Toots and the Maytals feat Leba Hibbert
- Maanantaina, toukokuuta 11
- 19.00-22.00
- The 1865 Brunswick Square, Southampton SO14 3AR, Iso-Britannia
Info
Toots and The Maytals play The 1865 in Southampton on 11 May 2026, revisiting a catalogue that traces Jamaican music from ska and rocksteady to full-blooded reggae. Formed in Kingston in the early 1960s by Frederick “Toots” Hibbert with Raleigh Gordon and Jerry Matthias, the group fused tight vocal harmonies, gospel accents and a gritty, elastic lead. Their songs have long set the tone: 54-46 That’s My Number, Pressure Drop, Sweet and Dandy, and Do the Reggay, a 1968 cut that helped carry the very word “reggae” beyond Jamaica. Decades on, the Maytals sound rests on a supple rhythm feel and call-and-response energy shaped on stage.
Featuring singer and songwriter Leba Hibbert, daughter of Toots Hibbert, this date brings the family timbre back to the front line. Leba carries that unmistakable phrasing while asserting her own tone and presence, guiding the band through staples and deep pulls from the Maytals songbook. An evening anchored in the lineage of Kingston’s music, played by a group that knows how to let these grooves breathe live.
Line-up
Tapahtumapaikka
The 1865
Brunswick Square, Southampton SO14 3AR, Iso-Britannia