Earl “Chinna” Smith.
Some of the artistes who helped put reggae on the map throughout the Nineteen Seventies will carry out at Rastafari At Woodstock Negril, scheduled for that venue in Westmoreland on Sunday.
Guitarist Earl “Chinna” Smith, probably the most recorded musicians in Jamaican music, leads the Binghistra Motion acoustic group, who’re the occasion’s headliners. Comprising primarily Nyahbinghi drummers, the multi-member aggregation has carried out on main reveals, amongst them A St Mary Mi Come From and Tribute To Dennis Brown.
Two stars of Rockers, the 1978 hit film, are additionally on Rastafari At Woodstock Negril. They’re singer-songwriter Kiddus I and drummer Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace.
Each artistes performed themselves within the film, which was filmed in Kingston.
Kiddus I, who was a member of Ras Michael And The Sons of Negus, is finest recognized for the music Commencement In Zion, which is on the Rockers soundtrack.
Wallace was a key member of Burning Spear’s Black Disciples Band which performed on the singer’s groundbreaking Marcus Garvey album, launched in 1976.
The Gladiators, Della Manley, Donovan Joseph, Natty Pablo, and Quan-Dajai, who performed a teenaged Bob Marley within the 2024 film Bob Marley: One Love, will even carry out on Rastafari At Woodstock Negril.
The present is a part of Reggae Month actions in western Jamaica.
