Artist & Booking / Reggae · Dancehall · Ska

AnthonyLocks

Reggae vocalist and guitarist from Jamaica, two-time German Reggae Award winner, based in Germany.

Press portrait of Anthony Locks with a bridge and skyline behind him

Based in Stuttgart, Germany · Available across Europe · Fee on request

New single · Rise & Live Up · 2026
  • 2×

    German Reggae
    Award Winner

  • 25+

    Years of Live
    Performance

  • 3

    Continents
    Toured

  • 60–240

    Show Duration (Min.),
    Three Formats

Festivals & Shared Stages

Festivals
  • Goa Sunsplash (India)
  • Reggae Lake Festival (Netherlands)
  • Summer Jam
  • Reggae Jam
  • One Race Human Festival
  • and many more
Shared Stages
  • Samy Deluxe
  • Macka B
  • Luciano
  • Pressure
  • Junior Kelly
  • Duane Stephenson
  • and many more

Watch

Original · Cover · Studio

Three ways to judge the act before the contract: the original show on festival stages, the cover show that keeps a street festival singing, and the official releases.

Live Footage · Original Show

Main-stage festival sets in Europe and India, his own catalogue played trio or full band. Festival PA, no studio polish.

Goa Sunsplash, India, with the Next Generation Family. Main stage, full crowd, one take.

Reggae Jam 2020, full band on a festival stage.

Afro Fest, front to back and unedited.

Live Footage · Cover Show

The sing-along set: Bob Marley to Lionel Richie in reggaefied versions, built for street festivals, city events, corporate events and private hire.

Lionel Richie in a Ska version, the crossover end of the set.

The trio format, stripped back and voice-led.

The Marley anthem every crowd already knows.

Recordings

Official releases from the self-produced catalogue, two of them premiered on Reggaeville.

2024 release, premiered on Reggaeville.

2021 release, also a Reggaeville premiere.

From the earlier catalogue, still in the set.

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Live Programs

Three formats · One act
Anthony Locks playing acoustic guitar live on stage in a venue

01Solo Reggae Set: Voice & Guitar

A stripped-back acoustic performance featuring originals and Reggae classics reimagined in warm, organic arrangement. Ideal where a full backline isn't possible or a more personal atmosphere is desired.

Format
Solo
Duration
60–180 min
Setup
~30 min

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Anthony Locks playing acoustic guitar live on stage in a venue

02Original Songs: Pure Live Energy

Anthony Locks fronts a high-energy set built entirely from his own catalogue, a unique, unmistakable vibe shaped by years on stage. Three on stage, Anthony, Franca and Julian, with the impact of a full band – scaling up whenever the occasion calls for it.

Format
Trio (expandable)
Duration
60–90 min
Setup
~45–60 min

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View from the stage behind Anthony Locks over a full hall, hands in the air

03Reggae Greatest Hits: Cover Show

The genre's biggest anthems from Bob Marley to UB40, plus familiar Pop hits in reggaefied versions, delivered with Living Soundsystem energy and built for sing-alongs. Summer feeling guaranteed, from street festivals to corporate parties and weddings.

Format
Trio (expandable)
Duration
90–240 min
Setup
~45–60 min

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Anthony Locks performing live, arm raised with microphone

Why Book Anthony Locks

Jamaica‑born, Germany‑based: the Living Soundsystem Experience, a live band with the weight of a sound system.

Sound
Original Jamaican Roots vibes
Scale
Solo to full band, any venue size
Set
Roots, Dancehall, Ska, reggaefied Pop
Rider
Standard backline, fast changeover

Listen

Streaming · Singles

Self-produced studio releases and original writing, the songbook the live show is built on.

Single from the self-produced catalogue.

Released 2026, the most recent single.

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Biography

Linstead · Stuttgart
Press portrait of Anthony Locks, smiling, in a bucket hat at the harbour
Press portrait 2026Photo: Arne Hartenburg

Anthony Locks is a Jamaica-born Reggae vocalist and guitarist, also on keys and drums, and a two-time German Reggae Award winner based in Stuttgart, Germany. Raised in Linstead, Saint Catherine, he worked the hotel circuit from Montego Bay to Negril before 1995 and recorded at Kingston's leading studios, among them Anchor, Tuff Gong and Mixing Lab. Discovered by Iqulah, international ambassador of the Reggae & Rastafari movement, he toured Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda with Cedella Marley Booker, Bob Marley's mother, in 1995/96. In 1999 he took the stage name Anthony Locks and went on to play in the backing bands of major international acts. His music has since reached festival stages on three continents.

Today he fronts the "Living Soundsystem Experience": the weight of a classic sound system, delivered by a live band. A compact core trio plays Roots Reggae, Dancehall, Ska and reggaefied Pop with full-show energy, for crowds of every generation. Logistics stay lean: minimal technical requirements, fast load-in and load-out, standard backline. For bigger stages the trio scales into a full band. One booking that fits any stage, schedule or budget. Charismatic, original Roots vibes, straight from the yard.

Booking

Europe · Fee on request

Tell us the date, the stage and the format you have in mind. Every enquiry gets a straight answer, including availability and fee.

Booking Contact
Anthony Locks
smccatty@posteo.net
Fee
On request
Region
Europe