(The
Meditators)
Mun, it’s da season to go Rasta! Kit
yourself out in green, yellow and red and head to the coolest beachfront venue
– uShaka Marine World’s Wahooz on the Promenade – for the Bob Marley Festival
on Saturday (February 3) between 10h00 and 20h00.
Home to the coolest of vibes and those
iconic off-beats that made this Jamaican musical genre popular from the sixties
to today, Wahooz will treat you to popular Bob Marley covers such as I Shot the Sherriff, Is This Love, Jammin’, Buffalo
Soldier, No Woman, No Cry and One
Love, as well as sounds inspired by this musical icon through the decades.
Now in its tenth year, the Bob Marley
Festival has become something of a Durban event. This year’s performers include
The Meditators, Black Dillinger, Luwe Da Lion, Rastas at Work, Holy Fire,
Undivided Roots, Sizwe Zakwe and the Rasta Project and Rasta Riddims.
The Meditators, who will be headlining the
festival, is Durban’s own six-piece reggae band. It was founded by band leader,
lead guitarist, lead vocalist Shante Bekwa in 1991 and includes Dan Msomi on
rhythm guitar, Bunny Nathi Mkhize on drums, Sfiso Mpanza on keyboard and
backing vocals, Barret Hlela on bass guitar and Alberto Chemane on percussion.
The Meditators released their first reggae
album in 1993 and, through the years, have opened for the likes of The
Parlotones, Jeremy Loops, Mango Groove, Tony Rebel, Queen Ifrica, Rita Marley
and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Reggae lovers will also welcome back
another local band, Pietermaritzburg’s The Undivided Roots. The band has been
performing together for nine years, features brothers and sisters of well-known
street musician and activist Ntsangu Roots. Wadada is on guitar and vocals,
Revival on bass guitar and vocals, Heaven on drums and vocals, Spear on
keyboard and vocals, Rainbow on guitar and vocals and Judgement on lead guitar
and vocals.
Tickets R50 available at uShaka Marine
World ticketing office as well as uShaka online ticketing. For enquiries,
contact uShaka Marine World on 031 328-8000. T’s & C’s apply
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