2006
PERFORMERS - BAYOU BAR
A licensed performance venue floating on a barge off Ship Point, the Bayou Bar will be rocking every night with acts ranging from hip hop favourite K'naan and dub-poet Grandmaster (Leroy Young) to the electronic grooves of Jamie Lidell.
Ari Up (Austria)
www.ariup.com
Former Slits front woman Ari Up is the Queen of Punk Reggae
Aqueduct (USA)
www.aqueductisgoodmusic.com
Lo & hi-fi, a love of beats, melody, and clever songwriting come together with keyboards, drum machines, buzzing guitars, and bass lines
Cadence Weapon (AB)
www.cadenceweaponmusic.com
Bridging the gap between different musical genres with a unique brand of intelligent rap
Carolyn Mark (BC)
www.carolynmark.com
A unique mixture of country, bluegrass, rock, rockabilly, and folk
Cobblestone Jazz (BC)
www.escorteaze.com/artists/cobblestonejazz/.com
Balancing electronic composition with a live and moving element
DJ Nana (ON)
www.districtsixmusic.com
Toronto-based DJ and promoter whose love of music was instilled at an early age by his Ghanian parents
DJ Salamander (BC)
A member of Stir Fry Collective, a local hip hop institution
Dubblestandardt (Austria)
www.dubblestandart.com
A journey through reggae and dub with a cosmic flavour
Freeflow (BC)
www.freeflow.ca
Practitioners of urban rock; a unique blend of hip hop, soul reggae and rock
Greg MacPherson (MB)
www.gregmacpherson.com
Folk conventions are tossed by high-volume rock and acoustic punk punch
Jamie Lidell (UK)
www.jamielidell.com
Genre-blending British soul vocalist
Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter (USA)
www.jessesykes.com
Her voice expresses longing, heartbreak, and existential loneliness with a powerful understatement
Josh Martinez (BC)
www.joshmartinez.ca
Known for his wild, high energy live performances, exquisite word play and smooth melodies
K'naan (ON/Somalia)
www.thedustyfoot.com
A 2005 FolkFest favourite and Juno Award winner for Rap Recording of the Year
Ladybiznizz (BC)
Thomas Shields and Neil Cooke-Dallin performing electro dub live on hardware
Leroy Young (Belize)
www.leroyyoung.calabashmusic.com
Rhythmic dub poet backed by an eclectic mix of instruments
Mother (BC)
www.motherband.ca
An out-of-the-box sound, clever and catchy tunes, lush harmonies and unusual chords
Sekoya (BC)
www.sekoya.ca
This jazz, fusion, funk, broken beat, D&B and
Acid Jazz received a CMW Indie Award for favorite
Electronic Band 2005
Tanya Tagaq (Nunavut)
www.tanyatagaq.com
A contemporary approach to Inuit throat singing
The Buttless Chaps (BC)
www.thebuttlesschaps.ca
An imaginative and seamless journey from traditional country to new wave to punk
Tumi & the Volume (South Africa)
www.thevolume.co.za
Afro hip hop from one of South Africa's most talented wordsmiths
Vince Vaccaro (BC)
http://mysapce.com/vincevaccaro
Completely self-taught, and playing since
the age of eight, he writes his memories with
six strings, seventy-four keys, or whatever
else is lying around near him
Zaki Ibrahim (BC/ON/South Africa)
http://myspace.com/zakiibrahim
First introduced to hip hop in South Africa, her music is thick with poetics and steeped in both earnest emotion and humour
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