Mutabaruka has established himself as both a literary and musical giant, both in Jamaica and abroad, and is arguably one of Jamaica's most respected wordsmiths, dub poets and broadcasters. The "Barefoot Rasta" poems and music have given voice to a nation and helped forge an entirely new genre of music, dub/rhythm poetry. Revolutionary, fiery, scathing, and stinging, Mutabaruka's words are as potent on paper as on CD, and so the literary community needed to create a new term just for his works – meta-dub. What hasn't Muta done? He has cut singles with the late Dennis Brown and Luciano, hosts a hugely popular longtime Jamaican radio show on the IRIE-FM station, served as host of the hugely popular TV series Simply Muta, and many of Mutabaruka's songs recorded with other artists are brought together on the In Combination album (2006) which features songs with reggae greats such as Freddie McGregor, Cocoa Tea, Sugar Minott, Marcia Griffiths, Tony Rebel and more.

Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West) - WestJet Stage
Sunday July 31st, 2011
9:30 pm
FREE ADMISSION