In 1991, reggae legends Steel Pulse released Taxi Driver, a song confronting racial discrimination in New York City.

The band has been singing about racial injustice and human rights since forming in Birmingham, England, 50 years ago. Co-founder David Hinds says the issues they raised then are still relevant today.

"And that makes us current, that makes us relevant, that makes us still serve a purpose for what needs to be sorted and what needs to be resolved out there," said Hinds, who helped found the group in Birmingham in 1975.

Hinds and fellow co-founder Selwyn Brown will lead the band in a performance Saturday night, September 27, at City Winery on Manhattan’s West Side.

Fans can expect both the classics and new material.

"New stuff, from the Mass Manipulation album, which is our

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