Swedish and popular at Uppsala Reggae Festival
On 6-8 August is the time for northern Europe's largest reggae event. This year, mixing Uppsala Reggae Festival young stellar shots with well-known legends and the growing crowd Swedish reggae artist holding a very own festivalday.
News this year is also reggae football, reggaemovie and reggae gallery, and an overall festival theme that highlights the year's festival to new heights positive: "Life is Great!".
The ninth edition of the Uppsala Reggae Festival co-well-known roots-reggae legends with modern superstars and a wide spectrum of Swedish reggae artists. For the legend level, there are quantities such as Alpha Blondie, Third World, The Heptones and Don Carlos (former Black Uhuru). Among the young international artists are women's rights campaigner Etana, also known as The Concious Lady, the young Dancehall star Busy Signal, popular Junior Kelly and Lutan Fyah and Collie Buddz & The New Kingston Band from Bermuda to play inspiring crossover reggae.
Swedish reggae:
New for this year is that all Swedish reggae artists play for a single day. Swedish Academy in Skåns hiphop reggae with awaited new material. Gothenburg Band Cultiration plays popular with very jazzy reggae groove and bladder. Eleven mans ¬ band Hoff Maestro & Chraa offers clean happy music with a mixture of funk and reggae to be with paragraph influences. On location is also 14-year-old Junior Natural from Uppsala, teenage star as more and more reggae artists in Jamaica want to work with. Other names are Sister Sol, Governor Andy, Nazarenes, meditative Sound, Sound Safari and others.
Life is Great - this year's festival theme and positivity projects
This year's festival theme is "Life is Great", as reggae music mane message - a message that needs more than ever in times of recession and unemployment. Life is Great pervades everything from the choice of energy-filled artists, audience activities at the festival, reggae football, playgrund for children, reggae gallery, reggaemovie, reggae lectures, public media tent for network reggae Media mm.
Life is Great is also a separate positivity ¬ projects already carried out actively via a blog where everyone is invited to contribute to life's great units -
http://www.lifeisgreat09.blogspot.com.
According to Yared Tekeste, who is the burning soul of the Uppsala Reggae Festival, the interest is increasing in reggae music continuously. Today he looks at reggae festival as a niche festival, but at the same time, in Sweden there is a wide and popular interest in reggae music. The best-selling collection of albums of all time in Sweden is Absolute Reggae 1 & 2, the number of Swedish reggae artists is increasing year after year and during the 2009-year's festival is expected Yared with over 20 000 festivalvisitors - an impressive figure for a niche festival.
- Reggae is on the march and it depends not only on music but the whole culture and lifestyle. People need to come together in new ways. We want to highlight the positive aspects of reggae, and create a meeting place and festival for people who want to experience love and togetherness. We call it Oneness. Our contribution is something so basic but necessary to Oneness, "says Yared Tekeste.
Uppsala Reggae Festival is northern Europe's largest reggaefestival and has existed since 2001. Each year the festival presents some of the world's top reggae artists and legends - both Swedish and foreign. The festival attracts about 20 000 visitors over three days and is located at Fyrisån(Fyris river) just outside of central Uppsala. The Festival's mission is to make reggae music more accessible to more people and to be a meeting place for people who want to experience love and togetherness - Oneness. The basis of the entire process is a solid knowledge of reggae music and reggae culture.
Artists who are currently ready for the Uppsala Reggae Festival 2009
International artists: Alpha Blondie (CIV), Busy Signal (JAM), Third World (JAM),
Don Carlos (JAM), ethane (JAM), Junior Kelly (JAM), Lutan Fyah (JAM), The Heptones (JAM), Collie Buddz & The New Kingston Band (BER / JAM), David Rodigan (UK), King jammy's Super Power (JAM), Rootzén Underground (JAM), Ziggi & The Renaissance Band (NL), Komposti Sound (FIN), Inna Yard All Stars feat Cedric "Congo" Myton ¬ - Linval Thompson - Earl "Chinn" Smith - Kiddus In - The Viceroys - Deraja - Matthew McNuff (JAM).
Swedish artist: Swedish Academy, cultivate concentration, Sister Sol, Governor Andy, Hoff Maestro Chraa, Nazar Enes, meditative Sound, Safari Sound, Junior Natural.
Other activities at the Uppsala Reggae Festival 2009
Football Reggae: Bob Marley loved football and this year we are chasing the ball in the middle of the festival area for a nice reggae music. The concept is simple: a reggae football team three against three, colorful clothes and dreadlocks. Open as long as the music plays and the ball rolls.
Children's Island: Children's Island is a playground at the festival for children who want to mature and have fun on your own or with their parents. Suitable for all ages, even for adults who feel like playig.
Jungle drum: New for this year is the Jungle drum, our very own hyper-modern gossip central. Jungle drum is a public editor tent consisting of selected network music magazine with a focus on reggae. Common and direct on-site reporting and comment on everything that happens at the festival, among artists and visitors.
Life is Great Gallery: Uppsala Reggae Festival this year can boast the world's best gallery. The best entries from the positivity project Life is Great to be presented: Painting, photography, poetry, viral videos, music, t-shirts, Guerrilla stunts mm. The grants are from the blog
http://www.lifeisgreat09.blogspot.com focusing on one thing: life is fantastic!
Wall of Greatness: This year's festival theme is Life is Great. Therefore, we are building a big wall where visitors can express their own views on life's greats. Based on art workshops, inspirational lectures, etc., we fill the wall with positive energy during the three days.
Reggae Cinema: Music is the best on stage, but the film is best at the movies. This year, we combine the best of both worlds and created a simple but cozy little reggaemovie. Below are classic reggae film, but also documentaries and concert films.
Stand up Reggae: We offer several lectures on the theme of reggae from a range of different perspectives; subculture traditional, historical, and musical. All are welcome to listen.
Internationalfood: There is no real reggaefestival without food from around the world. Of course food from Jamaica and the Caribbean, but also from other delicious and exotic cuisine, such as the African, Asian and South American. Treat yourself to some good earth round meals.
Other:
- P3 Session Summer live broadcast on the festival from a special show with the Swedish reggae artists.
- The "Bring Down the Beat" with young people from Gottsunda own content.
Current press material:
- Press Release
- Festival Facts 2009
- Artist biographies
- Artwork
For more information
- Uppsala Reggae Festival, 018-843 44 17, [adresse retirée]
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http://Www.uppsalareggaefestival.se / press
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http://Www.lifeisgreat09.blogspot.com
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