Toots Hibbert helped give reggae its name, its sound, and its enduring grace

By Chris Richards September 12, 2020 at 2:15 p.m. EDT

During “Funky Kingston” — that golden-hot sunbeam of a song that Toots and the Maytals first dropped in 1973 — the word “reggae” becomes a sort of hyper-noun: a person, a place and a thing. Hibbert died in Kingston on Friday, 9/11/20, at 77. Read more HERE and HERE.