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2011 Friday Night
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SOUL & ROOTS NIGHT IN GRACE PAVILION,
FEATURING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY SOJA, G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE
ROOTZ UNDERGROUND, GAUDI & QUIXOTIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011 9PM – 3AM
Kicking off the night of Friday June 10 are rising reggae stars, Rootz Underground, one of Jamaica's younger bands who are paving their way with positive vibrations. They emerged in 2000 in a blaze of high-energy performances, conscious lyrics and a harmonic alternative reggae sound that mirrors their intellectual, spiritual and creative energies. Their brand of reggae music is progressively unique and edgy with a modern hip-hop feel infused with slivers of jazz, rock and revolutionary dub. Taking the Rootz Underground message far and wide is their sole life's work. As they say, “prayer and hard work reap rewards” and their journey has only just begun. Revolutionary reggae music...that's Rootz Underground.
Taking the night deeper into the groove is renowned singer and songwriter G. Love & Special Sauce. The enigmatically smooth and uber-cool Garrett “G. Love” Dutton is one of Philadelphia’s funkiest performers of laid back, alternative hip-hop blues (a genre he helped define). As an insatiable musical omnivore, G. Love somehow manages to synthesize his iconic influences by shedding their layers to find that harmonic convergence where song and listener bare their souls to each other, speaking nothing but the raw-boned truth.
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Then again we’ll bring up the bass for the dub & reggae riddims as we welcome the Soldiers Of Jah Army to the Grace stage. Often dubbed "road warriors", SOJA has brought their unique stage show to nearly every city in North America, as well as many cities throughout the world. While touring in Puerto Rico, the band linked up with sax player Hellman Escorcia and trumpet player Rafael Rodriguez. These two exceptional musicians earned their position as SOJA's mainstay horn section by helping further develop the band's eclectic sound. They hope to bring about positive change--environmentally, politically and socially. For this band, it's all about the message in the music.
Closing out the night is Techno-Tribal Community Dance’s 2009 headliner, Gaudi, accompanied by the mind-boggling performance troupe, Quixotic. Gaudi's eclectic style and versatility has kept him at the forefront of his field throughout a notable and prolific career. His music, which is an organic fusion of dub, world and nu-beat, is in production, on the playlists and regularly performed live in the UK and internationally. Voted "Best Performing Arts Group" by Kansas City Magazine, for the past five years KC-based Quixotic has created a full spectrum experience of dancers, multimedia designers, and aerialists of stunning beauty beyond the expectations of reality.
Celebrating 33 years of “Unity in Community”, Harmony Festival is a proud, repeat winner of The Bohemian’s Best Festival and Best Music Festival Sonoma annual reader awards. The 2011 festival will be held June 10, 11, and 12 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California.
Admission to this special “After Dark” presentation is included in VIP, and Whole Festival passes, or with a Saturday NIGHT ticket. Tickets are available in advance at http://www.HarmonyFestival.com, at these local ticket outlets (including all Northern California Whole Foods Markets) http://www.harmonyfestival.com/2011-harmony-festival-ticket-outlets.html, or at the gate.
Qualified media may request interviews, performer bios and photos, and passes/credentials by completing the form here: http://www.harmonyfestival.com/2011-media-pass-request.html
HARMONY FESTIVAL Five stages, three days, two nights…one unforgettable experience!
