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Israel Vibration & Roots Radics, The Expanders

Mateel Community Center

What: Legendary Jamaican Reggae icons Israel Vibration in concert with special guest band The Expanders!
When: Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 / Doors at 8pm / Music at 9pm
Where: Mateel Community Center
Tickets: $25 Advanced / $30 At the Door 

Mention the name Israel Vibration in reggae circles and watch the warmth of recognition and appreciation of anyone who has seen or heard this very special vocal group.

For over three decades the positivity emanating from this group has been spellbinding audiences, critics and DJs alike. Cecil “Skelly” Spence and Lascelle “Wiss” Bulgin were both born in Jamaica and met as children with Polio at Kingston’s Mona Rehabilitation Center in which they were placed because of their families’ limited resources and need for specialized care. There, the boys discovered Rastafari, found strength and willpower through their faith and began composing and singing songs.

The expression of their spirituality and stance on issues relating to the rehab center caused them to be expelled from the institution, putting them on the streets of the capital city singing for their suppers for nearly six years. However, by their early 20s they had become a force to be reckoned with, and their prayers were answered when members of the Twelve Tribes of Israel agreed to finance their debut single.

The group’s exquisite dread sound and militant cultural themes made an instant impression and they found themselves on stage opening for the likes of Bob Marley and Dennis Brown. Albums “Same Song” (1976), “Pay the Piper” (1999), “Jericho” (2000), and singles such as “Cool and Calm” (1988) and “Rudeboy Shufflin” (1997) are just drops in the bucket of what has been nothing short of a mesmerizing career. Their most recent album, “Reggae Knights” (2010) finds them unendingly popular and an ever-vibrant live act as well.

Since the beginning, Israel Vibration has been fully committed to singing honestly from their hearts with the true spirit of universality.

Roots Radics…

Accompanying Skelly and Wiss for their performance will be Roots Radics, the band credited for having developed and recorded a majority of the rub-a-dub riddims of the early-80s which were the precursor to the island’s fertile dancehall period.

 

DATES/TIMES

WHERE

• Mateel Community Center

PRICE

• $30
• $25 adv.