King Tide

Purveyors of all things reggae, rock steady, ska and dancehall, rude boys royalty King Tide have just assembled a self titled nineteen track summertime vibration pack, through Vitamin. This new release will cement the band as the BBQ Kings and the sound du jour for that road trip up the coast this summer.

It wouldn’t be much of a festival without dropping into a big slab of King Tide rock steady jam-down reggae with the Tide and this year you can catch the band doing their own set and performing with the legendary Stranger Cole for both of his sets.

“… though many in the roots 'scene' use the term 'pop' as a derogatory term, King Tide employ it to promote the fact that they actually crafts songs, rather than just jam endlessly on two chords in clouds of smoke. Lead singer Tony Hughes, in particular grew up in the UK in an era when reggae was one of the most prominent, and indeed popular, forms of pop music. King Tide is the latest of a long line of rocksteady/ska/reggae outfits for Hughes. With its colour and energy, it also happens to be the most successful”.

Martin Jones Rhythms Magazine 2009