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Bushman (born Dwight Duncan, in 1973, in St. Thomas, Jamaica) is a reggae singer. He was raised a Rastafarian.

After hitch-hiking to Kingston, he met Steely & Clevie, who invited him to Studio 2000 and gave him the name “Bushman”. ‘Call The Hearse’ became a big hit in Jamaica, followed by ‘Rude Boy Life’ and his debut album, ‘Nyah Man Chant’ (1997), described in The Rough Guide to Reggae as "as good an example of modern cultural singing as you could hope to find."

Bushman moved on to work with King Jammy, who produced his next two albums - ‘Total Commitment’, which collected most of the early singles he recorded for the producer, and ‘Higher Ground’. ‘A Better Place’ (2001) was the fourth album from Bushman, now teamed up with the UK-based Stingray team.

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Peel played Bushman regularly on his programmes from the late 90s, after first picking up on the singer's singles with celebrated producer King Jammy, including two separate 7" releases on his 25 February 1999 (Radio Eins) show. On the BBC website, the DJ selected the 'Executioners' single among his top records of the month for May 2000 (Peel's Record Box) and June 2000 (Peel's Record Box).

In changing times, Peel was probably attracted by Bushman's devotion to traditional roots reggae. As noted by AllMusic: "Throughout his career Bushman has remained committed to cultural and conscious roots material, adamantly resisting the slacker side of the contemporary Jamaican dancehall milieu".[1]

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