Eek-A-Mouse

21 January 2023
21 January 2023

The Jamaican reggae musician Eek-A-Mouse is coming to Tenerife, where he will perform at Aguere Cultural Space, presented by Sonidos Party. Eek-A-Mouse, whose birth name is Ripton Joseph Hylton, is one of the earliest reggae artists to be described as a “singjay”, after the Jamaican style of reggae vocals combining toasting and singing in an elastic format. The guest artists in his concert will be Salinas Roots and Sistah Vibes Selectah.

Eek-A-Mouse was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1957. He began recording for Joe Gibbs in 1979, having a hit straight away with “Once a Virgin”, soon followed by “Wa-Do-Dem” and “Modelling Queen”. By the end of 1980, he had linked up with producer Henry “Junjo” Lawes, with whom he had big hits in 1981 with the likes of “Virgin Girl” and a recut “Wa-Do-Dem”. In 1981, he was the star of the Reggae Sunsplash festival, cheering audiences still mourning over the death of reggae icon Bob Marley. Still active, Eek-A-Mouse is a regular at Sunsplash and often teams up with reggae duo Michigan & Smiley.