Boy Oh Boy !
Are we in for a treat or what ???
The Platinum Pied Pipers on Ubiquity, California, voted Best Label in
2004 by Gilles Peterson Worldwide vote hit the Music
Box on Apr.23rd. Headed by Waajeed a founding member of Slum Village
and Saadiq a master guitar player and keyboardist (who trained under
Marvin Gaye's tutor)
The 6 piece Detroit soul band come complete with two female vocalists including
NYC’s Giant Step’s darling miss Tiombe Lockhart are headlining at the
Friends & Family Special at the Music Box.
The Manchester gig is being recorded
for a special show on BBC 1Xtra and is half way through their
national tour before they fly over to Amsterdam where they are performing a
whopping 3 shows on one day at the national ‘Queensday’ event. After that they
head out to take Germany by storm.
The press are going wild with Radio Documentaries, Live sessions and live PA’s
planned up and down the country.
For fans of Slum Village, Jay Dee, Raphael Saadiq, Jill Scott and Talib Kweli,
the Triple P album is out in May and features Detroit artists Jay Dee
& Invincible, MC Lacks, UK-based Spacek, LA's Georgia,
NYC’s Tiombe Lockhart, and label mates SA-RA Creative Partners.
AND as if that wasn’t enough, we’ve got
Mark Rae whipping up a party in the main room and Andy Votel
twisting nerve’s and jerking limbs in the backroom – what a night!!
Get your tickets NOW at Fat City Records, Oldham St.
http://www.fatcity.co.uk or Piccadilly Box Office 0161 832 1111
The tour in full:
Apr 21 thurs: Leeds @ The HiFi Club
Apr 22 fri: Sheffield @ The Stars Suite
Apr 23 sat: Manchester @ The Music Box
Apr 24 sun: Liverpool @ Magnet Club
Apr 25 mon: Brighton @ Audio
Apr 28 thurs : London @ Cargo headlining Gilles Person’s night
Grand Central team,
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