| Rocky Dawuni & Vitamin X Out Of Africa Tour 2009! 24/07/09 Habach - Germany 25/07/09 Vienna � Austria 26/07/09 Vienna � Austria 29/07/09 Hanaover - Germany 31/07/09 Paderborn - Germany 01/08/09 Emmendingen - Germany 03/08/09 Available 04/08/09 Available 05/08/09 Available 06/08/09 Available 07/08/09 Available 08/08/09 Available 09/08/09 Available 10/08/09 Available 11/08/09 Available 12/08/09 Available 15/08/09 Bad Arolsen - Germany |
| Booking Info: Donald Deans TL: 44 (0) 20 8671 5811 MB: 44 (0) 7940 550 153 [email protected] [email protected] |
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| Rocky Dawuni
Hailed as �Ghana�s Bob Marley� by England�s leading influential newspaper New Nation, Rocky Dawuni burst on to the African reggae scene in 1996 with his debut recording, The Movement. An introspective journey into social and spiritual consciousness, the album garnered immediate rave reviews, as well as two hit singles, "Sugar" and "What Goes Around.� The CD was also released in the U.S. to critical acclaim and glowing praise. The Beat described this freshman effort as a "thoughtful, spiritual and involved debut recording." Urb Magazine named Rocky one of the "Next 100 People to Watch in the Entertainment Industry.� Atlantic Records subsidiary Mesa/Blue moon Records licensed "What Goes Around" and its video, climbed to 3 on the Reggae Video Charts, for domestic release on Strictly Underground: Reggae's Next Generation. The album�s intense media exposure transcended boundaries setting the stage for the continent�s next international music star. Rocky's sophomore effort, Crusade (1998), which he wrote, arranged and produced, was his quest to promote love, justice and righteousness. �It's about hope in the human spirit and allowing God to empower us to attain the unattainable," he says. Crusade�s first single and its arresting video, �In Ghana,� a celebration of 40 years of Ghanaian independence, achieved international hit status on both radio and TV. Putumayo World Music licensed the song for Reggae Around the World, which also included tracks by Lucky Dube and Burning Spear. Crusade received rave U.S. reviews as well, including a four-and-a-half-star review from Reggae Report and high praise from influential Dub Missive, which touted, �from beginning to end, it scores a direct hit.� In mid-1999, Rocky began his first U.S. summer festival tour with a knockout performance at the Vermont Reggae Festival to a capacity crowd of 35,000. He also made critically hailed appearances at the UCLA Jazz/Reggae Festival and Sierra Nevada World Music Festivals and the following year embarked on the Africa Roots 2000 Tour alongside the Ivory Coast�s Ishmael Isaac and Senegal�s Positive Black Soul. With stops at NYC�s SOB�s, the House of Blues in Boston, WOMAD USA in Seattle and the prestigious Reggae on the River in Northern California the outing established the artist as one of the premier live reggae artists. Summer/Fall 2001 and 2002 saw him continue to trek through the U. S., including performances at the prominent Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, WA, Reggae in the Park in San Francisco, the one million fan strong Detroit World Music Festival and the first annual Fairfax World Music Festival in Northern California. |
| Vitamin X
One of the first, and the oldest surviving African Roots & Reggae Music Group to reside in Germany. Formed in April 1981, has over the years worked its way up to one of the most respected, disciplined and hard working Band on the Live scene all over Europe. The musical direction is a mixture of authentic African Rhythms, Dancehall, Lovers Rock, and Roots Reggae, making their repetoire unique with varieties of Rhythms heard only at Vitamin X concerts. They have travelled all over Europe & the then Soviet Union, played with almost all the known Stars of African Music & Reggae. Festivals like Glastonbury, Africa Oye, (GB), Summer Jam, Chiemsee Reggae Summer, Jubek, (D), Afro festival (DK), African Festival Delft, Melkweg festival, (NL) Donau Insel, Irie & Wiesen Sunsplash (A), belong to their successful rounds. Vitamin X is more than alive and still kicking. |