Bryan Cumberbatch started listening to music as a young kid. He was drawn to it because of his uncle who used to play a variety of music which included Merengue, popular and Classical music. It is here that he fell in love with melodic music. Bryan used to hang around with a neighbouring musician with whom he got the chance to sing. After years of singing with different people and musicals, migrated to Canada. In Canada, he met a keyboard player at High School who introduced him to some other musicians and that was his first band. He played around Canada for a few years and moved later to L.A, where he met Larry Fulcher, a widely acclaimed bassist and keyboard player. Bryan did his first recording in Los Angeles with Larry. He is now a member of the Phantom Blues Band who produced Taj Mahal’s CD which won a Grammy Award.
It is through Larry Fulcher that Bryan met some legends from Jamaica; Tony Chin, Fully Fullwood (Soul Syndicate), and learned to play Reggae. After acquiring a lot of valuable knowledge and experience, he went to Guyana and formed his own band, “Jahrusalem” and toured extensively in North America. He met The Bee Gees in Toronto, and Barry Gibb insisted that he writes his own songs. It is this inspiration that led to his first CD after trying for years.
As a songwriter and a singer, Bryan stands for the rights and fair treatment of children. He also fights for the equality of women and he hopes that through his songs, he can touch as many people as possible. He tries to give hope to the sick and cheers the Cancer Society for their fight against this terrible disease.