Kingsley Wray
United Kingdom (UK)Kingsley Wray is a singer and songwriter originally from Saint Ann, Jamaica. Kingsley attended Iona High School in Saint Mary where he started to sing and write reggae songs. Every Friday evening, he could be found singing on the ‘Cool One Sound System’ in Runaway Bay Saint Ann. After leaving Brown's Town Community College he was encouraged by a friend, Marlene Edwards to join her hotel band. This was the start of his career as a resident singer in many hotels on the north coast of Jamaica. He recorded his first song ‘Love Struck’ with Tony Gregory in the nineties. Kingsley migrated to the UK in 2000 with his family. His musical journey has been transformed spiritually since his baptism and active membership at Rye Lane Chapel in Peckham. He worked with Lewis M and Paul Hussey on his first album ‘Chemistry’ . His second album entitled ‘Send down the rain’ recorded on his own label KA1 Productions. His third album ‘Master and Friend’, produced by Calvin Smith, was released in 2016 and has been followed by many singles such as ‘Change the World’,’ One Day’, ‘Pot of Gold’, ‘Story of my people’, ‘My God’, ‘I’ll never deny Him’, ‘Fill me up’ and ‘Mind on it’. ‘I’m on a mission’ was produced by Michael Fletcher of Mega Bass Productions, based in Jamaica. Like ‘Mind on you’ this song was inspired by the life of his late Father-in-Law Bert Cooper, and the words spoken over him at his funeral in May 2019 by the Rev Dr Burchell Taylor. He spoke about how Mr Cooper lived out his vision, mission, devotion and discipleship. Kingsley released Revival and Judgement Day in 2021 as well which were produced by the legendary bass player and producer Glen Browne to great reviews. These were followed by YouTube releases ‘Mommy’s Love’ for Mothering Sunday, ‘Praise His Name’, and ‘Holy Ground’. In 2022 he also released an ep ‘Songs of Love’ produced by himself with Calvin Smith and Jaja Wray co-producing some of the tracks during 2022. He and his wife Thea Wray released ‘The Only One’, a song he also penned. Kingsley released ‘We’ll overcome’, ‘King of Glory’ ‘Holding On’, ‘Don’t you block my way’, and ‘Lock u gate’ - a collaboration with US based Balfour Gore. In 2023 he released ‘I Stay away from Trouble’, ‘I feel good’, ‘Love Light’, ‘Uproot’, ‘Hard Road’, ‘Come Home’, and ‘Don’t ruin your Day’. In 2024, Kingsley has so far released ‘Big Dreams’, ‘Nine to Five’, ‘Rainbow Children’, ‘Not giving up’ , ‘Call on Him now’, ‘Wrap us’ and Check Yourself’. Kingsley Wray was nominated in the best reggae gospel category for the STEPFWD awards in 2024 for Big Dreams and Call on Him Now. In January 2025, Kingsley released ‘Mr Driver’. More productions are in the pipeline for later this year as he continues to work with his son and producer/engineer Jaja Wray. Here is the link to his Topic page on Youtube: - https://youtube.com/Kingsley Wrays Topic channel Over the years, Kingsley has performed at Hootenanny in Brixton, and the Jamaican High Commission to positive and encouraging reviews. He has performed at the Peckham Festival in 2022, and various events related to Rye Lane Chapel in Peckham over the past 20 years. He has most recently performed at Olby’s Margate’s Creative Hub in Margate in Essex and Catalonia, Spain at the International Dub Gathering in June 2024. Kingsley Wray was nominated in the best reggae gospel category for the STEPFWD awards in 2024 for Big Dreams and Call on Him Now. Kingsley continues to obey the Spirit and writes and performs conscious music prolifically and prophetically.
