A vital vibrant musical celebration of the Civil Rights Movement era and 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act 1964 with exciting new renditions of the Freedom Songs that heralded historic change in the USA!
Freedom Songs originally written or sung by the likes of Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, John Coltrane, The Staple Singers, Otis Redding, Ramsey Lewis, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Harry Belafonte, Pete Seeger, Ray Charles and more.
featuring : DWIGHT TRIBLE EJYPTIAN QUEEN (Sam Cooke’s granddaughters) GODFREY AT LARGE JASON JOSEPH LAURA MACE LES NUBIANS direct from France MAIYA SYKES vocals, choir director N’DAMBI NICHELLE MONROE WABERI JORDAN
ALAN LIGHTNER steel pan ALBERTO LOPEZ percussion CLAIRE COURCHENE trombone DAMON AARON effects, voices JAMELLE WILLIAMS trumpet JON FLAUGHER bass KENNETH CROUCH piano, keys MATT DEMERRITT tenor sax PATRICK BAILEY guitar RONALD BRUNER drums
* DEXTER STORY music director
CARLOS NINO Invocation DJ set (7pm) ACIDWASH PROJECTIONS visual narrative
