Biography

Jah Pickney is an award winning international Gospel Reggae artist from Canada. Born Tim Linnard, Jah Pickney showed a definite preference for reggae music from a very early age. With a heart for ministry and a desire to be a missionary through music he studied Jamaican culture and patois and began writing his own original gospel centered reggae/dancehall songs at age 11. After five studio albums, a number of singles, multiple music awards and sharing the stage and the studio with some of the World's top Reggae artists like Christafari, Beenie Man, Papa San, Lt. Stitchie and Prodigal Son, Jah Pickney has made a name for himself around the world. According to Jah Pickney, "Reggae music is one of the most influential means of communicating to the masses in Jamaica and around the world, as this genre of music popularity transcends languages and cultures." Jah Pickney wants to communicate true faith, morality and the gospel through a genre that has been largely used by many artists to convey messages of cults, drugs, sex and violence.