Bushman

Bushman (born Dwight Marvin Duncan, 1973) is a Jamaican reggae singer. He was raised in the Rastafari culture from a young age.

Biography Born Dwight Duncan in Prospect Beach, St. Thomas, Jamaica in 1973, he was raised as a Rastafarian. He attended the Lysson All Age School, where his music teacher noticed his potential for music and nurtured him in his developing stages. Dwight then went on to Yallahs High School where he continued to shine musically as a member of the school choir, a member of the Yallahs drum core, playing the bass organ, also participating in numerous school concerts. He was also a member of the New Testament Church of God Choir, where he earned the name Ark Angel.

As a teenager he worked as a selector under the name Junior Melody (sometimes Junior Buckley) for the Black Star Line sound-system, and took part in several singing competitions and talent searches in and around St. Thomas. Gaining a strong local fan base Junior Melody began to sing dub plates for local sound-systems such as Lee's Unlimited, Mello Construction, King Majesty and others. The rave reviews from the sound selectors and the people of his community encouraged Junior Melody to take his talent to the next level, the studios of Kingston.

He hitch-hiked to Kingston, and during an impromptu game of football at Arrows Dub plate studio he met Steely & Clevie. After telling them that he was a singer, they invited him to Studio 2000, where he recorded his first tracks.

Bushman then moved on to work with King Jammy, who produced his next two albums - Total Commitment, which collected most of the early singles he recorded for the producer,

Discography Nyah Man Chant (1997), Greensleeves/VP Total Commitment (2000), Greensleeves A Better Place (2001), Artists Only - reissued as My Meditation (2003), Charm Higher Ground (2001), Greensleeves Toe 2 Toe Vol. 4 (2002), Charm - with Luciano Signs (2004), VP Get It in Your Mind (2008), Burning Bushes Bushman Sings the Bush Doctor (2011), VP Conquering Lion (2018), Burning Bushes Music Your Life (2021), Futureline Records

Compilations Most Wanted (2009), Greensleeves