Lincoln Hill Farms Presents:
BURNING SPEAR
With Special Guests:
Kabaka Pyramid & Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Doors: 4:30pm Show 5:30pm
All Ages
Tickets go on sale FRIDAY, ARPIL 12th @ 3pm
**VENUE & TICKET INFO: Food & beverage will be available for purchase during show. All tickets sales are final – no refunds or exchanges. Shows are rain or shine, inclement weather may cause delays. Ticketed events and concerts are general admission standing room only. Low-back foldable chairs will be permitted in a designated area within the venue. Limited seating and picnic tables are available. First come, first serve. Please read venue and parking information here before purchase. Music times are approximate and are subject to delays. While venue hours are 5pm – 11pm, venue hours do not determine music performance length. Music performance length is determined by the artist/band.
Burning Spear:
Burning Spear’s impact on reggae music is profound. A true legend, Spear’s legacy through his music is one of self-reliance and self-determination for the African diaspora. With a career spanning over six decades, his message remains on point and his vocal delivery is as powerful as it is identifiable.
Winston Rodney began his music career in the late 1960s, attributing his start to a fateful encounter with Bob Marley. Both were living in the St. Ann’s parish of Jamaica. As Spear recalls, “Bob was going to his farm. The man was moving with a donkey and some buckets and a fork, and cutlass and plants. We just reason man-to-man and I-man say wherein I would like to get involved in the music business. And Bob say, ‘All right, just check Studio One.'” It was there that Spear recorded his first two classic albums, “Burning Spear” and “Rocking Time.”
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Burning Spear rocked the reggae world, releasing acclaimed albums such as “Social Living,” “Hail H.I.M.” and “Resistance.” His music evolved to incorporate elements of jazz, funk, and rock, while maintaining its solid roots reggae foundation.
Burning Spear has won two Grammy Awards for Best Reggae Album; one at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000 for “Calling Rastafari,” and one for 2009’s “Jah Is Real.” He has been nominated for a total of 12 Grammy™ Awards. He was awarded the Jamaican government’s Order of Distinction for outstanding services to music in 2007.
Since establishing their own label Burning Music Records, Winston and Sonia Rodney have released nearly forty singles, CDs, DVDs and vinyl albums on the Burning Music imprint.
In addition to his music career, Burning Spear is a dedicated anti-racism activist and philanthropist. He has been involved in various social and political causes throughout his career, including the fight against apartheid in South Africa, the struggle for independence in Zimbabwe and his campaign to raise awareness of the teachings of Marcus Garvey.
Burning Spear’s legacy as a reggae icon is everlasting, and his music continues to inspire and uplift audiences around the world. His influence can be heard in the work of countless artists who have followed in his footsteps, and his message of love and unity remain as relevant today as ever.
Kabaka Pyramid:
Kabaka Pyramid is a Grammy Award Winning conscious revolutionary lyricist with a signature musical style; blending the power, energy and melody of Reggae with the lyricism of Hip hop.
A key pillar of the Reggae Revival movement, Kabaka Pyramid carved his way into the Jamaican reggae scene with Rebel Music in 2011 with marquee songs like “Free From Chains” and “Warrior” featuring Protoje. His hip hop roots were evident in the lyrical style and hard hitting beats, laying the foundation for an ever ascending career highlighted by the classic marquee sophmore album “The Kalling” produced by role model Damian “Jr Gong” Marley.
This chart-topping artist has developed a solid global fan-base that connects deeply with the messages in his music, touring extensively over the past 10 years to the largest of Reggae stages around the world and headlining numerous 20+ multi- city club tours. Kabaka is well known for delivering an electrifying and entertaining live performance.
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad:
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad bring the urgency and spontaneity of a jam band to world beats and reggae rhythms. The group consistently aimed to push the boundaries of the reggae genre with their sizzling live shows and stylistically adventuresome studio albums like 2023’s Love in Time.
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad formed in Rochester, New York, in 2001. Originally, the band consisted of brothers Chris O’Brian on drums and Matt O’Brian on guitar with childhood friend James Searl on vocals and bass. The group began playing more seriously in 2006 when they expanded the lineup to include guitarist Dylan Savage, keyboardist Rachel Orke, and percussionist Aaron Lipp. This iteration of the band released the debut album Slow Down in 2006, and they began receiving national attention. A series of live albums, Live Up! and Live Up! Volume II, followed in 2009 and 2010, respectively, and in 2010 GPGDS experienced another lineup change when Matt O’Brian and Orke both left the band. Dan Keller came on as lead guitarist for the group’s Americana-flavored album Country as well as the more psychedelic and jammy In These Times, both released in 2012. Lipp was replaced by keyboardist Tony Gallicchio for the band’s next string of studio albums: 2013’s Steady, 2014’s Bright Days, and 2015’s Make It Better. Keller was replaced by guitarist Eli Flynn in 2019, and the band continued to gain more followers with their improvisatory live shows, and albums that made a mark on the Billboard Reggae charts. The 2023 album Love in Time was the group’s most collaborative effort to date, finding them working with a host of guest musicians like Double Tiger, Anthony B, Skribe Da God, and others.
**VENUE & TICKET INFO: Food & beverage will be available for purchase during show. All tickets sales are final – no refunds or exchanges. Shows are rain or shine, inclement weather may cause delays. Ticketed events and concerts are general admission standing room only. Low-back foldable chairs will be permitted in a designated area within the venue. Limited seating and picnic tables are available. First come, first serve. Please read venue and parking information here before purchase. Music times are approximate and are subject to delays. While venue hours are 5pm – 11pm, venue hours do not determine music performance length. Music performance length is determined by the artist/band.
