Leighton Miller
Home is where the heart is” is an often used saying but you truly grasp the meaning? While it is true that you can be born in one place and move another and adopt your current surroundings as your new home, what is more common however is while living in your new surroundings there is always a yearning for your place of birth. This is exactly what happened to Long Island based but Jamaican born Leighton Miller. Hailing from parish of St. Elizabeth, Leighton got his start singing in a chorale choir and was even once considered a national vocal talent at one time. He, after being introduced to the business by a friend, had a stint in a three man group before truly finding his voice as a solo act. It was meeting Nikimo Palache however that really put Leighton on course
I met ‘Punch’ at a first job I had as a teenager and reconnected several years later at a party and after swapping stories back and forth. He kinda inspired me to do the music again.” He explained. Coming back to Jamaica three years ago, Leighton made up his mind, or maybe it would be more accurate to say his mind was made up for him, that a career in music was worthwhile pursuing. Leighton describes his music as a mix between R & B, hip hop, gospel and reggae but he has a special connection, love and respect for reggae music. “Reggae music deals with the social beginnings of any human being. If yuh grow up a walk barefoot or yuh a walk wid shoes, if yuh a ride a bicycle or yuh a drive car, reggae music talks about you. I think it is the most profound art form of the music we have.” High off of the release of ‘Silly of Me’, Leighton immediately begun to work on his next single ‘Queen of the Road’, a song in his own words that characterizes what a sexy independent woman should act like. A single for which he returned to where he still considers home, St. Elizabeth, to shoot a video for. “Basically, you have to come back to Jamaica because this is the root. This is the beginnings from where reggae music was bred and coming back here gives you a different type of vibe. Sometimes don’t want to record in New York, I rather come out here and get the vibe out here. The cool breeze, the food, the people it is a totally different atmosphere, my brother.” He concludes.
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