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R.I.P. Reggae Legend: Toots Hibbert - December 8, 1942 – September 11, 2020 |
 CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO FROM PALM ABOUT TOOT'S HISTORY FROM HIS OWN MOUTH. IT IS A MUST-WATCH!
The reggae world, indeed, the world-at-large, mourns the loss of reggae legend, Toots Hibbert, GRAMMY-Winning Reggae Pioneer And Founder of Toots And The Maytals.
A 60-year veteran of the Jamaican music industry, Toots first used the term "reggae" in recording placing him at the foundation of a global movement.
Toots and the Maytals — one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert is considered a Reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley.
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Mark your calendars: Saturday, November 7: Premium LiveStream Concert with MORGAN HERITAGE - Storytelling Live
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Storytelling Live is an up close-and-personal Livestream Concert Series.
Viewers will experience a full live concert and hear backstories about the songs artist perform.
Part proceeds will go to the MusiCares Foundation, helping the music community in times of need, as well as multiple other charities such as Clean the World.
Heritage Concerts Presents Storytelling Live with Grammy Award Winning Morgan Heritage. Saturday November 7th Performing hits like Don’t Haffi Dread, Tell Me How Come, Falling Race and Strictly Roots.
This will be an up close-and-personal musical experience that you don’t want to miss!
So tune in Saturday November 7th to see the Iconic, Legendary Royal Family of Reggae music... Morgan Heritage!
You’ll get to hear your new favorites along with all the classics such as Nothing To Smile About, Down By The River, She’s Still Loving Me and Reggae Bring Back Love.
Storytelling Live with Morgan Heritage will be another ROCKAZ moment!
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Award-Winning Artist Returns To His Roots For COVID-19 - Six Feet (U Betta Back Up)
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Grammy and Emmy Award-winning producer, composer, arranger, singer, and musician Loris Holland has released a new song,
“Six Feet (U Betta Back Up).”
“Better To Be Six Feet Apart Than Six Feet Under”
Normally found at his X-Music Academy in The Colony, Texas USA, Loris says that he has to step forward as performing artist TimeShadow to convey the important message that many still find hard to accept, that social distancing and wearing a mask will help protect each other during this global pandemic.
Loris states that it is his belief that “music is art and science, it’s the enlightenment of the purest, spiritually logical form of bliss that soothes the savage beast in all of us. It’s a true mystery and a great gift from God (The Master Musician) to humanity. It justifies the reality of our existence as we all have the need for, and the ability to create it. We are all born with the gift, and the desire to share our unique styles of musical creativity as we feed our spirits, bodies and souls regularly with its joy.”
Born in Guyana, growing up in the Amazon basin, then living in England and Canada, before living most of his life in the USA, Loris is using this time to record and prepare a new album of Worldbeat and Reggae songs about the current natural and spiritual status of humanity. He states, “The album includes songs of hope and reality in a time when we need to regain our sanity and come together as one.”
The song is available for streaming on all digital platforms, including iTunes, Tidal, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play and many others.
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BRAND NEW** Super Cat x Salaam Remi "PUSH TIME"
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 With his first single and video release in two decades ! Yes, Don Dada is back joining Salaam Remi for "Push Time" just in time for Labor Day weekend. Watch as the dancehall legend creates his own parade in the heart of Brooklyn and Queens, exclaiming how they push crime and injustices on our communities. "Push Time” the single comes off Salaam Remi’s Black on Purpose LP due out later this fall. “Since the 90s SuperCat and I have always been able to reason. And recently reasoning about the state of the communities and worldwide unrest led to this song” says Salaam.
The Black on Purpose LP will feature NaS, Jennifer Hudson ,Case, Teedra Moses, Bilal, Busta Rhymes, Chronixx, Spragga Benz, MuMu Fresh, and Doug E Fresh along with more from Black Thought, Stephen Marley, Cee-Lo Green, and Anthony Hamilton.
From the upcoming LP "Black on Purpose”, the new Single ‘Push Time' By Super Cat & Salaam Remi
Wild Apache Productions / Louder Than Life Records 2020
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VIDEO Directed By NEWD4Y JOVI & Salaam Remi
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Tune in to Tribute to TOOTS and the MAYTALS - INNER VIEWS - FRIDAY 6-8PM
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 Durango, Colorado:
Tune in the Heart Beat of Zion with M.C. Rasta Stevie on Friday, September 18 from 6-8pm MDT (Colorado time zone)
Rasta Stevie will interview Toot's Manager: Cabel Stephenon, Toot's Guitarists: Carl Harvey and Andy Bassford and more!
Set your calendar and tune in here:
www.kdur.org
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Toots Hibbert, the late legendary reggae singer and frontman of the Maytals, has grabbed the pole position on the reggae iTunes top 100 chart, occupying the current number one reggae song with 'Pressure Drop'.
The Jamaican cultural icon, who died in the Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies last Friday after developing respiratory complications, currently holds six of the top 10 positions on the reggae iTunes singles chart. Bob Marley sits at #2 with 'Three Little Birds'.
Hibbert's cover of Otis Redding's '(I've Got) Dreams to Remember' is at #4, while his lovely cover of John Denver’s 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' revs up to #5.
Toots rounds out the chart with the #8, #9 and #10 positions with '54-46', 'Funky Kingston' and 'Do the Reggay' respectively.
Toots' chart success is a heady mix of triumph and tragedy for a man who was a standard bearer for Jamaican music for almost 60 years. On the weekend, the legend's death cast a sombre shadow over the entire industry but his death has followed a pattern familiar from the death of Michael Jackson, his biggest hits soaring back on the charts and radio playlists as news of his death spread.
Joe Esposito, senior director of Digital Sales at record label BMG, pointed to figures that showed a 6,700 per cent increase in Hibbert's album sales, virtually all of it digital, and astronomically equivalent boosts in track downloads and online streaming.
"Toots has six of the top 10 albums on iTunes reggae while 'Got to be Tough' is at #2. The 'Very Best of Toots & The Maytals' is currently the #14 album overall on iTune, while 'Got To Be Tough' is at #43). Five of his albums are in the Top 100 overall," Esposito told Loop News via email.
"On Saturday, his albums increased over 6,700 per cent and his tracks over 3,600 per cent on iTunes. His latest album, 'Got to Be Tough' jumped over 2,500 per cent. His catalog on Apple Music increased by over 1,000 per cent."
The label did not disclose the number of copies sold.
The cover of 'Three Little Birds' featuring Ziggy Marley from Hibbert's most recent album was added to the singer's Essentials playlist which is driving 80 per cent of playlist plays, Esposito also revealed.
"Toots' death is as big as John Lennon's death (in the US)," said US-based music insider and consultant David Spero, who has managed acts such as Hibbert, Joe Walsh from the Eagles, Cat Stephens and Bad Company, in the past decades.
"In some areas, his tracks are up almost 3,500 per cent, that's crazy. It certainly shows the world the influence that Toots has on the music to the point that people are scrambling to hear his music right now."
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Hawaii's reggae family the Lambsbread drop an inspiring and thought provoking video for their latest single "Lockdown" |
The Lambsbread has always been known for their socially conscious and powerful messages contained in their songs, and the groups latest offering "Lockdown" is another spiritually charged anthem for our troubled world. Filmed on the beautiful island of Maui, the video is both majestic and eye opening with the current state of events taking place around the globe. Take a moment to
feel the energy of this piece of art that is both healing and enlightening.
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Reggae Grammy Album Predictions: Five Likely Contenders To Watch For The 2021 Awards
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In Search Of Lost Time: Protoje
Got to Be Tough: Toots & The Maytals
Upside Down: Buju Banton
Higher Place: Skip Marley
Heavy Rain: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
The music world has now officially gone into Grammy Awards season, as the eligibility period for the prestigious peer awards came to a close on August 31.
Upon assessment, it appears all five eventual nominees for the Best Reggae Album in 2021 could be Jamaicans.
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Time is running out — Save Our Stages
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 The mission of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) is to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live music venues and promoters throughout the United States.
This is our final push to Congress and there won’t be another opportunity. We NEED the #SaveOurStagesAct and the #RestartAct passed in order to keep independent venues nationwide from closing permanently. Please help us #SaveOurStages now.
TAKE ACTION
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Billboard - Reggae Albums Chart This Week of September 10 2020 -
It's still Bob toppin' the charts!
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- Reggae is a message of consolation; a message of salvation. ...
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Richie B's Jamaican Reggae Airplay Charts -
September 10, 2020
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Jamaica Music Countdown — By Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess
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TOP 25 Dancehall Singles, TOP 25 Reggae Singles and TOP 10 Albums/CD Chart
For the week of September 10, 2020
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Leebert Lloyd Morrison aka Gibby [809; guitar] is born in Jamaica. |
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Note, this is the first time in 26 years that we will not be publishing an annual magazine due to cancellation of festivals and live music events because of global pandemic.
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