A Night of Ska & Reggae at The Yale Launches Festival Weekend
Event: Van.Folk Music Festival Kick Off Party with Jamaica To Toronto at The Yale
Date: Thursday, July 12, 2007
Time: 9 pm
Venue: The Yale (1300 Granville Street)
Tickets: $20 (plus service charges) online right here and $23
(plus services charges in person at Zulu Records and Highlife Records.
Come and join the fun as the Vancouver Folk Music Festival kicks off their festival weekend with a special night at The Yale on Thursday July 12th featuring the group Jamaica to Toronto and DJ sets by Sipreano (aka Kevin Howes). An intimate and interactive performance by Jamaican legends of the reggae, deep soul and R & B scene, get ready to dance and groove the night away in one of Vancouver's best live rooms.
Jamaica to Toronto is a collection of singers, songwriters and musicians from Jamaica and the West Indies schooled in reggae, ska and rocksteady, who in the mid 1960's immigrated to Canada searching for better living situations than those they had left behind. Upon their arrival they did what came naturally to them. One by one, they hit the studio and captured some of the hardest tunes this side of Kingston, released independently on 45's and LPs. This influx of exceptional musical talent from Jamaica to Toronto gave rise to a booming soul/R&B club scene that continued to thrive through the early 70s despite the general indifference of commercial radio, television and major labels.
Several decades later, Matt Sullivan, owner of Seattle label Light in the Attic and DJ / Journalist Kevin Howes (aka Sipreano, went on a mission of crate digging and exhaustive research, to rediscover these musical legends and reunite them together on stage. The album Jamaica to Toronto: Soul Funk and Reggae 1967-1974, was released last year followed by their first reunion sold out show at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre.
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is pleased to present them at this year's festival, their first Western Canadian performance.
Event: Van.Folk Music Festival Kick Off Party with Jamaica To Toronto at The Yale
Date: Thursday, July 12, 2007
Time: 9 pm
Venue: The Yale (1300 Granville Street)
Tickets: $20 (plus service charges) online right here and $23
(plus services charges in person at Zulu Records and Highlife Records.
Come and join the fun as the Vancouver Folk Music Festival kicks off their festival weekend with a special night at The Yale on Thursday July 12th featuring the group Jamaica to Toronto and DJ sets by Sipreano (aka Kevin Howes). An intimate and interactive performance by Jamaican legends of the reggae, deep soul and R & B scene, get ready to dance and groove the night away in one of Vancouver's best live rooms.
Jamaica to Toronto is a collection of singers, songwriters and musicians from Jamaica and the West Indies schooled in reggae, ska and rocksteady, who in the mid 1960's immigrated to Canada searching for better living situations than those they had left behind. Upon their arrival they did what came naturally to them. One by one, they hit the studio and captured some of the hardest tunes this side of Kingston, released independently on 45's and LPs. This influx of exceptional musical talent from Jamaica to Toronto gave rise to a booming soul/R&B club scene that continued to thrive through the early 70s despite the general indifference of commercial radio, television and major labels.
Several decades later, Matt Sullivan, owner of Seattle label Light in the Attic and DJ / Journalist Kevin Howes (aka Sipreano, went on a mission of crate digging and exhaustive research, to rediscover these musical legends and reunite them together on stage. The album Jamaica to Toronto: Soul Funk and Reggae 1967-1974, was released last year followed by their first reunion sold out show at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre.
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is pleased to present them at this year's festival, their first Western Canadian performance.
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