It's summer, the last 3 weeks it's non-stop
grey/elusive rays of sunshine here in London town, but
I'm a happy man. Why?
I went to Essential Music Festival in Brighton on a
press pass tip and got to see slum village, scholly d
& DJ Kut Swift, James Brown (I wanna get down and do
my thing...), Freddie Mcgregor, Lee Scratch Perry,
Rahzel, Lynden David Hall, Talvin Singh & Cleveland
Watkiss, and the mighty Angie Stone.
Time was running short so the organisers put James
Brown b4 Angie Stone. He did his thing, which was more
like a revue than the 4 tons of solid funk thing of
the early years. He did anything to not sing more than
2 songs consecutively; guests, soloists, pom pom
girls, one minute silence for somebody who died... It
was slightly sad in that I wish I saw this 30 years
ago kinda way, but the man is a legend.
Angie stone played a short set but killed it
nevertheless, at past 11pm the organisers pulled the
plugs out but the crowd kept singing and the drummer
kept drumming... My sunshine has come, and there's no
more rain in these clouds...
Peace,
t
> Cruz & Oscar De Leon, The Heath Brothers and Freddie
> Hubbard. Especially 2 banks of 4 made an excellent
> impression. Valerie Etienne assisted Julie Dexter on
> the vocals and Gary Bartz dropped in with a mean
> sax..Angie Stone is a real soul diva..
>
> regards,
> Jeroen
>
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