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  David Kirton - Time for Change
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�I don�t get stuck, living on luck, passing the buck
Time to win is time to lose
Lady luck is just for fools�

D. Kirton �Time for Change�

Amid the frenzied rhythms of soca and dancehall that currently dominate the Southern Caribbean a new artist emerges; David Kirton, the calm in the eye of the storm. His sound is a unique hybrid of reggae - roots� rock - soul and pop that surprisingly�. still manages to be organic.

His third album titled Time for Change to be released in the Caribbean March 14, 2007 delivers an enticing collection of 11 original songs. Kirton lays it on the table with well-crafted modern reggae fusions. His lyrics and rhythms encompass soul searching, love, dance club anthems and acoustic moments. Kirton�s plays guitar on quite a few tracks on this album, and his touch gives an authentic urgency to his melodies.

Kirton first came into the public�s eye with his Midem Cannes 1999 performance. AP writer John Swensen said �unquestionably the most impressive new act at Midem.� The Colorado Independent review stated, �There�s a lot of the old natural mystic flowing through David Kirton�s music, but the music created by the Bajan artist is a new kind of Reggae.� Caribbean Today wrote, �Kirton has struck the right cord. He brings to the market place a refreshingly unique aura. His appeal is broad, easily satisfying the mainstream audience, especially those who crave something new.�

Kirton began writing music as a teenage Rastafarian surfer in his seaside wooden house on the breezy South Coast of Barbados. His need to be heard lead him to the studio of Barbados based producer Chris Allman, Slam City Studios. In 1999 RAS Records released the critically acclaimed debut album �Stranger� and Kirton�s US debut at Reggae on the River was booked. This was followed up with the emerging artist slot on the 44 cities 1999 Spirit of Unity Tour. For his second album �Modern Roots� Kirton teamed up with hit Jamaican producer Michael Bennett. Bennett remarked, �Every now and then as a writer you hear a song that you wish you had written or as a producer you hear a voice that you wish you had discovered. Such was the case when I first heard David Kirton.� Shortly after recording he proceeded began a two-year stint of touring the USA, four months of which he spent as opening artist for the late Reggae giant Joseph �Culture� Hill.

Kirton returned to Barbados in 2003 to develop and refine his sound. He was seeking to find the breathing space between alternative rock � reggae � folk � pop and soul. Songwriting for his new album �Time for Change� began and in the next few years over thirty songs were composed. The base for all the songs on the new album (except All about the money) was Kirton�s lyrical melodies and guitar driven rhythms. Kirton linked with producer Van Gibbs and ventured to Miami, Boomtunes Studios with and Chris Allman to record two singles, Time for Change and Free to Fly. The majority of the songs on Time for Change were recorded in Barbados with Allman at the helm and three tracks with De Red Boyz, a drum and guitar production team who won Best Album at the Barbados Music Awards (BMA) 2007.

The music video for �Time for Change�, was Kirton�s first. It filmed in Barbados by two time Pulitzer Prize and Sundance Award winning cinematographer / director Tom Krueger. The video was voted to # 6 on the MTV Tempo Cross Caribbean Countdown. Kirton�s second video �Free to Fly� features paintings from William Attaway and features a cameo from CSI�s Gary Dourdan. Free to Fly was added to MTVU Feburary 2007. In March 2007 the David Kirton Band showcases at South-by-South West held in Austin Texas. Kirton will be joined by Gary Dourdan sitting in as bass player and Attaway painting live on stage. David Kirton continues to tour with his USA based band.