AARON NIGEL SMITH

Aaron Nigel Smith is a Grammy® Nominated musician and Billboard #1 recording artist who has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Winnipeg Folk Fest, Lollapooza, and Pickathon, and performed throughout South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He was also a featured musical guest and composer for the Emmy-Award-winning PBS Kids show Between the Lions in 2008. Aaron is an educator with 20 years of experience creating music curricula. Young Audiences, The Right Brain Initiative and Arts for Learning added Smith to their teaching artist roster in 2011, and in 2013 he was named the Sunburst Teaching Artist of the Year.

JUBBA WHITE

Jubba White is a No. 1 Billboard-charting Reggae producer, a Grammy-nominated session musician and vocalist that charted at No. 3 on the iTunes Reggae chart. Jubba also led his band Dubtonic Kru to victory, representing themselves and Jamaica in the Global Battle of the Bands multi-genre competition in 2010 in Malaysia. They were among bands from 17 countries, vying for the title, “Best New Band in The World”. They have been recipients of a US Congressional Proclamation, The Simba Award from Coalition to Preserve Reggae and the 2012 Band of the Year award from The Jamaica Star.

His 11-track debut album My Random Thoughts was released on October 15 on his White Stone Productions label, distributed by Tuff Gong International. It shows the depth of talent that Jubba White manifests with collaborations by a host of global contributors.

PLUG N’ PLAY

Aaron and Jubba have been collaborating together since 2015. It started with the production and release of Aaron’s album entitled One. Plug N’ Play is an initiative by both artists, which is slated to take place one Sunday per month, at the Alberta Abbey.

Sun January 22, will be the first staging and will feature both artists.Doors Open: 7:00 PM

Doors at 4:30 | Show at 5:00

All ages welcome.