Roots of Creation
Roots of Creation was formed in 1999 in New Hampshire. The members of the group include Tal Pearson, Nick Minicucci, Mike Chadinha, Brett Wilson, and Andrew Riordan. Three of the group’s albums entered Billboard’s Reggae Albums chart. Their 2016 album Livin Free peaked at No. 8 while the Deluxe version of the said album, which was released earlier, topped the Reggae albums chart. Grateful Dub which was released in 2018 also peaked at No. 1 of the Reggae Albums chart, No. 8 of the Heatseekers albums chart and at No. 28 of the Independent Albums chart. Other albums by Roots of Creation include The End of the Beginning released in 2004 and 2006’s Rise Up. In 2011, they also released the single “Different” featuring Rubblebucket Horns.