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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Boomtown Fair is going to be epic this year, the sold out 60,000 capacity Hampshire festival will be showcasing over 160 artists spanning a huge variety of genres, including Reggae, Folk, Jazz, World, Dub, Dancehall, Ska, House, Techno, Garage and a whole lot more. The line up includes, The Specials, Cypress Hill, M.I.A, Arrested Development, Toots and the Maytals, 90s legends Chaka Demus & Pliers, The Original Blues Brothers Band, Frank Turner, Ziggy Marley and Newton Faulkner! We spoke to Kaptin Barrett, a promoter of 14 years and the main music programmer for the festival, about music...
Read more →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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