This Day in Jamaican Music

September 11

On September 11 in Jamaican music: we remember Peter Tosh (1987) and Toots Hibbert (2020), 5 albums dated to this day, including Message From the King by Prince Far I (2000) and 6 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

5

Albums and singles in the Listen library dated to this day — press play from any title.

  1. 2000 Message From the KingAlbum

    Prince Far I

  2. 2000 RiseAlbum

    Junior Kelly

  3. 2001 Halfway TreeAlbum

    Damian Marley

  4. 2012 Master PieceAlbum

    Lee 'Scratch' Perry

  5. 2012 TimeAlbum

    Bunny Rugs

Tributes

Remembered on this day

2

Voices we lost on this date. Their music is still in the library.

  1. 1987 Peter Tosh

    Passed at 42 · 39 years ago

  2. 2020 Toots Hibbert

    Passed at 77 · 6 years ago

News archive

Stories published on this day

6

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2020 Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert, 1942–2020: Jamaica Mourns the Man Who Named Reggae

    Music

  2. 2016 Stepping Razor: Peter Tosh’s Music, Militancy and Unfinished Revolution

    Music

  3. 2014 Bugle anticipates performance at Arthur Guinness Day Concert

    Music

  4. 2014 Jah Cure promises some ‘Reflection’ on Arthur Guinness Day

    Music

  5. 2014 The lyrical Assassin ready to shine at Arthur Guinness Day Concert

    Music

  6. 2013 Next Move: Alaine conquers East Africa, expands musical journey

    Press Releases

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