U-Roy wants people to know exactly what he’s bringing to this year’s edition of the Montreal Reggae Fest, happening June 24–26. “This is not a band that is going to play, this is not a stage show,” he explains over the phone from his home in Kingston, Jamaica. “This is a soundsystem where people will hear different songs, different singers. They’ll hear the riddim track, and deejays will be on these tracks, saying what they have to say. And we hope everybody will enjoy themselves. We are coming to do what we know how to do—and this is what we do best.”