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Sugar Minott
Sugar Minott
Jamaican musician
1
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Jamaican musician
2
Basque Dub Foundation
Basque Dub Foundation
band
3
Mad Professor
Mad Professor
Guyanese reggae singer
4
Black Uhuru
Black Uhuru
Jamaican reggae group
5
Niney the Observer
Niney the Observer
Jamaican musician
6
King Jammy
King Jammy
Jamaican dub mixer and record producer.
7
Ruder Than You
Ruder Than You
American ska band
8
Keith Hudson
Keith Hudson
Jamaican musician
9
Black Slate
Black Slate
Black Slate: UK's long lasting reggae band.
10
Tapper Zukie
Tapper Zukie
Reggae musician
11
Junior Reid
Junior Reid
Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer
12
Knowledge
Knowledge
13
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker
Jamaican singer-songwriter
14
The Skints
The Skints
15
Twilight Circus Dub Sound System
Twilight Circus Dub Sound System
16
Kiddus I
Kiddus I
Jamaican musician
17
Winston McAnuff
Winston McAnuff
Jamaican musician
18
Michael Prophet
Michael Prophet
Jamaican musician
19
Victor Axelrod
Victor Axelrod
American musician
20
Gaudi
Gaudi
Italian composer
21
Barrington Levy
Barrington Levy
reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica
22
Collie Buddz
Collie Buddz
Bermudian musician
23
Scientist
Scientist
Jamaican musician; dub music originator
24
DJ Vadim
DJ Vadim
Russian DJ
25
Judah Eskender Tafari
Judah Eskender Tafari
musical artist
26
The Ruts
The Ruts
band
27
Jah Lloyd
Jah Lloyd
Jamaican singer, deejay and producer
28
The Green
The Green
rock band
29
Big Sugar
Big Sugar
Canadian band
30
Johnny Clarke
Johnny Clarke
Jamaican musician
31
Subatomic Sound System
Subatomic Sound System
32
Culture
Culture
Jamaican roots reggae band
33
Iration
Iration
American reggae rock band
34
Liquid Liquid
Liquid Liquid
American no wave and dance-punk group
35
Josh Heinrichs
Josh Heinrichs
American musician
36
Lacksley Castell
Lacksley Castell
Jamaican musician
37
Ansell Collins
Ansell Collins
Jamaican musician
38
Merger
Merger
39
A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio
band
40
Willi Williams
Willi Williams
Jamaican reggae musician
41
Bunny Lee
Bunny Lee
Jamaican record producer
42
Skindred
Skindred
Welsh rock band
43
Errol Holt
Errol Holt
Jamaican musician
44
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
American rock and roll band
45
New Kingston
New Kingston
U.S. reggae group
46
The Congos
The Congos
Jamaican band
47
Clinton Fearon
Clinton Fearon
Reggae singer
48
Asian Dub Foundation
Asian Dub Foundation
band
49
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
50
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Jamaican reggae producer
51
Prince Buster
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
52
Jah Thomas
Jah Thomas
Jamaican musician
53
Aswad
Aswad
British band
54
London Posse
London Posse
British hip hop group
55
The Wailing Souls
The Wailing Souls
band
56
Horace Andy
Horace Andy
musician
57
Lucky Dube
Lucky Dube
South African reggae musician
58
King Tubby
King Tubby
Jamaican electronics and sound engineer
59
Michigan & Smiley
Michigan & Smiley
musical duo
60
Mikey Dread
Mikey Dread
Jamaican musician, record producer, and broadcaster
61
Rebelution
Rebelution
reggae music band
62
Aston Barrett
Aston Barrett
Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian
63
Mighty Diamonds
Mighty Diamonds
US vocal trio
64
Salmonella Dub
Salmonella Dub
band
65
The Selecter
The Selecter
British new wave band
66
Vic Ruggiero
Vic Ruggiero
musician, songwriter and producer from New York City
67
Caspa
Caspa
British musician
68
Gentleman's Dub Club
Gentleman's Dub Club
Intro
English reggae band
Music

Black Roots are a roots reggae band from the St. Paul's area of Bristol, England, formed in 1979. They toured extensively in the UK and Europe in the 1980s and early 1990s releasing several albums and singles during that time before disappearing from the music scene for about ten years. Their comeback began when Soundicate/Makasound, a record label in France, released an album in 2004 and followed it up with another in 2007 (both were compilations made up from their extensive back catalogue). In December 2010 they performed their first live show for some twenty years at the Trinity Hall in Bristol and since then they have been active once again, playing live dates and releasing a new album.