Fifty years after the legendary Wailers trio of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer released three landmark solo albums, a new Jamaican trio is taking on their songs.

And the sweetener is that Bunny’s daughter, Ngeri ‘Cen’C Love’ Livingston takes the lead on one of the most personal tracks on the upcoming RASTAMAN50 album projects.

Emerging reggae talents Blvk H3ro, J Written and Dahvid Slur have joined forces as The Wailers Trio for RASTAMAN 50, out digitally through VP Records on Friday. The album revisits songs from the three solo records released in 1976, a year that helped take reggae to a wider international audience.

Among the selections is Dreamland, with lead vocals from Bunny Wailer’s daughter Cen’C Love. She puts her own voice to a song closely associated with her father.

The project is led by Maxine Stowe, chief executive and executive producer of Black Atlantic Sounds. Before Bunny’s death, Stowe envisaged a trio of younger singers who could carry forward his wish to keep reggae’s vocal harmony tradition alive. The three artistes bring distinct styles to the recordings, pairing roots reggae harmonies and socially conscious lyrics with sounds from Jamaica’s contemporary music scene.

For Stowe, who has worked in the Jamaican and American music industries for decades, the album is also part of a wider effort to preserve Jamaican music history, support artistic ownership and give emerging talent a platform.

Dreamland will be accompanied by a visualiser and a digital campaign.

The trio is also due to perform at the Trench Town Music Festival in February 2027, during Jamaica’s Reggae Month. It will provide a sterling chance for reggae fans to hear the new arrangements in the Kingston neighbourhood where the original Wailers got their start.