The ska classic Oh Carolina introduced SHAGGY to the world and the steady dub rhythm of the platinum selling Boombastic and hits like It Wasn’t Me and Angel from his Hotshot album, consolidated Shaggy as one of Jamaica’s finest musical exports – and that’s saying something! With 20 million album sales, 11 worldwide Top Ten singles, and a Grammy award for the Best Reggae Album, Shaggy celebrates his culture and being an ambassador for reggae music has always been the driving force in the heart of Jamaica’s only living Diamond-plus selling artist - RESPECT! myspace.com/shaggy

Ms. Lauryn Hill, an American recording artist, musician, producer and actress established her reputation in the hip-hop world as the lone female member of the Fugees. She sang at Harlem's Apollo Theater at age thirteen and soon after met Prakazrel ‘Pras’ Michel and his cousin, Wyclef Jean and the three formed the Fugees. In 1996 the group released their second album which Ms Hill co-wrote and co-produced. The Score sold over 18 million copies, making the Fugees the biggest-selling rap group of all time and winning them two Grammy Awards (Best Rap Album and Best R&B Performance by a duo or group). A few years later after meeting her long-term partner, Rohan Marley son of Bob Marley, Ms Hill launched her solo career and released the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The recording earned her five Grammy Awards and praise from industry heavyweights such as Public Enemy's Chuck D who admiringly described her as "sunlight" and a "Bob Marley (of the) 21st Century”. lauryn-hill.com

On their first Raggamuffin tour SLY & ROBBIE, the modern masters of rhythm, will bring their own brand of reggae to the bill. The pair have contributed their distinctive rhythms to an estimated 200,000 recorded tracks, most of them Jamaican reggae. Early in their career they played together on Jimmy Cliff's Follow My Mind, Peter Tosh's Legalize It and a series of recordings by the group Black Uhuru amongst others. The Taxi label was founded by Sly in the late 70s and an early release, Gregory Isaacs' Soon Forward, topped Jamaican charts and solidified the duo's reputation as hit-makers. The acts they have since produced range from the unorthodox diva Grace Jones (Warm Leatherette and Nightclubbing albums), to the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Herbie Hancock, Joan Armatrading and more recently Madonna, Britney Spears and Paul McCartney! officialslyandrobbie.com myspace.com/slyandrobbie

UK Grammy Award winning reggae group STEEL PULSE have always remained close to their roots and their commitment to fight injustice and promote positive messages through spiritually uplifting music. Taking causes to heart, they filed a million dollar lawsuit against New York’s Taxi & Limousine Commission when their cabbies refused to pick up blacks and Rastafarians. To express their views, they released a single, Taxi Driver, from their 1991 Grammy-nominated Victims album and their State of Emergency album contributed Can't Stand It to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing movie soundtrack. In 1993, at the request of the Clinton Administration, Steel Pulse became the first reggae band ever to perform during the inaugural festivities at The White House. steelpulse.com myspace.com/theofficialsteelpulse

Following the April 2009 release of his album Awake, which features Marley brothers Stephen and Damian, JULIAN MARLEY will be representing the music and message of the Marley family legacy. His soulful vocals, hypnotic beats and the roots-reggae sound with street energy hip-hop deliver a smooth combination that is very much his own. ghettoyouths.com myspace.com/royalmarley twitter.com/julianmarley

International platinum selling artist SEAN KINGSTON will get the crowd grooving to his vibrant fusion of pop, doo-wop and reggae. Kingston’s Beautiful Girls single made history as one of the fastest ascents to number one of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The collection of pop-fueled songs that make up the newly released Tomorrow album will be sure to get the crowd moving. seankingston.com myspace.com/seankingston twitter.com/seankingston

KATCHAFIRE'S debut album Revival sold in excess of 45,000 copies in 2003 and the track Giddy Up was the the biggest selling single that year. Their most recent gold selling album Say What You're Thinking hit the American Reggae Billboard Top 10 and went to the number one in Hawaii. An eight-piece band of Maori descent from Hamilton, Katchafire, after touring the world, return to light up the Raggamuffin stage with tracks from their soon to be released new album plus all of our old favourites. katchafire.co.nz myspace.com/katchafire

SOLA ROSA have kept good company on the road and in the studio, counting members of Fat Freddy’s Drop, Dimmer, Goldenhorse and Pluto amongst the ranks over the years, not to mention appropriating members of Che Fu, King Kapisi and Anika Moa’s bands and the talents of Nathan Haines and Spikey Tee (Jah Wobble, Bomb The Bass, Morcheeba). Their releases are critically acclaimed and labels include household names like Ministry of Sound. Joining Sola Rosa is IVA LAMKUM. A Wellingtonian of Samoan Chinese decent, Iva blends funk, soul, jazz and she joins Raggamuffin 2010 to perform the singles Turn Around and Get It Together alongside Sola Rosa. solarosa.com myspace.com/solarosamusic facebook.com/pages/Sola-Rosa/9971901613 twitter.com/solarosa

HOUSE OF SHEM's music unfolds like a set of storybooks, speaking messages of cultural roots in Aotearoa and spanning the political, social, and personal. Carl Perkins musician, songwriter, and performer (previously from Herbs, Mana and The Twelve Tribes of Israel NZ) formed the band with his two sons Te Omeka and Isaiah, and says his sons were raised with reggae music and often accompanied their father on International shows such as The Wailers, UB40, Maxi Priest, Toots & the Maytals, and Judy Mowatt. House Of Shem have enjoyed hit singles, Keep Rising, Dreams, and What About The Children. www.houseofshem.com

SWEET & IRIE are a nine piece band founded in South Auckland and led by singer/songwriter Ed Ru, a Cook Islander who was born and raised in South Auckland. The bands intention was to create a new wave of reggae music from the South Pacific that is positive and uplifting and which they dubbed Sunshine Reggae. It worked! Their debut single Feels Like Magic (alongside Horsemen Family) was a top ten hit as was their debut album Localize It released by Dawn Raid earlier this year (2009). myspace.com/sweetandirie facebook.com/sweetandirie