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Artist
Junior Maile
12+ albums
reggaefolktongan
about
Junior comes from a strong and rich background in music. With brothers, cousins, and uncles involved in music, both professionally & recreationally, it provides several avenues of inspiration for Maile to draw from. Junior’s maternal roots stem from American Samoa, while his patriarchal side originates from the friendly islands of Tonga. These tropical islands are world renowned for the strength of their paradisiacal voices. Junior’s unique vocal style is a product of that power and beauty from his polynesian heritage, enhanced by a soulful R&B feel that was definitely influenced by his upbringing ‘down south’. Junior started singing at church back in St. Petersburg, FL at age 5. He spent the first 13 yrs of his life in the sunshine state singing at various family, school, and church functions. In 1995, Maile moved to Utah and really started to develop his musical gift. Being uprooted and thrown into a whole new environment, his only siblings away at college, Junior turned to music to be his outlet. And oh, what an outlet it was… This is when the riffs were perfected, the notes were fine tuned, and the singer/songwriter we all know and love was born. Junior acquired his ability to take any life experience, sit down, and write a song! On top of that, toss in the fact that he learned to deliver his lyrics with a velvety smooth style…Amazing! He wrote several, original, unreleased songs during that period. The timeless hits, “On This Day,” & “The Voice,” were two of those compos
