built around Harrison Stafford’s leadership, continued to bring reggae into new worlds, with their last studio album, The Next Generation (2018) opening with a full jazz big band (featuring 12 horn players). This album beat out Ziggy Marley and others to win Reggae.fr's “Best Roots Reggae Album of 2018,” voted on by over 16,000 media members, musicians, producers, and fans. In 2022 GROUNDATION released their 10th studio album One Rock. The album can be seen as a product of the global pandemic of the last two years. During this period, Groundation became even more aware of the issues of selfishness and greed that have emerged, which they address throughout the record, while also paying tribute to the victims and honoring the many reggae legends who have left us too soon since 2020. The group's desire to honor the "veterans" on this album was therefore obvious. Always a group to respect their elders and forebears, Groundation makes history yet again by bringing together the legendary reggae vocal groups Israel Vibration, The Abyssinians, and The Congos into the fold for One Rock. Lineup Members Harrison Stafford – vocals, guitar Isaiah Palmer - Bass player Zach Morillo - Drummer Brady Shammar - Harmony vocalist Alreca Smith - Harmony vocalist Eduardo Gross - Guitarist Roger Cox- Saxophone Matt Jenson - Keyboardist Former members Marcus Urani – b3, keyboards Ryan Newman – bass David Chachere – trumpet Te Kenawa Haereiti aka. Rufus – drums Kim Pommell – chorus Sherida Sharpe – chorus Nicholas Daniel Wlodarczyk – trombone Jason Robinson – sax, flute Paul Spina – drums (from December 2001 to July 2008; credited as a guest on some more recent albums). James Stafford – drums (on the first two albums) Shawna Anderson – chorus (from 1999 to 2004) Adaria Armstrong – chorus (2004) Jeannine Guillory – chorus (2005) Ekua Impraim – chorus (2005) Ikesha Johnson – chorus (2006) Benjamin Krames – congas, timbales, percussion (in 2007, during Mingo's break) Kelsey Howard – trombone (from 2000–2012) Kerry-Ann Morgan – chorus (from 2006–2012) Mingo Lewis Jr. – congas, timbales, percussion (2003–2013) Discography Studio albums 1999: Young Tree (Remastered in 2002) 2001: Each One Teach One2002: Hebron Gate2004: We Free Again2005: Dub Wars2006: Upon the Bridge2008: Rockamovya (Groundation's Stafford, Newman, and Urani project featuring Will Bernard and Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace), 2009: Here I Am2011: Gathering of the Elders2011: We Dub Again (Dub Remixes of We Free Again) 2012: