Skygrass Covers Luciano Classic "Over The Hills" in New Studio Video

Kingston singer-songwriter Simon "Skygrass" Bowden has a well-documented affinity for digging into the reggae canon, and his latest studio video makes that clear. Reggaeville premiered the in-studio clip of Skygrass performing "Over The Hills" on March 23, 2026, spotlighting his cover of the beloved Luciano track.

Bowden is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist and visual artist from Kingston, Jamaica, and the choice of source material speaks to his rootsy instincts. "Over The Hills" is a Luciano original that appears on the compilation *The Best of Luciano*, catalogued as a 2009 release on Spotify, though the song's reach has only grown in the years since. A Discogs entry also places a version of the track as far back as 1997, marking it as one of the more enduring pieces in Luciano's catalogue. The song's central plea, seeking a place of freedom over hills and valleys, gave Skygrass plenty of emotional territory to work with in a stripped-back studio setting.

Skygrass got ahead of the premiere by a day, teasing the project on Instagram under his handle skygrassja on March 22, 2026. The caption read: "SKYGRASS cover of 'Over the Hills' by @lucianomessenjah love this song #reggae #reggaemusic." The tag to Luciano's account was a direct nod of respect from one Kingston-rooted artist to another.

Bowden's most recent full-length project, the self-produced *Walking On Water*, marked his second album, following his 2013 debut *IAmKing*, and featured collaborations with Jesse Royal, Mykal Rose, Lutan Fyah, Turbulence, Aspekt Mafia, and Rory Stonelove across 14 tracks, released October 10, 2025. Demonstrating his range, Bowden performs drums, percussion, bass, keyboards, guitar, and sitar on that record. The "Over The Hills" studio clip fits the same self-contained, instrument-forward spirit he has been cultivating throughout his career.

Billboard has compared his style to reggae legends like Damian Marley and rock icons like Lenny Kravitz, noting his "intense lyrics, catchy melodies and energetic guitar riffs." A cover of a Luciano classic puts that versatility to a direct test, measuring Skygrass against a song already embedded in the consciousness of roots reggae fans worldwide.

The video is available through Reggaeville's platform and across Skygrass's social channels, with the Facebook post carrying the hashtags #SKYGRASS, #reggae, #cover, #Luciano, and #reggaeville. For a multi-instrumentalist who built his own studio from the ground up, the choice to keep this one raw and in-session feels entirely deliberate.