Last Updated on Sunday, 25 April 2010 17:47 Written by The Resista Sunday, 25 April 2010 01:18
Saturday, May 1, 2010
8:30pm - 11:30pm
NOLA HOB
As the youngest of seven children, he grew up singing gospel music in a church choir, but went to Kingston when he was a teenager in the early 1960s. In Kingston he met Raleigh Gordon and Jerry Matthias, and they formed The Maytals. The Maytals became one of the most popular vocal groups in Jamaica in the 1960s, recording with producers Coxsone Dodd, Prince Buster, Byron Lee and Leslie Kong. This success included winning Jamaica's National Popular Song Contest three times with songs Hibbert wrote: in 1966 with "Bam Bam", 1969 with "Sweet and Dandy", and 1972 with "Pomps & Pride".
Hibbert was one of the first artists to use the word reggae, in 1968's "Do The Reggay", an early reggae song. He also appeared in the groundbreaking Jamaican film The Harder They Come. Toots still tours the world today, and his band won the Grammy for best reggae album in 2004. In 2006, Toots & the Maytals covered Radiohead's "Let Down" for the Easy Star All-Stars album Radiodread, a reggae version of the English rock band's OK Computer.
Much of Hibbert's recorded output reflects his mainstream evangelical Christian upbringing. He has been known to also write about Rastafarian themes as well. He also can play every instrument in his band.
Popular culture
Hibbert was mentioned in the Soul Coughing song, "Disseminated", from their 1996 album, Irresistible Bliss, and the song, "Down to This" from their previous album, Ruby Vroom, contains a looped sample of the opening bars of Toot's song, "Times Tough".
Recent Collaborations
Toots recently collaborated with Executive producer Malik Al Nasir of MediaCPR and Steel Pulse's Sidney Mills who produced legendary Jamaican percussionist Larry McDonald's new album "Dumquestra" due for release in early 2009. The album also features legends such as Sly Dunbar, Stranger Cole, Mutabaruka, Stickey Thompson of The Wailers, Kevin Bachelor of the Skatalites, Marjorie Wylie Director of the Jamaican National Dance Theatre, Bongo Shem, Bongo Herman, Carl McCleod and Squiddley Cole of Ziggy Marleys band the Melody Makers. Toots' track is called "What about the Children?" A house track with accompanying video which was shot on location in New York.
Toots also performed vocals with Iowa reggae band Public Property on their upcoming album "Work to Do" set for release in July 2009.
Legacy
Toots Hibbert's knack for writing memorable reggae hooks and iconic, powerful Jamaican vocals have left a lasting mark on Reggae, Ska and Rocksteady that can only be paralleled to greats such as Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker, Jimmy Cliff and Prince Buster. He has inspired generation after generation of Jamaican and non-Jamaican, through his music, and his message. While still actively touring at the age of 64, two of his children are poised to carry on his legacy: His son, Clayton, records and tours under the name Junior Toots, performing a Reggae/Hip Hop act that includes modern covers of several of Toots's songs. Also, Hibbert's daughter, Leba, fronts The Maytals Band, a tribute band to Toots and the Maytals, which tours internationally, spreading the music of Toots to the world.
Last Updated on Monday, 09 November 2009 19:40 Written by The Resista Monday, 05 October 2009 15:45
Sunday 11/08/2009
Doors: 08:00 PM
Show: 09:00 PM
Price: $27.00 - General Admission Standing
Last month we had the really great show at the Maple Leaf that featured Eek-a-Mouse and now a yonger guy is coming that lists the "Mouse" as one of his main infulences. This is not a guy you can easily qualify as a stickly Reggae Artist. His act is totally unique and he has a big following world wide. Here is a little more about this artist. One called Matisyahu.
In 2004, Matisyahu, after having signed with JDub Records, a not-for-profit record label that promotes Jewish musicians, released his first album, Shake Off the Dust...Arise. At the time a relatively unknown musician, he did not rise to prominence until Bonnaroo 2005, when Trey Anastasio of the band Phish invited him a guest spot on his set. This would prove to be the event that launched his career.
His live album, Live at Stubb's, released in 2005, was recorded at a concert in Austin, Texas. This concert album, and Youth, his second studio album, both received critical and popular acclaim. Each album marks significant changes in his style, most markedly between Stubb's and Youth, when more rock music influences are evident. Since his second two albums became popular, Shake off the Dust has steadily risen in demand, fetching prices upwards of US$30.00 on online auction sites such as Ebay.
Matisyahu performing at the Roskilde Festival in 2006.
In 2005 and 2006 he toured extensively in the United States, Canada and Europe; and made a number of stops in Israel, including a performance as the supporting act for Sting in June 2006. In late 2006, he released No Place to Be, a remix album featuring re-recordings and remixes of songs from all three of his earlier albums, as well as a cover of "Message in a Bottle" by The Police.
