Superchunk won’t let a little thing like the brittle and cruel nature of human mortality get in the way of a good punk song. On their latest single, “Everybody Dies,” frontman Mac McCaughan pays tribute to the many musicians who have passed away in the last decade and how jarring their loss has been. “I was happy in a world of wishful thinking and outright lies,” he sings, “but I’m beginning to think that everybody dies.” The music recalls Superchunk’s pogo-ready, hyper-enough Nineties rockers, paired with some Clash-like “whoaas.
- 1/11/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
There were great reggae bassists before him, and after, but more than any other instrumentalist, Robbie Shakespeare, in tandem with his drum partner and co-producer Sly Dunbar, defined the bass-centric approach of the genre’s modern era, from the roots-rocker sound of the Seventies to the digi-dub dancehall of the Eighties, Nineties, and beyond. His playing was so deeply grounded, its pulse felt biological, and so irresistible he became not just the go-to man for reggae musicians, but for anyone interested in seismic grooves, from Dylan and Mick Jagger to No Doubt and Simply Red.
- 12/9/2021
- by Will Hermes and Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Way back in pre-pandemic 2015, Jimmy Cliff was on tour in Japan and missing his family. After one show, he sat down at a piano backstage and quickly wrote a song, “Human Touch,” about longing for personal connections: “I like the way I can keep in touch when you’re far away … There’s nothing like your smiling face and your warm embrace.”
Cut to six years later, and Cliff, finishing up his first album in nearly a decade, realized that in the Covid-19 era, the message of “Human Touch” took on a new meaning.
Cut to six years later, and Cliff, finishing up his first album in nearly a decade, realized that in the Covid-19 era, the message of “Human Touch” took on a new meaning.
- 8/6/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Dylan turned 80 on Monday, but he didn’t publicly mark the occasion in any way beyond posts on his Instagram and Facebook pages promoting his Heaven’s Gate Whiskey. The rest of the world, however, was happy to fill in the gaps and tributes poured in from all quarters.
Meanwhile, his longtime buddy Willie Nelson rolled out dates for his first post-pandemic tour on the same day. It’s another edition of his Outlaw Music Festival and it kicks off August 10th in Lincoln, Nebraska. Guests at various dates include the Avett Brothers,...
Meanwhile, his longtime buddy Willie Nelson rolled out dates for his first post-pandemic tour on the same day. It’s another edition of his Outlaw Music Festival and it kicks off August 10th in Lincoln, Nebraska. Guests at various dates include the Avett Brothers,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of the Grammys on Sunday, Samantha Ronson has remixed Toots and the Maytals’ “Freedom Train” from their nominated album Got to be Tough.
Ronson enlisted Pete Nappi for the project, releasing the version with a video by Henry Stein. It features clips of Toots Hibbert performing with his band, producer Zak Starkey, and Sharna Sshh Liguz — Starkey’s partner and co-founder of label Trojan Jamaica. The video also features President Biden, protesters in the streets, and dancers around the world.
“Toots was a giant and his music will live on,...
Ronson enlisted Pete Nappi for the project, releasing the version with a video by Henry Stein. It features clips of Toots Hibbert performing with his band, producer Zak Starkey, and Sharna Sshh Liguz — Starkey’s partner and co-founder of label Trojan Jamaica. The video also features President Biden, protesters in the streets, and dancers around the world.
“Toots was a giant and his music will live on,...
- 3/12/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Looking back over the beloved stars we lost in the past year is always emotional, and this year has been especially devastating, given how many members of the entertainment community died due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The pandemic hit the music community especially hard, but television and film performers, as well as stage actors and below-the-line workers were also affected. Singer-songwriter John Prine, record producer Hal Willner and “Nashville” actor Allen Garfield all died of coronavirus on April 7. Broadway actor Nick Cordero died on July 5 after a four-month battle with the disease.
Adam Schlesinger, a composer and co-founder of Fountains of Wayne, died on April 1 at 52. Charley Pride, remembered as country music’s first Black superstar, died on Dec. 12 of coronavirus complications.
Movie greats
Chadwick Boseman‘s death due to colon cancer rocked the entertainment industry on Aug. 28. The “Black Panther” star was just 43, and his death came as a...
The pandemic hit the music community especially hard, but television and film performers, as well as stage actors and below-the-line workers were also affected. Singer-songwriter John Prine, record producer Hal Willner and “Nashville” actor Allen Garfield all died of coronavirus on April 7. Broadway actor Nick Cordero died on July 5 after a four-month battle with the disease.
Adam Schlesinger, a composer and co-founder of Fountains of Wayne, died on April 1 at 52. Charley Pride, remembered as country music’s first Black superstar, died on Dec. 12 of coronavirus complications.
Movie greats
Chadwick Boseman‘s death due to colon cancer rocked the entertainment industry on Aug. 28. The “Black Panther” star was just 43, and his death came as a...
- 12/29/2020
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
2020 was a year of painful losses, and the music world was no exception. Our weekly Rolling Stone Music Now podcast spotlighted the lives of some of the many musicians we lost this year, including one of rock & roll’s founders and two of rock’s greatest-ever virtuosos. Press play on the episodes below to listen now, or hear any episode and subscribe iTunes or Spotify.
We played never-before-heard audio of an interview with Eddie Van Halen, and interviewed biographer Greg Renoff, along with tributes from Tom Morello, Steve Vai, and Gene Simmons.
We played never-before-heard audio of an interview with Eddie Van Halen, and interviewed biographer Greg Renoff, along with tributes from Tom Morello, Steve Vai, and Gene Simmons.
- 12/29/2020
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
At the end of last February, just before the world shut down, Bad Bunny stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to play some tracks from his new album, Yhlqmdlg. The music was jubilant and daring, pushing reggaeton in radical, genre-defying new directions. Even the title, an acronym for Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana, or “I do whatever I want,” seemed to announce that 2020 was going to be a boundary-toppling year for pop music.
Of course, by the time Yhlqmdlg had reached 1 billion streams (and Bad Bunny appeared on our cover,...
Of course, by the time Yhlqmdlg had reached 1 billion streams (and Bad Bunny appeared on our cover,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Jason Fine
- Rollingstone.com
Each month, the editors and critics at Rolling Stone compile a list of our favorite new albums. Our picks for September include the final LP from late reggae legend Toots Hibbert, a synth-pop stunner from Sad13, protest songs from Neil Young, and reissues of albums by Prince, the Rolling Stones, and Lou Reed.
Alicia Keys, Alicia
Alicia is one of Keys’ most musically engaging LPs, moving easily between moods and styles, from the disco throwback “Time Machine” to “Me X 7” (a bit of moody R&b ache with Tierra Whack...
Alicia Keys, Alicia
Alicia is one of Keys’ most musically engaging LPs, moving easily between moods and styles, from the disco throwback “Time Machine” to “Me X 7” (a bit of moody R&b ache with Tierra Whack...
- 10/1/2020
- by Angie Martoccio, Jon Dolan, Kory Grow, David Browne, Jason Newman, Dewayne Gage, Joseph Hudak and Rick Carp
- Rollingstone.com
The late Toots Hibbert appears in the new animated video for “Three Little Birds” alongside Ziggy Marley and Ringo Starr. The track appears off Toots and the Maytals’ Got to Be Tough, out now via Trojan Jamaica/BMG Records.
The animated trio performs the Bob Marley cover while flying over cities, ancient ruins and a polar bear perched on an iceberg. “Rise up this mornin’/Smiled with the risin’ sun,” Hibbert sings. “Three little birds/Pitch by my doorstep.”
Hibbert died earlier this month, weeks after Got to Be Tough was released.
The animated trio performs the Bob Marley cover while flying over cities, ancient ruins and a polar bear perched on an iceberg. “Rise up this mornin’/Smiled with the risin’ sun,” Hibbert sings. “Three little birds/Pitch by my doorstep.”
Hibbert died earlier this month, weeks after Got to Be Tough was released.
- 9/29/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Three weeks before Toots Hibbert died at the age of 77, Rolling Stone editor Jason Fine published a profile on the reggae pioneer. Now, Fine pays tribute to Hibbert in a new video.
Fine kicked off by discussing Hibbert’s new album Got to Be Tough, which he released this past August. “It always reminds me of the last years of Johnny Cash’s life, when he did the American Recordings,” Fine said. “This music that was both looking back, but also defiant, trying new things. Toots had that bravery and that courage,...
Fine kicked off by discussing Hibbert’s new album Got to Be Tough, which he released this past August. “It always reminds me of the last years of Johnny Cash’s life, when he did the American Recordings,” Fine said. “This music that was both looking back, but also defiant, trying new things. Toots had that bravery and that courage,...
- 9/23/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Before Bob Marley, Toots Hibbert (with his vocal group the Maytals) was Jamaica’s biggest star. Hibbert, who died earlier this month, was a key figure in the invention of reggae (he may well have named the genre), and lived a life full of triumphs, drama, and pain — including a prison stint just as his career was first peaking that he insisted was the result of a frame-up.
On the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Rolling Stone Editor Jason Fine — who recently published a definitive, months-in-the-making profile of...
On the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Rolling Stone Editor Jason Fine — who recently published a definitive, months-in-the-making profile of...
- 9/23/2020
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
In 2004, Bonnie Raitt teamed up with Toots Hibbert for a joyous cover of his reggae classic “True Love is Hard to Find.” It was a huge moment for Raitt, who had been a major fan of Toots & the Maytals since she heard him on the soundtrack to The Harder They Come in the early 1970s; she also covered “True Love” on her own album Nine Lives in 1986. That cover led her and Hibbert to become friends. Their 2004 collaboration was the first of several, including a new version of Hibbert’s 1976 song “Premature,...
- 9/14/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Mick Jagger has paid tribute to Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, calling the death of the Maytals singer “a great loss to the whole music world.”
“So sad to hear of Toots Hibbert’s passing,” Jagger wrote on social media. “When I first heard ‘Pressure Drop‘ that was a big moment.”
The Rolling Stones singer added of Hibbert in a statement to Rolling Stone, “He was a great singer with a really powerful voice who influenced everyone in the early days of reggae. He was a great stage performer. So full of...
“So sad to hear of Toots Hibbert’s passing,” Jagger wrote on social media. “When I first heard ‘Pressure Drop‘ that was a big moment.”
The Rolling Stones singer added of Hibbert in a statement to Rolling Stone, “He was a great singer with a really powerful voice who influenced everyone in the early days of reggae. He was a great stage performer. So full of...
- 9/12/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, one of the pioneers of reggae, a genre he is credited with naming, has died at age 77. He died Friday night at University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.
No cause of death was given, but Hibbert had been hospitalized for a month in intensive care.
His death was announced by his band on Twitter. “It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel ”Toots” Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. The family and his management team would like to thank the medical teams and professionals for their care and diligence, and ask that you respect their privacy during their time of grief.”
His death comes days after his group released its first full-length LP and new album in ten years, titled Got to Be Tough. The recording...
No cause of death was given, but Hibbert had been hospitalized for a month in intensive care.
His death was announced by his band on Twitter. “It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel ”Toots” Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. The family and his management team would like to thank the medical teams and professionals for their care and diligence, and ask that you respect their privacy during their time of grief.”
His death comes days after his group released its first full-length LP and new album in ten years, titled Got to Be Tough. The recording...
- 9/12/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Toots Hibbert, one of reggae’s founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as “Pressure Drop,” “Monkey Man” and “Funky Kingston,” has died. He was 77.
Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, had been in a medically-induced coma at a hospital in Kingston since earlier this month. He was admitted in intensive care after complaints of having breathing difficulties according to his publicist. It was revealed in local media that the singer was awaiting results from a Covid-19 test after showing ...
Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, had been in a medically-induced coma at a hospital in Kingston since earlier this month. He was admitted in intensive care after complaints of having breathing difficulties according to his publicist. It was revealed in local media that the singer was awaiting results from a Covid-19 test after showing ...
- 9/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toots Hibbert, one of reggae’s founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as “Pressure Drop,” “Monkey Man” and “Funky Kingston,” has died. He was 77.
Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, had been in a medically-induced coma at a hospital in Kingston since earlier this month. He was admitted in intensive care after complaints of having breathing difficulties according to his publicist. It was revealed in local media that the singer was awaiting results from a Covid-19 test after showing ...
Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, had been in a medically-induced coma at a hospital in Kingston since earlier this month. He was admitted in intensive care after complaints of having breathing difficulties according to his publicist. It was revealed in local media that the singer was awaiting results from a Covid-19 test after showing ...
- 9/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, better known to generations of ska, rocksteady and reggae fans by his nickname Toots as lead singer of the legendary band Toots and the Maytals, died Friday from undisclosed causes. He was 77.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica,” his family announced through the band’s official social media channels Friday night.
It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica… pic.twitter.com/zOb6yRpJ7n
— Toots & The Maytals (@tootsmaytals) September 12, 2020
While a cause of death has not been disclosed, Hibbert was diagnosed earlier this month with Covid-19.
Along with his band the Maytals, Hibbert had...
“It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica,” his family announced through the band’s official social media channels Friday night.
It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica… pic.twitter.com/zOb6yRpJ7n
— Toots & The Maytals (@tootsmaytals) September 12, 2020
While a cause of death has not been disclosed, Hibbert was diagnosed earlier this month with Covid-19.
Along with his band the Maytals, Hibbert had...
- 9/12/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Ahead of the release of Toots and the Maytals’ new album on Friday, Toots Hibbert has dropped the buoyant single “Just Brutal.”
“We need more love in our hearts/Remember what the preacher said,” Hibbert sings over a chaotic frenzy of a horn section and background singers before ripping into the chorus: “Everything you do is just brutal/I don’t know what this world is coming to.”
“I’m very proud of what I’ve done and the love I’ve given,” Hibbert recently told Rolling Stone. “But it...
“We need more love in our hearts/Remember what the preacher said,” Hibbert sings over a chaotic frenzy of a horn section and background singers before ripping into the chorus: “Everything you do is just brutal/I don’t know what this world is coming to.”
“I’m very proud of what I’ve done and the love I’ve given,” Hibbert recently told Rolling Stone. “But it...
- 8/25/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
It took two years of phone calls and confusing negotiations to get myself invited to visit Toots Hibbert at his fortress-like pink stucco compound in the Red Hills section of Kingston, Jamaica. When I finally arrived, he wasn’t home. No one around seemed to know the whereabouts of the world’s greatest living reggae singer. His grandson, an aspiring reggae artist who calls himself King Trevi, was perched on some concrete steps and suggested that maybe Toots went to the gym. A woman hanging laundry on a rope strung...
- 8/18/2020
- by Jason Fine
- Rollingstone.com
One of the greatest rhythm sections to ever rub-a-dub on planet Earth, Sly and Robbie’s client roster has included Dylan, Madonna, Serge Gainsbourg, and No Doubt. But the team’s best jams are the most deeply rooted in the Jamaican music they helped invent — at the core of Peter Tosh’s band; with the Compass Point All-Stars; and on their own Taxi Records sessions, source of some of the reggae canon’s mightiest sides. Their ur-grooves justify from the get-go Red Gold Green & Blue, a set of blues, r...
- 7/12/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
In June 1964, a country music fan in Jamaica who regularly listened to Nashville’s 50,000-watt radio station Wsm sent a letter to the editor of Billboard, who proclaimed it the first such correspondence they had ever received from someone tuning into the country station from the Caribbean island nation. Yet with two Tennessee stations carrying a powerful clear-channel signal over thousands of miles — the other being Nashville’s Wlac, which programmed country music mainly on Saturdays in the early Forties — the hillbilly and early Countrypolitan sounds most associated with Music City had been available to,...
- 7/2/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts and Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Toots and the Maytals transformed Fleetwood Mac’s 1969 tune “Man of the World” into an aching reggae ballad for the upcoming compilation, Red, Gold, Green and Blue, out July 12th via Trojan Jamaica. The cover arrives with a video featuring live footage and clips of Toots and the Maytals recording “Man of the World” in the studio.
Written by Peter Green and released in the pre-Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham days of Fleetwood Mac, “Man of the World,” is a slow, electric blues number about a world-weary man unable to find love.
Written by Peter Green and released in the pre-Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham days of Fleetwood Mac, “Man of the World,” is a slow, electric blues number about a world-weary man unable to find love.
- 6/17/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Set in the scenic foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Lockn’ is a Grateful Dead-centric festival that in the spirit of jamband culture focuses on unique collaborations between artists on the bill. Former Dead members have appeared in some configuration at every running of the festival since it started in 2013, and this year the event tapped stadium-filling offshoot Dead & Company to headline two nights. Among the many callbacks to the songs of Jerry Garcia, the festival included acts that cover a wide breadth of genres, from rock and blues to Americana and roots reggae.
- 8/27/2018
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
When Toots Hibbert plays with the Maytals next Friday night at Virginia’s Lockn’ Festival, it will be the first time the reggae legend has performed in the state since 2013, since he was hit in the head with a vodka bottle during a concert in Richmond, and suffered serious physical and emotional damage. “It was a horrible thing,” Toots tells Rolling Stone. “I suffered a lot.”
Toots retreated from touring for three full years — the longest break he’s ever taken from performing — to recover as the lawsuit winded through court.
Toots retreated from touring for three full years — the longest break he’s ever taken from performing — to recover as the lawsuit winded through court.
- 8/19/2018
- by Jason Fine
- Rollingstone.com
On July 26th, Rolling Stone will host 500 music industry insiders, influencers and a select group of fans at a raw industrial space in Brooklyn, as singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes headlines a special event presented by YouTube Music. Mendes, who has scored seven consecutive Platinum or Multi-Platinum singles (soon to be eight with “In My Blood”), will perform live and participate in an intimate chat moderated by Rolling Stone staff writer Brittany Spanos. As part of Rolling Stone’s first live event under their relaunch initiative, the concert will be filmed for...
- 7/18/2018
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Hot on the heels of their smash hit with Justin Bieber on “Cold Water” from earlier in the year, Major Lazer have returned to offer up their latest single, a collaboration with Bad Royale titled “My Number.” The new song sees the trio embracing their dancehall roots after the more pop oriented sound heard on “Cold Water,” with a reggae-infused trap outing fit for the festival scene.
“My Number” kicks off with a sample of Toots and the Maytals’ “54-46 That’s My Number,” before diving into dub territory with twangy guitar riffs and upbeat rhythms. Major Lazer and Bad Royale really get wild in the drops though, as booming 808s pound out enticing rhythms set against snaking synth leads and chopped up vocal samples.
While we’ve seen Major Lazer branch out into pop to great success in recent memory, it’s always great to get some more dancefloor oriented material from them,...
“My Number” kicks off with a sample of Toots and the Maytals’ “54-46 That’s My Number,” before diving into dub territory with twangy guitar riffs and upbeat rhythms. Major Lazer and Bad Royale really get wild in the drops though, as booming 808s pound out enticing rhythms set against snaking synth leads and chopped up vocal samples.
While we’ve seen Major Lazer branch out into pop to great success in recent memory, it’s always great to get some more dancefloor oriented material from them,...
- 12/8/2016
- by Connor Jones
- We Got This Covered
Jonathan Rhys Meyers delivers a blistering performance of the Clash's "Clash City Rockers" as Joe Strummer in the latest clip from the upcoming movie, London Town.
The coming-of-age film tells the story of Shay (Daniel Huttlestone), a budding, Clash-obsessed punk who happens to meet Strummer on several occasions (including once in a jail cell). The new clip, however, finds Shay marveling at his hero onstage as he attends a show with his love interest/punk guru, Vivian (Nell Williams).
As for Meyers' portrayal of Strummer, the actor expertly captures the...
The coming-of-age film tells the story of Shay (Daniel Huttlestone), a budding, Clash-obsessed punk who happens to meet Strummer on several occasions (including once in a jail cell). The new clip, however, finds Shay marveling at his hero onstage as he attends a show with his love interest/punk guru, Vivian (Nell Williams).
As for Meyers' portrayal of Strummer, the actor expertly captures the...
- 9/27/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The upcoming film London Town tells the story of a Clash-obsessed teenager who crosses paths with Joe Strummer by happenstance in 1979 and finds his life changing as a result. It stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point, Bend It Like Beckham) as the punk singer and Daniel Huttlestone (Into the Woods) as the teen, Shay.
The London Town trailer opens with Shay asking a fellow passenger on a train (played by Nell Williams) what she's listening to and discovering the Clash, leading them to a record store where she convinces him...
The London Town trailer opens with Shay asking a fellow passenger on a train (played by Nell Williams) what she's listening to and discovering the Clash, leading them to a record store where she convinces him...
- 9/14/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Saturday Night Live, Season 41, Episode 4, “Donald Trump/Sia”
Airs Saturdays at 11:30 pm Et on NBC (East coast version watched for review)
Let’s get this over with…
The Host: Somebody’s hands were tied—that’s the feeling, anyway. Trump can be a good comedy figure (anyone want wings?) but, Jesus, trying to be funny when you’re running for president and saying inflammatory things on a regular basis makes it incredibly hard to be funny around you. SNL tries to have its cake and eat it too tonight and neither works at all: When they play along, like in the “Trump White House” sketch, the cast and the writing come off as stilted and unenthused; when they try to drill the Donald, no one in the studio audience laughs and it just forces the viewing audience to question why the show would welcome a host they clearly don’t want to be there.
Airs Saturdays at 11:30 pm Et on NBC (East coast version watched for review)
Let’s get this over with…
The Host: Somebody’s hands were tied—that’s the feeling, anyway. Trump can be a good comedy figure (anyone want wings?) but, Jesus, trying to be funny when you’re running for president and saying inflammatory things on a regular basis makes it incredibly hard to be funny around you. SNL tries to have its cake and eat it too tonight and neither works at all: When they play along, like in the “Trump White House” sketch, the cast and the writing come off as stilted and unenthused; when they try to drill the Donald, no one in the studio audience laughs and it just forces the viewing audience to question why the show would welcome a host they clearly don’t want to be there.
- 11/8/2015
- by Jj Perkins
- SoundOnSight
“The following is a paid advertisement for Donald Trump for President.”
That ultimately silly introduction to Saturday Night Live‘s final sketch this week probably sent an initial chill through viewers sympathizing with protestors outside Studio 8H incensed about the Republican presidential front-runner being selected as host despite divisive campaign comments about Mexican immigrants and/or those supporting one of the Gop-ers trailing Trump in the polls. They needn’t have worried.
RelatedDonald Trump’s Saturday Night Live Opening Monologue: Grade It!
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That ultimately silly introduction to Saturday Night Live‘s final sketch this week probably sent an initial chill through viewers sympathizing with protestors outside Studio 8H incensed about the Republican presidential front-runner being selected as host despite divisive campaign comments about Mexican immigrants and/or those supporting one of the Gop-ers trailing Trump in the polls. They needn’t have worried.
RelatedDonald Trump’s Saturday Night Live Opening Monologue: Grade It!
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- 11/8/2015
- TVLine.com
Richmond, Va. — Grammy-winning reggae musician Frederick "Toots" Hibbert is suing several organizations after he was injured during a May concert in Richmond.
Hibbert has filed the $20 million lawsuit in Richmond Circuit Court against Venture Richmond and Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers Inc.
The suit also names security-provider Regional Marketing Concepts Inc. and another company that provided concessions for the concert.
The leader of Toots and the Maytals was struck in the head with a tossed vodka bottle while he performed on Brown's Island in the James River. After suffering a deep head cut, Hibbert canceled the remaining dates on his tour and returned to Jamaica.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports () that Venture Richmond objected on Monday to the allegation of negligence, saying the teen charged is solely responsible. http://bit.ly/17he7Ty
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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, http://www.timesdispatch.com...
Hibbert has filed the $20 million lawsuit in Richmond Circuit Court against Venture Richmond and Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers Inc.
The suit also names security-provider Regional Marketing Concepts Inc. and another company that provided concessions for the concert.
The leader of Toots and the Maytals was struck in the head with a tossed vodka bottle while he performed on Brown's Island in the James River. After suffering a deep head cut, Hibbert canceled the remaining dates on his tour and returned to Jamaica.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports () that Venture Richmond objected on Monday to the allegation of negligence, saying the teen charged is solely responsible. http://bit.ly/17he7Ty
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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, http://www.timesdispatch.com...
- 8/27/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Legendary reggae/ska frontman Frederick "Toots" Hibbert claims he was dumber than a doornail about business and other stuff ... and his former manager used his ignorance to royally screw him over.The 70-year-old Toots claims in a new lawsuit ... he hired Marc-Antoine Chetata back in '94 to manage Toots and the Maytals' music and business affairs.The Jamaican singer says it became apparent to Chetata in no time, his 4th grade education and complete...
- 5/31/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Toots Hibbert was struck by a glass bottle a fan threw at him earlier this month, an incident that resulted in injuries serious enough for the reggae singer to have to cancel his entire tour.
Billboard reports that Hibbert -- whose real name Frederick Hibbert -- is still undergoing treatment for injuries stemming from the vodka bottle a 19-year-old hurled at his head at a concert in Richmond, Va. Hibbert, who fronts Toots and the Maytals, had to cut the band's set at the Dominion Riverrock outdoor sports and music festival short after the attack. Police said the concertgoer in question has been charged with aggravated assault.
Reports of unruly fans have been disturbingly common in recent months. On Monday, Beyonce scolded a fan in Copenhagen who took it upon himself to slap her rear. More examples of unfortunate run-ins with fans are available in the gallery below.
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Billboard reports that Hibbert -- whose real name Frederick Hibbert -- is still undergoing treatment for injuries stemming from the vodka bottle a 19-year-old hurled at his head at a concert in Richmond, Va. Hibbert, who fronts Toots and the Maytals, had to cut the band's set at the Dominion Riverrock outdoor sports and music festival short after the attack. Police said the concertgoer in question has been charged with aggravated assault.
Reports of unruly fans have been disturbingly common in recent months. On Monday, Beyonce scolded a fan in Copenhagen who took it upon himself to slap her rear. More examples of unfortunate run-ins with fans are available in the gallery below.
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- 5/29/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Richmond, Va. — Officials say the leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals was injured when a 19-year-old man threw a bottle and hit the singer during a concert in Richmond.
Police said Sunday the man has been charged with aggravated assault. Authorities have not identified him.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that ( ) Frederick "Toots" Hibbert was treated at a hospital for a cut to his head and released. http://bit.ly/17PhlkD
Hibbert was hit by a glass bottle thrown from the crowd Saturday night as the band was performing at the Dominion Riverrock outdoor sports and music festival. The band stopped playing after he was hit.
Festival organizers say Hibbert was in good spirits despite the traumatic event and regretted that the concert had to be stopped early.
Police said Sunday the man has been charged with aggravated assault. Authorities have not identified him.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that ( ) Frederick "Toots" Hibbert was treated at a hospital for a cut to his head and released. http://bit.ly/17PhlkD
Hibbert was hit by a glass bottle thrown from the crowd Saturday night as the band was performing at the Dominion Riverrock outdoor sports and music festival. The band stopped playing after he was hit.
Festival organizers say Hibbert was in good spirits despite the traumatic event and regretted that the concert had to be stopped early.
- 5/19/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The 55th Grammy Awards have arrived, and music's biggest night promises a ton of trophies, and hopefully some great live performances by today's hottest acts. Who has the best record of 2012? How about the year's best new artist? Stick with Zap2it throughout the night, as we continue updating the list of this year's winners!
All of the award categories are below, with the winners in bold.
Record of the Year"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson"We Are Young" by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye, featuring Kimbra"Thinkin Bout You" by Frank Ocean"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
Album of the Year"El Camino" by The Black Keys"Some Nights" by Fun."Babel" by Mumford & Sons"Channel Orange" by Frank Ocean"Blunderbuss" by Jack White
Song of the Year...
All of the award categories are below, with the winners in bold.
Record of the Year"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson"We Are Young" by Fun., featuring Janelle Monáe"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye, featuring Kimbra"Thinkin Bout You" by Frank Ocean"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
Album of the Year"El Camino" by The Black Keys"Some Nights" by Fun."Babel" by Mumford & Sons"Channel Orange" by Frank Ocean"Blunderbuss" by Jack White
Song of the Year...
- 2/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
On June 22 and 23, Broadway favorite Sherie Rene Scott will boldly step off the Broadway stage and into your heart for a rare, intimate appearance at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. This brand new show of eclectic music and musings will feature songs by David Byrne, Harold Arlen, Toots and the Maytals, Jason Robert Brown and Yusef the guy formerly known as Cat Stevens.
- 6/19/2012
- by BWW
- BroadwayWorld.com
In "The Last Wailer," John Jeremiah Sullivan writes, "Consider that in Kingston, in one decade, you had the emergence of Bob Marley and the Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, the Pioneers and the Paragons, the Melodians and the Ethiopians, the Heptones and the Slickers, the Gaylads, plus an index of people whose names you maybe don't know but who, once heard, are never forgotten. A vortex of world-class talents."
Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald ("One Day In September" and "The Last King of Scotland") is tackling the life and times of Jamaica's best-known singer in a new documentary, simply titled, "Marley." Released today, 4/20, the legend of one of the finest reggae artists continues through interviews, never-before-seen footage and unreleased songs in this full-length film. See the trailer above, and scroll down for images.
Bob Marley in a scene from "Marley." Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Jeremy Marre,...
Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald ("One Day In September" and "The Last King of Scotland") is tackling the life and times of Jamaica's best-known singer in a new documentary, simply titled, "Marley." Released today, 4/20, the legend of one of the finest reggae artists continues through interviews, never-before-seen footage and unreleased songs in this full-length film. See the trailer above, and scroll down for images.
Bob Marley in a scene from "Marley." Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Jeremy Marre,...
- 4/20/2012
- by Kathleen Massara
- Huffington Post
The Occupy movement may be getting an influx of cash via "Occupy This Album: A Compilation of Music By, For and Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the 99%," an all-star benefit album that will be released in the spring. Michael Moore, Yoko Ono, Steve Earle, Debbie Harry, Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Third Eye Blind, Thievery Corporation and Toots and the Maytals are among the musicians contributing to the release, with "all proceeds above board attained through the production and distribution of (the album)" going "directly towards the needs...
- 1/23/2012
- by Kimberly Potts
- The Wrap
William Shatner, 80, is not done rocking out. Later this year -- no specific date has been set, but don't worry, we'll keep you updated -- the actor-singer-spoken word artist plans to release a new album, "Searching for Major Tom." It's a cornucopia of corny covers all orbiting around one central theme: space.
But unlike Shatner's live one-man performance classics, the Shat has enlisted some big time help. Bootsy Collins lends a hand on Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science." Brad Paisley sings along on Steve Miller's "Space Cowboy," Peter Frampton sits in on "Spirit in the Sky," and even Toots of Toots and the Maytals is adding his vocals to The Police's "Walking on the Moon."
The full track listing:
"Space Trucking" (Deep Purple)
"She Blinded Me With Science" (Thomas Dolby)
"In a Little While" (U2)
"Empty Glass" (The Tea Party)
"Lost in the Stars" (Frank Sinatra...
But unlike Shatner's live one-man performance classics, the Shat has enlisted some big time help. Bootsy Collins lends a hand on Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science." Brad Paisley sings along on Steve Miller's "Space Cowboy," Peter Frampton sits in on "Spirit in the Sky," and even Toots of Toots and the Maytals is adding his vocals to The Police's "Walking on the Moon."
The full track listing:
"Space Trucking" (Deep Purple)
"She Blinded Me With Science" (Thomas Dolby)
"In a Little While" (U2)
"Empty Glass" (The Tea Party)
"Lost in the Stars" (Frank Sinatra...
- 4/13/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Trudie Styler and original director Perry Henzell's daughter are to produce an update of the 1972 cult Jamaican thriller
After numerous failed attempts, the cult Jamaican thriller The Harder They Come may at last be set for a remake. Producer-actor Trudie Styler has joined forces with, among others, Justine Henzell – daughter of the original's director Perry Henzell (who died in 2006) – who now owns the rights.
The first Harder They Come, made in 1972, starred Jimmy Cliff as a naive country boy who turns up in the Jamaican capital Kingston hoping to make it big as a musician. It is generally credited with popularising reggae in Europe and the Us, and boasted a bestselling soundtrack including contributions from Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker and Cliff himself, who recorded the title track for the film.
Styler, who successfully graduated from acting to producing, with credits including Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,...
After numerous failed attempts, the cult Jamaican thriller The Harder They Come may at last be set for a remake. Producer-actor Trudie Styler has joined forces with, among others, Justine Henzell – daughter of the original's director Perry Henzell (who died in 2006) – who now owns the rights.
The first Harder They Come, made in 1972, starred Jimmy Cliff as a naive country boy who turns up in the Jamaican capital Kingston hoping to make it big as a musician. It is generally credited with popularising reggae in Europe and the Us, and boasted a bestselling soundtrack including contributions from Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker and Cliff himself, who recorded the title track for the film.
Styler, who successfully graduated from acting to producing, with credits including Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,...
- 4/11/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The Us release of Four Lions has seen Chris Morris embark on an unprecedented PR campaign. The results? Great reviews, minimal outrage and ... not much box office action
It has not been a good few months for measured discussion of Islamist extremism in mainstream American culture. From idiot pastors threatening to burn Qur'ans to fingers-in-ears protests against a "Ground Zero mosque" that is neither at Ground Zero nor a mosque, there's been no shortage of the kind of bombastic absurdity that brings Chris Morris to mind. So: enter Chris Morris, bearing a feature film that mines laughs from the efforts of a group of aspiring suicide bombers. You might predict an explosion.
In fact the Us release of Four Lions, which came out on a limited number of screens in major cities last Friday, has been a surprisingly muted affair. Earlier in the year, following the film's premiere at Sundance,...
It has not been a good few months for measured discussion of Islamist extremism in mainstream American culture. From idiot pastors threatening to burn Qur'ans to fingers-in-ears protests against a "Ground Zero mosque" that is neither at Ground Zero nor a mosque, there's been no shortage of the kind of bombastic absurdity that brings Chris Morris to mind. So: enter Chris Morris, bearing a feature film that mines laughs from the efforts of a group of aspiring suicide bombers. You might predict an explosion.
In fact the Us release of Four Lions, which came out on a limited number of screens in major cities last Friday, has been a surprisingly muted affair. Earlier in the year, following the film's premiere at Sundance,...
- 11/10/2010
- by Ben Walters
- The Guardian - Film News
There aren't a whole lot of "parties with a purpose," but one will happen on Nov. 20 in Miami, Fl. The Bayside Rocks Festival, a reggae festival that donates a portion of its proceeds to a local non-profit, will feature reggae artists and celebrate the life of reggae legend Gergory Isaacs, who recently passed away of lung cancer.
Bayside Rocks Festival is hailed as "The Woodstock of Reggae" for its nod to the nostalgic era and artists of The Bob Marley One Love Movement. It also gives back to the community by donating proceeds to Voices United, a Miami-based non-profit organization for kids and teens devoted to promoting cultural diversity through the performing arts.
The festival has several reggae legends performing - three time Grammy Award winner, the Legendary Bunny Wailer of the original Wailers; Grammy Award winning Steel Pulse, the Grammy winner who coined the word "Reggae" himself - Toots and The Maytals,...
Bayside Rocks Festival is hailed as "The Woodstock of Reggae" for its nod to the nostalgic era and artists of The Bob Marley One Love Movement. It also gives back to the community by donating proceeds to Voices United, a Miami-based non-profit organization for kids and teens devoted to promoting cultural diversity through the performing arts.
The festival has several reggae legends performing - three time Grammy Award winner, the Legendary Bunny Wailer of the original Wailers; Grammy Award winning Steel Pulse, the Grammy winner who coined the word "Reggae" himself - Toots and The Maytals,...
- 11/2/2010
- icelebz.com
Using music as a tool to bring about social change on a global scale is nothing new. For anyone old enough to recall the 1980s, the embodiment of this (and the worst excesses of that decade's hairstyling and fashion) is surely the original Band-Aid, Live-Aid and USA for Africa events.
Those gatherings helped to kick start the music-for-change movement because they benefited from the involvement of many stars. Their legacy, however, has been many less widely publicized music-based campaigns that face the added challenge of having no big names to attract the media. Playing for Change is one such movement. Backed by the Playing For Change Foundation (Pfcf), the aim of the project is to bring about positive social change through music and education.
Playing for Change was born out of the efforts of a small group of filmmakers who wanted to produce a documentary about street musicians from around the world.
Those gatherings helped to kick start the music-for-change movement because they benefited from the involvement of many stars. Their legacy, however, has been many less widely publicized music-based campaigns that face the added challenge of having no big names to attract the media. Playing for Change is one such movement. Backed by the Playing For Change Foundation (Pfcf), the aim of the project is to bring about positive social change through music and education.
Playing for Change was born out of the efforts of a small group of filmmakers who wanted to produce a documentary about street musicians from around the world.
- 8/6/2010
- CinemaSpy
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