Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Toast of the Town

Jamaica’s Yellowman overcame long odds to become a reggae great. He grew up in a Kingston orphanage and was the target of frequent bullying due to the color of his skin — he’s albino. After establishing himself as a premier DJ and performer in the 1980s, he was stricken with jaw cancer and told he had mere months to live. Three decades later, he is regarded as one of the most influential toasters in history, the breadth of his impact felt in not only reggae but hip-hop and rock as well. This Thursday, August 18, the trade winds carry Yellowman to Club Metronome with longtime collaborators the Sagittarius Band.