EXCO LEVI'S HIGH PRIEST REGGAE FESTIVAL: A Tribute to Denise Jones

HIGH PRIEST MUSIC AND THE BEAT NETWORK PRESENT

EXCO LEVI’S HIGH PRIEST REGGAE FESTIVAL

A TRIBUTE TO DENISE JONES

FRIDAY MAY 26

@ THE GARRISON (1197 Dundas Street West, Toronto)

9pm doors | $20 + SC advance | $25 at the door

Featuring:

EXCO LEVI & HIGH PRIEST

The Memberz & Tréson

& DJ Chocolate

Since coming to Canada from his native Manchester, Jamaica in 2005, Exco Levi has firmly established himself as the country’s premier contemporary reggae artist. He has won Canada’s most prestigious music honour, the Juno Award, an unprecedented five times for Best Reggae Artist from a total of 10 nominations. Exco has also received awards for Most Promising New Artist at the Canadian Reggae Music Awards in 2007, and Artist of the Year & Song of the Year by the Irie Music Awards in 2011 among many other distinctions. In 2016, Exco Levi was recognized for his contribution to local and Canadian culture with an induction into the Brampton, Ontario Walk Of Fame.

Exco Levi tours annually around the world with his band High Priest and as a solo performer, and has established an international reputation for his electrifying live performances. His festival performances in Canada have included The Montreal Reggae Festival, Jambana, the Vancouver Island Music Festival, and the Harrison Festival of the Arts. In the United States Exco has played Reggae on the River and the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in California, Point Reggae in Maine, and SOBs in New York City. International touring highlights include the world-famous Rototom Reggae Festival in Spain and the CHI Showcase in Dubai, as well as major festivals in the UK, Germany, Denmark and Finland.

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The Memberz are a collection of top Toronto musicians who express themselves musically, lyrically, socially and politically through reggae music – drawing upon the energy of the Jamaican-Canadian cross-cultural experience. With their throbbing bass, polished rhythms and powerful vocal harmonies, The Memberz strive to break the boundaries of traditional genfrication.

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Since 2014, Tréson has gained prominence as one half of the most potent one-two vocal punch in Canadian reggae, singing along Friendlyness (of Culture Shock and Big Sugar) in Toronto-based modern roots reggae band The Human Rights. “The Rights” have shared many of Toronto reggae’s biggest stages with artists such as The Wailers, Sanchez, Freddie McGregor, Beres Hammond and John Holt. However, many if not most of the recent fans he has gained as a member of The Human Rights are unaware of his considerable accomplishments as a solo artist. Tréson’s first single, "Moments", quickly became of the most requested songs on radio programs in Toronto, charting on Flow 93.5 FM, CHRY (now VIBE 105), CIUT 89.5 FM, CKLN and the CBC. 2006 through 2010 was a particularly momentous period for Tréson, as he performed shows with a who’s who of Jamaican and global reggae lions such as Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffiths, Collie Buddz, Cherine Anderson, Sly and Robbie, Morgan Heritage, Third World, Baby Cham, Capleton, The Fab Five, Beanie Man, Leroy Sibbles, Ken Boothe, and Bitty McLean.