Brah Yhan

...about four miles from Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica, Bryan Grant was born, in the lush green hills of Murray Mount. The youngest of twelve children, Brah Yhan began playing the guitar at the tender age of eight. His keen interest in music was inspired by his eldest brother Robert, a recording artist known as Ray Grant. "He's the kind of fellow who can make you cry whenever he sings: one of those unsung birds; and he plays guitar just as well", Brah Yhan states fondly. However, it was his mother who taught Brah Yhan his first three chords, "and I played for the next three years".
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In search of opportunity the guitar became secondary, that is until he moved to Kingston during his teen years. It was after this re-location that he began to play the guitar again in preparation for a college entry audition. The audition was a success! Brah Yhan majored in guitar as well as Caribbean Latin American Jazz Studies while he attended the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts [EMCVPA].

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While in school, Brah Yhan was discovered by George Miller, who gave him his first 'big' break as a guitarist; an opportunity to tour as a member of the Fire House Crew - Luciano's backing band at the time. An immeasurable experience, Brah Yhan toured with Luciano [Grammy nominee] for years and later for his counterpart, Bushman as the leader and guitarist of his Grass Roots Band. When he wasn't touring, Brah Yhan was either teaching music part time in two local schools or pursuing another of his long time dreams of singing.
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Today, devoted to his singing career, Brah Yhan represents a new generation of lover's rock reggae that keeps in the tradition of crooners who came before him, those who have inspired him, including the likes of the late Dennis Brown, Al Greene, Beres Hammond and Toots Hibbert to name a few.