“Kaleta was discovered by Fela Kuti as a 16-year-old guitar prodigy in Nigeria, and went on to play with Fela, King Sunny Ade, and Lauryn Hill,” Friedell said. Out-of-town acts include AfroBeta, the Miami-based electro-pop duo of Cuci Amador and Tony “Smurphio” Laurencio Shawn Seals and SMX, a Syracuse-based soul-jazz-gospel group Tyler Westcott, a founding member of FolkFaces who just played a well-received set at GrassRoots Matt O’Brian’s Flying Object, the latest project of the former Thunder Body singer-drummer Brahm Masla a singer-drummer-producer from Miami and the Far East, the Brooklyn-based “lover’s rock” reggae band that just played Ithaca Reggae Fest.įriedell is especially excited about Kaleta and Super Yamba Band, who will close out the festival Saturday night. DJs ArtV and Khaleeb will kick off Friday and Saturday, respectively, spinning tunes on the Leslie Puryear Stage. ![]() Other local bands include Max Childs, a soul-funk band and winner of this year’s GrassRoots Band Contest) Metasequoia, which just released a new album Double Tiger, the roots-reggae-dub project of Jay Spaker Richie and Rosie, the duo of Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton, who play a mix of old-time, country and original tunes the Notorious Stringbusters, the raucous acoustic band led by brothers Ash and Rylan Broadwell the Comb Down, the instrumental funk collective driven by organist Jon Petronzio and guitarist Brian Mlodzinski Analogue Sons, the ska-jazz-dub-soul-funk band fronted by Lee Hamilton and Mike Stark Vicious Fishes, the Trumansburg-based garage rock band that has built a strong following in just a few years and Rose and the Bros, the Cajun-zydeco band that just released its second album. Kevin Kinsella, who played a show in downtown Ithaca in June, will reprise his set of “OG JBB” by performing tunes he wrote as a founding member of John Brown’s Body he’ll be joined by JBB drummer Tommy Benedetti, guitarist Van Martin, saxman Lee Hamilton and others for the Friday night set. ![]() BBQ mainstays Driftwood will return to play a set each day, and local electro-rockers Jimkata, who reunited last year after a four-year break, will play at 9 p.m.
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