Twinkle Brothers

TWINKLE BROTHERS
The Twinkle Brothers were formed in Jamaica in 1962 by brothers Norman and Ralston Grant and recorded their first single, “Somebody Please Help Me,” in 1966 for producer Leslie Kong. Sessions for other top Jamaican producers; Duke Reid, Lee Perry, Phil Pratt and Bunny Lee. Their strongly-Rastafari-oriented debut album, Rasta Pon Top, was released in 1975.

In 1977, the band signed to Virgin Records’ Frontline label and released three albums; Love, Praise Jah, and Countrymen. In the early 1980s Norman Grant moved to the UK and carried on effectively as a solo artist, but still using the Twinkle Brothers name, and has continued with regular releases up to the present day, mainly on his own Twinkle label. Since the early 1990s Twinkle Brothers have been regularly collaborating with the Polish band Trebunie-Tutki in which they fuse reggae and traditional music from the Tatra Mountains. To date they have released over a staggering 50 albums.