Reggae singer Pato Banton’s résumé includes gigs with Peter Gabriel, the English Beat, and Sting. He even scored a college radio hit with a cover of the Police’s “Spirits in the Material World” in the early ’90s. Seven years ago, he retreated from recording and touring to form a music program for disadvantaged kids in his native England. He’s now back on the road, performing tunes from a new album, Positive Vibrations, which will be released later this year. Los Angeles’ Mystic Roots Band backs Banton onstage when he plays tonight.
Tue., Jan. 30, 10 p.m.

This article appears in Jan 24-30, 2007.