TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS feat LEBA HIBBERT

A concert by Toots and the Maytals, the Jamaican group now fronted by Toots' daughter Leba, at HMV Empire in Coventry, with special guests.

The Maytals emerged in the 1960s and became Toots and the Maytals with the 1969 album Sweet and Dandy. The group is counted among the best-known names in ska and rocksteady, and is credited with introducing the term reggae into a song on the 1968 single Do the Reggay. Frederick 'Toots'Hibbert is regarded as a reggae pioneer, and Rolling Stone placed him among its 100 greatest singers of all time.

The band's catalogue includes '54-46 Was My Number', 'Monkey Man', 'Pressure Drop', 'Funky Kingston', 'Broadway Jungle', 'Bam Bam', 'Time Tough'and 'Reggae Got Soul'. The act is now led by Toots'daughter Leba, who has released recordings of her own and has worked with Sly & Robbie and Jimmy Cliff, among others.

This evening at HMV Empire, a concert and performance venue in Coventry, bills Toots and the Maytals featuring Leba, alongside special guests. The night suits listeners who want to hear the group's ska, rocksteady and reggae repertoire performed by a band that carries the Maytals name into the present.