Beres Hammond, the voice behind some of reggae’s sweetest love songs, is celebrating his 30th year in the music business with a worldwide 30th Anniversary Tour. He will be performing with reggae greats Sizzla, Marcia Griffiths, Wailing Souls and Ginja at Brooklyn’s Keyspan Park on Sunday, September 14th.

Once referred to by Bob Marley as “the man with the golden voice”, Beres Hammond is in the company of a handful of reggae pioneers like the late Dennis Brown, and Gregory Isaacs, who believe that reggae music is not only about revolution, but also for carrying messages of love. A prolific songwriter and master producer, he always delivers a tune for his fans to slow waltz to.

Though like most reggae artists he honed his singing skills in the church choir, it was 1972 when, as a gifted teenager, he took first prize at an amateur talent show. Born Beresford Hammond in St. Mary, Jamaica in 1955, he began his music career singing ska and reggae. He was profoundly inspired by soul legends like Sam Cooke and Otis Redding.

Although Hammond has since recorded seventeen-plus albums in his thirty years, it was really the 1990’s that proved to be his most memorable decade. During that time he created an impressive a selection of modern classics. Audiences everywhere sway and sing along to songs like the struggler’s anthem “Putting Up a Resistance” or the sweet lover’s rock of “No Disturb Sign” and “Always Be There”.

It was also the 1990’s when the singer/songwriter/producer started recording in his home based studio, Harmony House Productions, Ltd. [distributed by VP Records]. He reminisces about the good times had by all who’ve stopped by his “little room” saying, “When they go in my studio they don’t want to come out.” Aware that the survival of classic reggae depends on havens of pure creativity like Harmony House, he admits, “We a try bring back the golden days of the seventies, when reggae had the live drum and horn sections.” No computer can rock nearly as steady as veteran musicians. “I personally don’t’ believe in a whole heap of technology business,” says Beres. “It’s all about what you have to offer. As long as your vibe is there, that’s what the people feel.”

The audience, the musicians, the singers, the deejays, for Beres Hammond it’s all about the music. And as the title of his recent album told us, for him, music is life. “We no stop make tune”, he explains, relaxing on the breezy veranda in Kingston. “Every day, each vibe you get, just come natural. Just make some songs man. Songs about everything: love affair and life itself, ups and downs and your brothers and sisters trying to survive in the street. It’s for real. No fantasy business. We don’t rehearse them, just make the vibes flow. Like Bob did say ‘a natural mystic’. Yunno? Natural. It goes on and on”.

For ticket information call 718-856-5946 or visit www.carifest.com.