June 18, 2021 • "The Trojan Story" rocked the music world in 1971, introducing listeners to artists like Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. Long out of print, the three-LP set is ...
If you had to guess who holds the record for No. 1 singles in Jamaica — we all know who you would guess, but … you would be wrong. And that’s because Toots & the Maytals hold that record with a total ...
Audio for this performance is no longer available at the artist's request. A presentation of NPR Music's 'All Songs Considered' and the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Toots and the Maytals, legendary ...
When Toots Hibbert (1942-2020) passed away on September 11, the music world lost a colossal talent. Hibbert got his start in Jamaica in the early ’60s and, after forming Toots & The Maytals, began ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Legendary Jamaican artist Frederick "Toots" Hibbert today unveils a ...
In early 1973, reggae was little more than a rumor in North America. Bob Marley hadn’t yet signed with Island Records, and few mainlanders could identify as reggae the funky island beat behind Johnny ...
Reggae legend and Toots and the Maytals leader Toots Hibbert has passed away, after being hospitalized in late August and placed in a medically-induced coma in early September. He was 77. The Maytals ...
Toots and the Maytals have shared a new single, “Warning Warning,” following the group’s return to music earlier this year with the song “Got to Be Tough.” Just as Frederick “Toots” Hibbert issued ...
Reggae stalwarts Toots and the Maytals will crisscross the U.S. this summer, playing a series of shows on the West Coast and the northeast. The tour begins April 28th in San Bernadino, California and ...
Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are considered legends of ska and reggae music. Their sound is a unique, original combination of gospel, ska, soul, reggae and rock.
Toots and the Maytals, we call them, but to the island of Jamaica, they were and always will be simply the Maytals: the rah-Jah Temptations of ska, reggay champions before there was reggae music, the ...