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Before Reggae, there was Ska. And before Ska, Mento was the first popular Jamaican style of music. Los Apartamentos – consisting of musicians from some very well-known Cologne bands (The Braces, Monkey Shop, Jamaika Jupp, Kapelle#3, Erdmöbel) – are dedicated to bringing Mento back. In fact, they were so successful teaching us Mento at last […]

Maroon Town played Freedom Sounds in 2014 and took it by storm. For 2018 they will be back, together with a brand new album. Maroon Town took their name from a remote upland community in Jamaica formed by escaped slaves. They burst onto the scene in the late 80s with their pioneering fusion of rap,

You might have realised already: We love to bring brand new acts to our festival stage. Here’s a highly talented group from London we have been tracing secretly for a quite a while: Dojo are a collective of jazz and reggae musicians from London, Paris, Nigeria, and Lebanon, whose starkly political 21st century outlook and

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Masons Arms’ appearance at Freedom Sounds Festival 2018 marks the return of one of Germany’s top bands to the scene. And there have been a few changes, starting with a reshuffled line-up, new songs and a new sound that is more organ- and guitar based. What has not changed is the band’s ability to match

Victor Rice is a musical hero. As a bass player, engineer and producer he was involved with most of the groundbreaking ska bands which emerged from New York in the early 1990s like The Scofflaws, Stubborn Allstars, The Slackers, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble or The Toasters. As he delved deeper into producing he began

The Invisibles from Amsterdam have taken an unusual approach by picking classic and modern pop songs, both original numbers and top hits, and dipping them into a vintage Studio One sound, circa 1963. Following up their debut EP “First Act”, this big band of friends – some of which are well-known from other Dutch outfits

Intensified are one of the most-loved Ska bands on the international scene. Since 1990 they have been teaching European audiences how to do authentic Jamaican Ska. As well as releasing six must-have albums of their own, they have also gained a reputation for backing classic Jamaican artists such as Alton Ellis, Dave Barker, Pat Kelly,

SPARTA Booking & Freedom Sounds e.V. präsentieren: Freedom Sounds Christmas Ball mit Alpheus & The Easy Snappers, The Braces & The Downbeat Detonators 22.12.2017 Köln, Gebäude 9 Zur ersten Freedom Sounds Weihnachtsfeier erwarten wir drei hochkarätige Acts, angeführt von Alpheus, einem der Protagonisten des sich ankündigenden Rocksteady-Revivals. 1997 entdeckte Clement „Sir Coxsone“ Dodd den Sohn

Wir planen Großes für das Freedom Sounds Festival 2018: Eine Gruppe von Jugendlichen, je zur Hälfte aus London und Köln wird eine Ska/Reggae-Band formen, drei Tage lang proben und dann den Festivalsamstag eröffnen. Angeleitet und unterstützt werden sie dabei von drei Musikern der Soothsayers aus London, die dort schon mehrere erfolgreiche Projekte unter dem Titel