Fred Locks has been played on NTS in shows including Dark & Lovely Global Roots w/ Thristian, featured first on 17 May 2012. Songs played include Black Starliner, Beautiful Day and Black Star Liners.

Fred Locks (b. Stafford Elliot, 1955, Kingston, Jamaica) is a roots reggae singer best known for his mid-1970s single "Black Star Liners" and the album of the same name.

Elliot grew up in a strict Catholic home in the Franklin Town area of Kingston, along with eleven brothers and sisters, moving to Eastern Kingston when he was ten. His father and older brother played the guitar; with his older brother accompanying Elliot's…