Reggae Planet Tribute to Bob Marley & The Wailers

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Friday, February 20th, 2015
7:00 PM

Celebrating The Worldwide impact of The Original Wailers Bob Marley, Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer, the Great Pioneers of the Global Roots Rock Reggae Phenomena.

Featuring:

Rasta Reuben & SELASSIE iPOWER
Fredlocks Asher & The Ultra Flex Crew from Vancouver
The House of David Gang from Toronto
and The Femme Fatales from Nanaimo

53 years ago on the island of Jamaica in the city of Kingston, The Wailers started an outstanding recording and performing music career that would eventually prove prophetic in the new creation of a new musical genre of world class proportions; known today worldwide as roots rock reggae. It is therefore significant and also very important for us all to highlight and to celebrate the great worldwide contribution to music, arts and culture, and to international humanitarian harmony and goodwill in the ONE LOVE message and music of Bob Marley & The Wailers.

Rasta Reuben & SELASSIE iPOWER Muzik

Rasta Reuben Kwabena was born in Kingston Jamaica and immigrated to Toronto in the early '80s. He started writing and composing songs with his musical brothers Frederick (Fredlocks Asher) Phinn & David (Uncle Dropsi) Phinn and honed his craft at CW Jeffries High School where he studied the arts including music. He joined the Toronto music scene as a bass player and foundation member of the House of David Gang, and went on to form Rasta Reuben & SELASSIE iPOWER Muzik as lead vocalist.  Their first major recognition was for the "Best Reggae Album Award" with the debut album King of Kings at the 1998 Canadian Urban Music Awards. The band released their  new album Reggae Planet Vol. 1 Revelation 21 in 2011 with the support of Pro Music Records,and followed up with Reggae Planet Vol 2, Revolution 22 in 2012. Rasta Reuben has performed all across Canada and as far away as Lisbon Portugal, Darwin City Australia and at the Prestigious International World Muzik Festival, THE EXIT FESTIVAL, in The City of Novi Sad, Serbia. Currently He is working on The Band's New Release Reggae Planet Vol 3.


Fredlocks Asher & Ultra Flex Crew

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Fredlocks immigrated to Canada as a child. He is a multi-instrumentalist who has studied piano, clarinet, saxophone and guitar. He is an accomplished recording engineer and owner of Ultra-Flex Music.

Fredlocks has worked with numerous artists as a producer, engineer, arranger and composer. His live reggae band: Fredlocks Asher & Ultra Flex Crew, have been performing and touring for over a decade. They have released a variety of musically diverse reggae albums, including Wisdom, Dub Life, Ultra Flex Volume One and Rain Single. Fredlocks's latest releases for 2014 are Race the Final Frontier, a solo album, and Ultra Flex Volume Two a Compilation Album of various artistis, both are now available on iTunes. http://www.reverbnation.com/fredlocksasher

 

House of David Gang

Throughout their career, House of David Gang have been known for their uplifting roots rock reggae sound reminiscent of Kingston, Jamaica's music scene in the late '70s mixed with a modern roots Canadian feel. The band takes its name from The House of David, an after-hours spot on Queen Street West that was a hot spot for artists from the city's burgeoning Rastafarian and reggae community from the late '80s until the mid '90s. Now with the release of their album Reggae Warrior on NuFunk Records, the band continues to pave their own road as Canada's hardest touring reggae band. Currently #6 on the Canadian Reggae Music Charts! http://www.houseofdavidgang.com/

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