Boomtown was epic this year! The festival returned to the Matterley Estate near Winchester recently and the 60,000 capacity event really had something for everyone, a Kidztown area with separate camping, Whistlers Green was more of a chilled out environment with a speakers corner, Yoga and a Spa, District 9, China Town and The Psychedelic Forest were all ideal for the ravers and The Lions Den (based in a trench!) was where most of the main acts performed such as - Toots and Maytals, Protoje, Protoje, Ziggy Marley, The Specials and M.I.A. Furthermore - Political activist and poet Benjamin Zep...
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Ziggy Marley remains receptive to the countless muses and magnetic flurries of creativity surrounding him on his musical journey. In 2014, he fully embraced a distinct freedom while working on his fifth solo offering Fly Rasta—which received the 2015 GRAMMY Award for “Best Reggae Album.” Maintaining that mindset, he went one step further on his 2016 self-titled sixth full-length album, for which Marley was just awarded his 8th GRAMMY. “This is a continuation of the Fly Rasta ideology and philosophy,” he explains. “I learned so much during that process. Now, I’m taking this mindset and fulfill...
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