Culture — Reggae Sundance, Eindhoven, 2006

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Why this recording

On 12 August 2006, at Genneperparken in Eindhoven, Joseph Hill sang one week before collapsing after a show in Berlin: this tape, pulled from the RVP video vaults and posted by Rasta Vibration, is presented as his last filmed performance. It runs half an hour, in standard definition, as video shoots of that time usually were. The family story adds weight to the footage: his son Kenyatta Hill, then the tour's sound engineer, would step up to the microphone to finish the remaining European dates.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelRasta Vibration
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Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026.

Published on August 29, 2026 by

Full concert of Culture at the Reggae Sundance festival, in Eindhoven (Netherlands), on 12 August 2006. This filmed live concert is widely presented as the last recorded performance of Joseph Hill, singer and founder of the Jamaican group, who died a week later, on 19 August 2006, in Berlin, during the same tour. A major figure of roots reggae, Joseph Hill brings to the stage the spiritual and social message that made Culture’s name since the classic « Two Sevens Clash » (1977). Before the Dutch festival crowd, he delivers a deep roots set, blending militant vocals, reggae groove and charismatic presence. Beyond its musical quality, this capture holds rare documentary and emotional value as the ultimate testimony of an emblematic artist. An essential reggae full concert for roots lovers and for the history of Jamaican music. (As the setlist could not be verified from a reliable source, it is not reproduced.)

Personnel & credits

  • Joseph Hill — vocals, leader
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What to watch next

Culture appears 4 more times in the catalogue; Eindhoven, Pays-Bas — Reggae Sundance Festival, on the other hand, holds this one recording only.