Akinsanya

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Akinsanya is a healthy reggae sounds practitioner/artiste likewise a facilitator of holistic, non-toxic sounds/music to uplift the total being.

Born Lloyd O'Neil Palmer in St Ann Jamaica the garden parish of the isle, home to some of Jamaica’s international cultural legends such as; Burning Spears, Jackie Mittoo and Bob Marley.
King Sanya as he is and called grew up in Trelawny parish and was molded into the musical arts in his teenage years at his Alma mater William Knibb Memorial high school, being exposed to music as a subject likewise singing on the school's choir.
Akinsanya ventured into Jamaica’s popular music culture as a Dub -poet, then evolves into an multi-instrumentalists as he grows learning percussions, melodica, keyboards and now he's a student of the acoustic guitar.
As a musician Akin provided accompaniment(backing band) to Reggae’s A class performers, such as Richie Spice, Twony, Chezideck, Turbulence, Warrior King, Winston McAnuff and more. He has toured with reggae singer Sugar Minott and Gyptian playing keyboards until he formed “The Uprising Roots” band in ‘06 with fellow mates who felt disillusioned and abused by the Jamaican music industry unprofessionalism.
With Uprising Roots, Akin was able to fuse spoken words/Dub Poetry with spiritually potent contemporary reggae music in a debut album titled “Skyfiya”.
Currently King Sanya is on a sabbatical from the band to focus on his spiritual journey.