March 18, 2025
— Press Release —
Canada’s premier reggae band
The Human Rights
Album Release
With special guests
Chet Singh & Dub Trinity
Friday April 4th
8:00pm
The Gordon Best Theatre
216 Hunter Street West, Peterborough
The Human Rights
The Human Rights have been a driving force in Canadian reggae since 2007, founded by Toronto reggae staple Friendlyness (Big Sugar, Culture Shock) alongside drummer Eric Woolston, bassist Tyler Wagler, and the late Bernie Pitters (Toots & The Maytals, Hit Squad), whose legacy continues to inspire the band. Known as Toronto’s house reggae band, they’ve shared the stage with legends like The Wailers, Gregory Isaacs, Beres Hammond, and Freddie McGregor, recently opening for The Black Crowes at Casino Rama.
In 2014, powerhouse vocalist Tréson (Black Uhuru’s Mykal Rose) joined the group, creating a dynamic two-man frontline blending modern roots reggae, lovers rock, soul, R&B, and dancehall. With Dave Jackson now on keys and the “Declaration of Human Rights” horn section led by Tom Richards (The Heavyweights Brass Band), their sound is stronger than ever.
By the end of 2024, The Human Rights will have played over 250 festival and club shows across North America, with standout performances at New Orleans Reggae Fest, Austin Reggae Festival, Hillside, Harbourfront Centre, and Roy Thomson Hall. With three full-length albums, including Reggae Strong (2021), their fourth LP, One People, is set for release on March 7, 2025.
Chet Singh & Dub Trinity
Dub Trinity are renowned as specialists at genre bending musical collaborations. Countless singers, musicians, songwriters and poets of many backgrounds call upon the Dub Trinity project to create great music. Their latest partnership with Dub Poet Chet Singh revisits trip hop, roots rock reggae and early 70s funk as a vehicle for both artistic expression and political commentary. Chet, a founding member of Canada’s Dub Poets Collective recently released his 6th album Age of Rage which explores themes such as decolonization, backlash against equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), displacement, capitalism, ecocide and the normalization of fascism. Singh’s work has been featured on CBC Radio, with some albums charting for global music on Earshot, Canada’s indie music chart; his work appears on the sound track for the documentary, Capitalism is the Crisis.