Grassroots Festival returned for it’s 17 year as one of the longest running festivals in America. John Brown’s Body put on an excellent show for it’s home crowd with some new song off their new CD. If your a fan of reggae/dub music you’ll love this mind blowing set. enjoy!
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Here’s another reason why the Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, NY is one of the top 10 festivals in the country. I haven’t been able to get my hands on their exhilarating performance from G’roots 2007 so this will have to hold us over for the time being. This soundboard recording is well worth your time check the samples below to hear for yourself.
“John Brown’s Body is in the midst of its tenth year of performing, supporting its latest studio album, Pressure Points (Easy Star Records). The eight-member group (from Ithaca, NY and Boston) has developed a strong reputation for it’s originality and superb, energetic live show during its ten-year career.
Pressure Points has spent nearly every week on Billboard’s Reggae Chart since being released. The Beat wrote: “Confident and humble, edgy and easygoing, Pressure Points is a brilliantly realized step forward for John Brown’s Body, for American reggae and for reggae in general.” The band has drawn respect and admiration across the music world, sharing the stage with the likes of Jurassic 5, The Dave Matthews Band, and Broken Social Scene as evidence of their universal appeal. The Village Voice called them “the most authentic purveyors of “Truth and Rights’ music around” earlier this year.
