GROUNDATION ONE ROCK ALBUM: music videos and behind the Scenes videos I’m so honored to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Harrison Stafford and all the musicians in Groundation to produce the May 2022 album ONE ROCK. My contribution included writing the string trio arrangements, writing a number of horn arrangements, playing just about all the keyboards and co-writing one tune (Absolutely Clear). Here are links to 4 of the tunes that music videos were produced for: ORIGINAL RIDDIM music video HUMAN RACE music video ONE ROCK music video MARKET PRICE music video ALSO – videos were ..read more

10/29/22 This is our second European tour this year, the first taking place in July and August. I wrote a blog about this tour that you can read on the AofR site. As opposed to the Summer tour which was playing mostly mid sized and large reggae festivals, this tour is mainly us playing clubs.  I like this better personally. Why? Because it’s usually just us playing, sometimes with a small opening act, but because we are the featured band, we get time for a full sound check, and that is critical. At festivals we are playing in line with other bands and there’s no real time for a sound ch ..read more

Check out this brief video explaining this new One Shot lesson on it’s way to the site, from the road with Groundation ..read more

Art of Reggae founder Matt Jenson is on tour throughout Europe with GROUNDATION, July and August, 2022. In support of the band’s 10th album release, ONE ROCK. LISTEN TO IT HERE!   More Groundation tour info: http://www.groundation.com/live I’m going to post updates on the tour on this one blog post but you can see LOTS of pictures and videos on my itsmattjenson INSTAGRAM and my personal FACEBOOK PAGE. July 15: I’m sitting on the bus, in my sleeping birth, writing. I’m 6’4″ and believe it or not, I actually fit, and can sleep. We arrived in Paris on the 8th and did 5 days of rehearsals, H ..read more

Check out this open rehearsal with Matt’s BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC BOB MARLEY ENSEMBLE. He’s been teaching this class for nearly 20 years. It’s always a massive vibe with 13 talented students from across the globe! Monday, April 4th, 2022 7:30 – 8:30pm David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St, Boston Live Stream : Livestream.com/berklee ..read more