Trojan Jamaica, the label that recently released Toots and the Maytals‘ album Got to Be Tough, dropped a video Tuesday in honor of the late reggae legend’s birthday. The clip features the making of Got to Be Tough, including interviews with Hibbert, producer Zak Starkey, and his partner and label …
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In 2019, Jimmy Cliff said he considered Frederick “Toots” Hibbert and the Maytals’ 1962 album Never Grow Old the birth of the reggae genre. The two singers often pushed each other artistically through friendly competition, with Cliff also recruiting Toots and the Maytals to appear in The Harder They Come. …
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Reggae stalwarts Toots and the Maytals stopped by Spotify’s studios in New York to record a session that included their clever interpretation of John Denver’s classic, “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” as well as their new song, “A Song Call Marley.” Toots and the Maytals slid into “Take Me Home” …
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