2-Tone music “Legend” Neville Staple, ‘From the Specials’, also known as the ‘Original Rude Boy’ celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Ghost Town, one of his most iconic lead vocal hit songs of the 1980’s, with an exclusive 2Tone celebration tour.
Expect to party with nostalgic fashion, style and fun, while singing along to hits and classsics, like A Message To you Rudy, Gangsters, Too Much Too Young, and more, with unashamed passion.
Joining the well-loved rude boy and his highly celebrated band, will be Buster Shuffle, the brilliant & fun, cockney ska punk and ‘knees up...
Solana are an instrumental gypsy-folk band. Hailing from all corners of Europe, their style reflects the diversity of their backgrounds and interests: their sound encompasses folk, swing, klezmer, flamenco, latin, reggae and trip-hop. Their live shows combine intricate arrangements with energetic performances and healthy doses of improvisation, and have been getting crowds dancing across the UK, France and Spain since their formation in late 2012.
“Plaintive Spanish guitars meet exuberant Celtic flutes and irrepressible fiddles in a feast of Jiggery-Polkary” --- John Blakely, Ear...
In its nearly twenty year history, New York City’s Easy Star Records has produced numerous best-selling, trendsetting reggae albums. The label’s first tour pairs UK upstarts Backbeat Soundsystem, a band laden with groove, drawing on funk, ska, pop and dub influences, with US reggae/rock band Passafire. Expect an unrivalled live energy from these guys.
Backbeat Soundsystem
Backbeat Soundsystem have made a name for themselves on the UK festival and independent venue circuit over the past four years through their outstanding and consistent live performances. A band that’s...
Formed in 2004, London based Trojan Sound System are an institution in British Sound System culture. A legendary team of selectors and vocalists, they relentlessly tour the globe, representing the most seminal Reggae and Ska record label in history. For the past decade, Trojan Sound System have spread their message of love and unity through the power of Ska, Roots, Dub, Dancehall and UK Bass music, headlining club shows, captivating festival crowds and supporting legendary Jamaican acts such as; The Wailers, Luciano, Sly and Robby and the late great, Gregory Isaacs to name but a few....
The UK's Leading Female A cappella Quintet. Consistently honed over the last two decades, their music transcends age, race, gender or religious persuasion. Black Voices has an extensive repertoire of traditional songs from Africa, jazz, gospel, pop, Motown, Caribbean and English folk. Black Voices' describe their repertoire as 'a carefully woven tapestry covering a broad spectrum of musical styles' and they continually add new threads of colour to their rich fabric of oral music.
Matilda is my Grandma. She migrated from Jamaica to England in 1962. Now all of her memories have faded. I need to remember for her, for me, for us…
A woman makes a decision that will change her family’s history and the course of their future. Five decades later her granddaughter reflects on the eminence and consequence of that choice, retracing Matilda’s journey to discover how it has shaped her own.
Weaving together storytelling, spoken word, dubpoetry, live art, autobiography, and reggae music, this colourful and challenging performance offers a political viewpoint...
