Without Sly and Robbie there is no hiphop. Drummer Sly
Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare laid the rhythmic foundation for
reggae in 1960s Kingston, recording on an estimated 200,000
tracks, from which sprang dub, dancehall, and, in the
Bronx in the mid-’70s, hiphop. Their partnership with Jamaican
vocalist Horace Andy goes back 30 years, and the three sound as vital
in concert today as back when they were defining a culture.
(Neumo’s, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467. 8 pm, $20, 21+.)