Romain Virgo

In the five years since he made history as the youngest winner of Television Jamaica’s (TVJ) popular “Rising Stars” talent competition at just 17-years-old, Romain Virgo has emerged as one of the island’s finest singer/songwriters whose innate skills ensure that quality, consciously themed roots reggae will continue to flourish. With the release of his self-titled debut album in June 2010, critics and fans alike were duly awed by Romain’s expansive vocal range and his ability to convey romantic longings with the same sincerity heard in his powerful breakthrough hit “Can’t Sleep”, which decries rampant gun use among Jamaican youth.

n 2014 his cover version of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” produced by Nicholas Browne of Lifeline Music, topped the charts in several Caribbean countries. Virgo as a young boy growing up in rural Saint Ann emulated his cousin Bryan Art, an established singer and musician who specializes in Lover’s Rock and Roots Reggae. Virgo’s 2018 album “Lovesick” gave him his first number one album on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart and his is coming for the first time to Slovakia to present it.