Sorry its taken so long to get this to you but rather than announcing it in dribs and drabs we thought we'd keep it till it was a little more complete. So without any more waiting and in no particular order, here we go : Terri Walker, Don Blackman, Teedra Moses, Reel People, Maxine Braham & Carmen Reece.
Barbara Tucker and Blaze performing together at the Sunday afternoon Finale.
DJ Spen will be bringing the following performers with him : The Muthafunkaz featuring Biblical Jones & Vonita White from Jasper Street Company and Gary Hudgins formerly of Funkadelica.
Our good friend Louie Vega back at Southport for the first time in a while and really looking forward to it, is bringing in some performers of his own : Vega Records incl. Anane & Mr V, + Elements Of Life percussionists Lusito Quintero & Kevin Jones.
Anane performs "Nos Vida", "Mon Amour" and her new single "Amazing Love". Mr V performs "Jus Dance", "V Gets Jazzy", "Something With Jazz".
A few words from Louie...
Coming from the MAW Family, Vega Records was formed by myself last April with the idea of releasing all of the Elements Of Life music.
In the process, my featured artist on EOL, Anane (Singer/Songwriter) is now working on her solo album. Her first single "Amazing Love" released April 2005 will be part of her new album coming this fall (Peace, Love & Musica), on Vega Records.
Look out for the summer remake by Anane of Bunny Mack's "Let Me Love You", it will shake ! While releasing EOL material, I wanted to release music that has inspired my Dance Ritual parties and Roots NYC (residencies of Kevin Hedge, Blaze and myself) hence came "A Dance Ritual Selection". Mr. V (DJ/Producer/Artist) is the first artist on "A Dance Ritual Selection" series, "Jus' Dance" and "V Gets Jazzy" are the first two singles by V. He is currently working on his album for Vega Records as well. Look out for a hot show at Southport by these 2 very talented up-incoming artists, I will also bring 2 of my EOL percussionists to jam, I miss you all, it will show in my music, can't wait !
- Louie Vega, April 2005
And not forgetting the excellent "Basil" Black II Basic on percussion in The Bacardi B Bar.
We're all very excited about it, but more importantly we hope you are, all in all it looks like another belter of a weekend. The good news is that it was a total sell out more than 3 weeks ago !!! With many many people putting there names on the cancellation list without a single advert - who says our music's not happening ???
As usual, we've got a few things up our sleeves on the production front to add to your enjoyment. Don't forget to get your best "glads" on as MTV will be down filming for the weekend and will be bringing no other than The Cuban Brothers with them for a special Saturday afternoon performance in The Bacardi B Bar as well as grabbing people for interviews.
The Cuban Brothers stage act has to be seen to be believed – it’s a mix of comedy, music, slick suits and naked break dancing. With their extra special Cubano flavour ensuring the audience is "havana" great time, they go down a storm at festivals the world over.
This year MTV is joining them on an unforgettable festival roadtrip - and first stop is at the Southport Weekender.
Believe it or not we're still looking at the possibility of even more live artists.
In case this is the first time you've received this eflyer here's a reminder of the full DJ line-up : Louie Vega, Dimitri From Paris, Gilles Peterson, Osunlade, Joey Negro, Jazzie Band The Funki Dreds, Norman Jay, Steve Sutherland, Terry Hunter, DJ Deep, Quentin Harris, Bobby & Steve, ?Uestlove (The Roots), DJ Spen, Ron Trent, Snowboy, Phil Asher, Asha, Bugz In The Attic, Ronnie Herel, Shortee Blitz, King Britt, Richard Searling, Bob Jones, DJ Diggz, Bigger, Andy Davies, Terry Jones, Gary Dennis, Simon Dunmore, Scott Bradford, Steve Wren, DJ Swerve, The Starlight Crew, Kev Beadle, Mike Stephens, Bob Jeffries, Colin Curtis, Simon Mansel, Steve Butler, Billy Davidson, Colin Patterson, Max Rees and Jonathan.
More info :
southportweekender.co.uk
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