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Groundation
American reggae band Groundation was formed by musicians studying jazz at Sonoma
University (California) in 1998. The core group included Harrison Stafford
(vocals, guitar), Ryan Newman (bass), Marcus Urani (keyboards) and Jason
Bodlovitch (drums), before the arrival of other musicians and numerous changes.
Stafford is also a professor of reggae history in Sonoma, and founded the Young
Tree Records label, under which Groundation's albums were released, blending
roots reggae, jazz fusion, funk and dub. The label gave its title to the first
album Young Tree (1999), reissued in 2002...
