Latest 2014 lineup – Gilles Peterson joins the mix
Music
To add to the music names already announced in our recent blog, we are thrilled that Gilles Peterson will be returning to the festival this summer with a brand new DJ set called Sonzeira: An Introduction to Brasil. Or Bam Bam Bam, for short!
Gilles’ new album and his DJ set is the product of his being a fan and a champion of Brazilian music in the clubs and on the radio for the last 25 years. Sonzeira is a true expression of the real soul and authentic sound of Brazil. Recently described by Sunday Times Style as the ‘coolest DJ in the world’, Gilles Peterson can count two million global listeners to his weekly 6 Music radio show, an MBE for services to music and huge international acclaim as a DJ. Bam, Bam, Bam indeed.
Joining Gilles Peterson and our headliners Sinéad O’Connor, Stornowayand Tinariwen will be award-winning folk act Lau, Cuban fusion dance band Wara, US troubadour John Francis, impresario Jason Carter, all-women choir Gaggle, X-Factor sensation Jahmene Douglas, singer-songwriters Samantha Crain, Boo Hewerdine, Beth Rowley, and Martyn Joseph, contemporary brass band the Hackney Colliery Band, hip hop and jazz funk acts Stanley Odd, The Apples and Dizraeli and the Small Gods, agit-punk act Chris TT and the Hoodrats, and the eclectic, other-worldly beauty of Bridie Jackson and the Arbour and Emily and the Woods.
