Tribe Of Djembe

Artist Information

Biography

Tribe of DJEMBE provides an experience like no other. The Tribe moves their audience with Reggae, Afro-Beat-Hip-Hop and World Dance. The bands motto is Move the Body then move the Soul. They are lead by the rather open minded songwriting style of Singer-Song writer, Ricardo "Tribe" Ricketts. The band also just happens to have one of the wickedest RYTHYM SECTIONS around as well as a great pair of Guitarists, a fine Keyboard player and amazing percussionists. At their concerts, audiences groove themselves to conscious vibes back by a tremendously beautiful music. Tribe's story-telling Songwriting style and the bands passionate expressions through their instruments can bring an audience to an emotional fervor. A Tribe of Djembe concert is an experience that stays in the hearts and souls of the audience for a long time. The band is well loved by its various groups of fans and admirers.
The Band has opened for Burning Spear, Yellow Man, Luciano, Eek-A-Mouse and many others. Jamaican Legend Luciano, did a duet with the band on "Turn and Run" a popular a track on The Tribes second album, "Rise, Sufferah's Anthem". Tribe of Djembe has played in some of the best festivals, venues and colleges in NY, NJ, MA, PA, CT, ME, VT, and LI. They have played concerts at, Central Park, Various Festivals, BB Kings, China Club, NJPAC, Supper Club, CBGBs, SOBs, La Bar/Bat, Steven Talk House in East Hamptons, Wetlands, DownTime,etc. Plus their CD plays on TV and Radio shows such WNBC-TV, BET, WLIR, WLIB, Royal Radio, Link Up Radio, Irie Jam, and many more.
The Bands second Album, "Rise Sufferah's Anthem", is an artistic leap for them and represents a unique and modern approach that ties various music of the Diaspora. It has been played on Radio, Web and other media in France, Britain, Norway, Holland, Croatia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Jamaica, and various Caribbean islands.

For Bookings and music visit the links listed below.
www.myspace.com\TribeofDjembe
www.sonicbids.com/TribeOfDjembe

Instrumentation

Ricardo Ricketts (aka Tribe)…..… Guitar, Lead singer, Harmonica, percussions, etc

Benior………………………......... Lead Guitar, Key Boards, Backup singer Jodon (aka

Jahwah)…………….. Percussion, Guitar & Various Instruments,

Gary Lewis ………………………. Key Boards

Derick Bourne..…………………. Bass

Abue ………………………………. Drum Set & Percussions

Freddy Mac…………………………… Drum Set & Percussions & Various Instruments

Discography

Album- One Fine Day- 2001
Album- Rise Sufferah's Anthem 2009

Audio

• Sufferah's Anthem
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• Rise
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• Walking in the Ways of Jah
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• PreacherMan, Her People Never Liked me
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• Its So Hard
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• The Tree
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• Cocaine Zombie
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• Walking African
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• Rise- Instrumental Dance version
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• Turn And Run
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• Seyida Shake It
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• RainBow
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• TRUE LOVE
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Lyrics

• Rise
• Preacherman (her People never like me)
• Its So Hard
• Walking in the way of Jah
• Suffers Anthem (True Number One )
• The Tree
• Cocaine Zombie

Video

Tribe of Djembe Playing Exodus

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Press

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  by Seth Rogovoy
  
  (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., April 28, 2002) – Tribe of Djembe’s main task on Saturday night at Club Helsinki was providing the rhythms for dancing – deep, phat, Afro-Jamaican reggae rhythms. And in that the group succeeded famously. The proof was on the dance floor, where the majority of the clubgoers were bouncing up and down, propelled by the dynamic snap and pop of the drums and the incessant bottom of the electric bass.
  
  But there were also some pleasures to be had by those who came merely to listen to the quintet, as the group offered musical elements beyond its mere function as a dance band. And the combination of the two – being creative musically while sacrificing nothing to the primary function of instilling a party-like vibe – is rare and not always easy to come by.
  
  Ricardo Ricketts was a congenial frontman, rhythm guitarist and vocalist, leading his band through its mix of classic, Bob Marley-style reggae with occasional forays into ska, dancehall, soul and other styles. But mostly Ricketts stuck to reggae’s core classical style, singing inspirational love songs and anthems in a sweet voice that owed as much to Jimmy Cliff as to Marley.
  
  Ricketts provided reggae’s signature chunky, off-beat chords on an acoustic guitar, while guitarist Benoir added the leads and various other effects on electric guitar. On “Sexy Dancer,” Benoir’s axe evoked the sound of a steel drum, echoed by the keyboardist, and Benoir also added responsive vocals to Ricketts’s calls. Benoir’s guitar was all echo on “For Your Love,” and Ricketts put the number forth with a good-spirited enthusiasm that at times outshone the command of his vocal presence.
  
  “Holding On,” a tune by Shabba Ranks, had a more gritty, dancehall-reggae feel, and Ricketts toasted on the number – the Jamaican version of spoken-word rap. The musicians replicated the studio arrangements of dub music, variously dropping out of the mix one or two at a time, enhancing the feeling of the music’s depth or texture.
  
  Several tunes evinced more of an American soul influence along the lines of Toots Hibbert’s soul-reggae style. “Oh, Girl” sounded like it could be a Motown song, and Benoir peppered it with blues-rock licks. Benoir also threw a rock guitar solo into a version of Bob Marley’s “Wait in Vain,” on which Ricketts did a fair approximation of the reggae pioneer’s talk-sung vocal style.
  
  “Wise Man,” based loosely on Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (a song Dylan first performed with a reggae arrangement 25 years ago) had more of an upbeat, jumpy ska feel to it, with the keyboardist adding horn-like bursts of color. But the group’s most creative moment in its first set may have been its very first number – an electro-funk version of the theme music to the TV show, “Mission: Impossible,” which updated the rhythms to the contemporary dance sounds of hyperkinetic “drums ‘n’ bass,” with Benoir lacing the keyboard modulations with jazzy bebop guitar lines.
  
  
  

Setlist

SET 1

Rise
Walking in the way of Jah
Turn and Run
Preacher(Her people never liked me)
Cocaine Zombie(Free youself)
Dry Cry
Guess who�s coming to dinner
WAITING IN VAIN
I shot the sheriff
Mission Impossible
Sufferah�s Anthem

SET 2
Family affair( Mary J Blige)
Cause it Sexy
Come On over
FOR YOUR LOVE
Rain Bow Song
WALKING, AFRICAN
SEYIDA SHAKEIT
MARCHING DRUMS
ANJA SONG
WISEMAN
OH I Know
Exodus

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