Ya Maka My Weekend 2010 Band Line Up
PATO BANTON and his positive vibrations abound with a beat to keep you on your dancing feet, while Pato delivers a message that is food for the mind and soul. Many have considered his charismatic performance as live theatre where no show is alike and audience members become participants in the experience. Pato talks with the crowd on a range of topics including current day events and spiritual freedom while keeping the vibes upbeat and fun! The direction of the concert is totally based on the feedback Pato receives from the audience as there is no fixed set list. Many have said that the positivity generated from the stage has changed their lives forever.
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DUB DIS
“Our effort is to ensure that our music reflects our belief in love and more love, tolerance in unity, appreciation in understanding, and in everyone taking responsibility for their own fun. ” What makes Dub Dis unique is their rich tapestry of creative expression that draws its inspiration from Jamaica’s diverse ethnic influences. Featuring a blend of reggae, ska, calypso, mento, and soca, Dub Dis encompasses a fresh sound that is artistically entertaining.
INDIKAThe members of Indika developed their talents on the island of Jamaica, giving them an authentic sound. They perform old reggae favorites with new life, and add to the reggae world with new original songs.
YABBA GRIFFITHS is a multi-talented musician whose repertiore includes vocalist, song writer, performer, arranger, band leader, guitarist and producer. Griffiths has worked with the great musicians and singers of Jamaica – Bunny Wailer, Soul Syndicate, Gregory Isaacs, Roots Radics, Carlton and Family Man Barrett, Winston Wright, Lynn Taitt, Jackie Mittoo, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, The Tamlins, Bobby Colphat, and many others. Yabba is a Reggae Walk Of Fame Inductee and “The Hardest Working Man In Reggae”.
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THE ARK BAND is a St. Lucian reggae band, based in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1987 by Terry and Eustace Bobb, (The St. Lucian Riddim Twins) THE ARK BAND has continually toured across the United States, Canada and Jamaica sharing its roots reggae, calypso and soca music.
Combining heavenly harmonies with tight crisp performances, this powerhouse of talent captures their audiences with their very first note. THE ARK BAND’s repertoire combines original and cover compositions with classic and current reggae hits designed to entertain, educate and enlighten all types of people. THE ARK BAND continues to be a dynamic force on the American scene after two decades, their songs expressing the love, peace, togetherness and spirituality needed in our world today!
RUDE PUNCH is Reggae/Rock from the Heartland. In a nutshell, that’s what Rude Punch is. With influences ranging from Sublime to Bob Marley to The Beatles, Rude Punch will surprise you with their fresh take on the reggae vibe while paying respects to the West Coast reggae/rockers from the past.
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100% independent Hard Roots Rock Reggae & Dub–this is the unique blend of music that is NATTY NATION. 2010 marks their 15th anniversary of keeping the positive messages of their unique indigenous Wisconsin reggae beats throbbing through the heartland, sharing the stage with and backing up reggae legends like Lee “Scratch” Perry, Ziggy, Damian & Stephen Marley, Sister Carol, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Wailing Souls, Culture with Joseph Hill, Beenie Man, & countless others. They bring 15 years of performance experience, 15 years of songs from a great original 60+ song catalog, and a 15-year fan base (not to mention a huge email list & street team throughout the country & abroad!).
KINGLY T is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Jamaica. He now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has played on numerous recordings, backed most of Jamaica’s top recording artists and have toured the Carribbean, Japan, Mexico and throughout the US. He will be releasing his new CD “Rock It With Me” on July 12th 2010.
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JUMBIES takes the rhythm, energy and motion of traditional Afro-Caribbean musical styles such as Soca and Reggae, the vibrant sound of the steel pan, and a high-energy funk backing band and spins out a tasty cocktail of seriously danceable music. What further blows the mind is that this sound comes out of five guys from Iowa. All who see them are sure to be possessed by the spirit of Jumbies!
MR. MYERS blends the sounds of calypso and ska, the rhythms of reggae and a touch of rock and roll with some favorite tunes to create their own special style of music – Caribbean Rock.
Mr. Myers’ unique combination of musical styles may be difficult to define and perhaps challenging to play, but it never fails to entertain audiences everywhere – young and old alike.
REBEL ROOTS is organic, raw, soulful roots-reggae with an undeniably international and positive vibration. Born and raised in the mountain village of Catadupa, Jamaica, frontman and lead vocalist Eddy Graham lends a uniquely authentic island flavor to this talented group of multicultural musicians. With members reigning from Jamaica, Poland, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Chicago, Rebel Roots cooks up a special blend of musical and cultural influences that converge to form an infectiously funky reggae experience.
DIS N DAT Formed in 1999 by 4 time Grammy nominated ex-Black Uhuru drummer “Rangotan” and six time steel pan champion “Sista D”, “Dis-n-Dat band has been blazing a trail of vybes wherever they play…from Vermont to Florida…and every where in between….the band has backed international artists, Turbulence, Everton Blender, Pato Banton, Yami Bolo, Lady Saw, Sasha, and many more….the band has toured several times with UK reggae superstar Pato Banton…in an interview Pato said he was blown away by the band!…the band fuses foundation roots with a new r&b style calling it neo-reggae….you can hear the vybe in all their original music…..the band also plays coversl. Most importantly they give the people what they want….weather its foundation roots, dancehall, ska…or their own brand they call neo-reggae. Ask someone that’s been to one of their shows, the music speaks for itself!
Montego Bay born Ardie “Cuban Cohiba” Wallace reflects his community’s helpless frustration and anguish over the senseless gun violence that plagues its streets, capturing its repetitive and numbing impact in his original fusion of dancehall reggae with an A-Kon-influenced r&b/hip-hop ballad feel in the midst of a New Orleans jazz funeral processsion in “Enuf Is Enough,” an all too timely message reinforced by the commentary of the inimitable Shabba Ranks
