Festival No. 0002039 · Est. 1991
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The details
- Venue
- Rivermead Leisure Complex
- Address
- Richfield Avenue RG1 8EQ
- City
- Reading, UK
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About the artists
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Adrian Sherwood was born in London, United Kingdom, on 20 January 1958. Plays dub, trip hop. -
Anoushka Shankar was born in London, United Kingdom, on 9 June 1981. Plays indian classical.
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Billy Cobham was born in Colón, Switzerland, on 16 May 1944. Plays funk, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz pop, jazz rock, jazz-funk.
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Cara Dillon was born in Dungiven, United Kingdom, on 21 July 1975. Plays celtic, contemporary folk, folk, irish folk, singer-songwriter.
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Echo & The Bunnymen formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 1978. Plays alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, new wave, pop, pop rock, post-punk, rock.
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Ernest Ranglin was born in Robins Hall, Jamaica, on 19 June 1932. Plays reggae, rocksteady.
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Francis Dunnery was born in Egremont, United Kingdom, on 25 December 1962. Plays acoustic rock, progressive rock, rock, soft rock.
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Issa Bagayogo was born in 1961, and died on 10 October 2016, aged 55.
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Kanda Bongo Man was born in 1955. Plays kwassa kwassa, soukous.
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Lokua Kanza was born in Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in April 1958.
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Los de Abajo formed in 1992. Plays ska.
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Misty in Roots formed in Southall, United Kingdom, in 1975. Plays roots reggae.
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Orchestra Baobab formed in Dakar, Senegal, in 1970.
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Rachid Taha was born in Sig, France, on 18 September 1958, and died on 12 September 2018, aged 59. Plays raï, rock, world fusion.
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Souad Massi was born in Algiers, France, on 23 August 1972. Plays gnawa, pop.
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System 7 formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays ambient, ambient house, drum and bass, electronic, techno, trance.
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The Walkabouts formed in Seattle, United States, in 1984, and split up in 2015, after 31 years.
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Trilok Gurtu was born in Mumbai, India, on 30 October 1951. Plays jazz, jazz fusion, world fusion.