Founded: 1998
Location: United States
Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences, from Sonoma County in Northern California. It is named for Rastafarian ceremony of Grounation.
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"I think what comes with reggae music and what comes with Groundation is commitment to the sound and to the evolution of the music and not so much to pop culture and trying to be something that is gonna [make you] a millionaire."
The reggae collective will be here next month
Groundation are a lot more than you initially expect, and despite the stylistic mélange, the band are very much self-assured and offering something new to a genre filled with pale imitators. Just don’t hold where they come from against them