"Jamaica to Toronto: Soul, Funk & Reggae 1967-1974" (Mod Club)!

If there's one concert you go to, to end the year in style, make it this one - an important (and funky reggae) chapter in music history. The "Jamaica to Toronto: Soul, Funk and Reggae 1967-1974" concert series has created a worldwide music buzz - from cover stories in Now Magazine and the Toronto Star to sold out venues across Canada (Vancouver, Calgary, Pop Montreal Festival), to feature stories in UK and American magazines from Fader, XLR8R and Straight No Chaser to the New York Times, Pitchfork (8.1/10), Vice Magazine (10/10) and Wall Street Journal, to live CBC Radio One concert re-broadcasts, to being one of a few featured reggae-soul artistes to be featured on CTV's Canada AM and Much Music's New Music...the list goes on and on and on. The band returns to Toronto for what will be sure to be one of the best concerts of 2007 (info below).

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

JAMAICA TO TORONTO: Soul, Funk and Reggae 1967-1974
with special guest The Elizabeth Shepherd Trio
music by DJ Chocolate & Patrick Roots

(TORONTO) – REMG proudly presents Jamaica To Toronto: Soul, Funk and Reggae 1967-1974 featuring Jay Douglas (of The Cougars) with The Mighty Pope, Everton "Pablo" Paul and many more reggae legends!

In 1963, the flight from Jamaica to Toronto was 8 hours. Today it's 3 1/2. Countless people have made the dwindling journey over the years, but in the sixties and seventies there was a new breed of traveler: the finest ska, rocksteady, and reggae recording artists the West Indies have ever produced. We're talking Studio One, Treasure Isle, Trojan, and WIRL veterans Jackie Mittoo, Johnnie Osbourne, Wayne McGhie, Lloyd Delpratt , The Mighty Pope, Noel Ellis, Jo-Jo Bennett, and many more. Arriving in their new Canadian home, these talented singers, songwriters, musicians, and performers simply did what came naturally to them. One by one, they hit the studio and captured some of the hardest tunes this side of Kingston.

The Jamaica to Toronto tradition continues with the release of the Summer Records Anthology (1974-1988), the 5th release on Light In The Attic's Jamaica To Toronto series. The Summer Records Anthology captures a killer cross-section of the producer/label owner Jerry Brown's massive talent pool. Johnny Osbourne, Earth Roots & Water, and Adrian "Homer" Miller are all represented in the expansive package, which also includes a 25-minute documentary containing never-before-seen period footage of reggae history.

Over the past year Elizabeth Shepherd has been nominated for a Juno Award, played "Live In Session" on Gilles Peterson's Worldwide show on BBC Radio 1 and Matt Galoway's "Here and Now" on CBC Radio One. Elizabeth has established herself as a true player in the Toronto and international jazz scenes.

Don't miss this historic show Thursday December 13, 2007 at The Mod Club Theatre.

Jamaica To Toronto:
Soul, Funk and Reggae 1967-1974
with special guest The Elizabeth Shepherd Trio
music by DJ Chocolate & Patrick Roots
Thursday December 13, 2007
@ Mod Club Theatre (722 College St.)
Tickets are $20.00 in advance and available at Ticketmaster, Rotate This, Play De Record & Soundscapes
Doors @ 7:00pm, Show @ 8:00pm
www.ramosent.com

 

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