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| Boss Sounds Reggae Festival in Newcastle  The Boss Sounds Reggae Festival, the UK's biggest reggae festival will take place in NewcastleGateshead on the 18th and 19th of November at the University of Northumbria. The festival brings together many of greats from the music's golden age. Artists lined up to appear include Jimmy Cliff, Prince Buster, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Horace Andy, Linton Kwesi Johnson (see photo), Janet Kay, Dennis Bovell's Dub Band Trojan Sound System, Pama International + DJ Don Letts.The festival is promoted by the Jumpin' Hot Club in association with Trojan Records and forms part of NewcastleGateshead's world-class festivals and events programme. The festival also coincides with Trojan's CD sampler "Trojan Selecta Vol 4" which features some of the biggest names in Reggae music. Boss Sounds aims to illustrate the history of reggae music bringing together many of its key exponents. Undoubtedly they have assembled one of the toughest bills ever put together in the UK. The festival highlights the impact reggae has had on the punk and two tone movements as well as contemporary dance culture - from the music's roots of ska with Prince Buster, through to the vintage reggae of Jimmy Cliff, the dub sounds of Lee Perry and Dennis Bovell, the dub poetry of LKJ and the sweet lovers rock of Janet Kay, to the man who shaped the sound of Massive Attack, Horace Andy. It's a journey from Kingston, Jamaica to Brixton, and England - a musical, political and social journey that illustrates how one small island of 2 million people changed the face of music. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |