been a more ideal time for the kind of uplifting message that Live A Blast offers. There is much interest in Europe, especially in France, but also in the more conventional markets and from as far afield as Australia. 
And, as his network broadens, John says fans can expect the musical forays to become even less inhibited, more textured, and indeed, more personal. "I recently did a project in France; it was really some next-level terrestrial kinda stuff. We always looking for the opportunity to re-form and reconstruct and build on what is. Rootstronic is just a more modern interpretation of reggae/dub music, influenced by EDM that represents Jamaica.”

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