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Reggae star and indie bands to play Sellindge
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Owen Kimm of Folkestone band Elephants
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This year’s Sellindge Music Festival line-up has been announced, with indie rock band Reverend And The Makers and Dub reggae pioneer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry topping the bill.

The annual summer extravaganza, which takes place on Hope Farm in Gibbons Brook, also features rock trio Johnny Foreigner, award-winning folk artist Eliza Carthy and Folkestone-based band Elephants, among many others.

The three-day event is on the verge of announcing its Friday-night headliner, with the aim of rivalling previous years’ appearances by the likes of Idlewild and Supergrass.

In addition to the main stage, there will be a WoFo (World and Folk Music) tent, Dance Tent and a BBC Introducing area for local up-and-coming acts.

Cult musicians Reverend And The Makers, who are headlining on the Saturday, were formed in Sheffield in 2005 and the brainchild of lead singer Jon ‘The Reverend’ McClure.

They first came to fame when they supported the Arctic Monkeys on tour in early 2006, before selling out venues in Sheffield, London and Shoreditch later that summer, releasing their debut album The State of Things in 2007.

The Makers have since played across the festival circuit, including Glastonbury, T In The Park, the Carling Weekend and T4 On The Beach as well as supporting the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in Glasgow and featuring on Oasis’s final tour.

Lead-singer McClure is strongly influenced by poetry, which contributes to the band’s funky, mildly electronica-inspired indie guitar-rock sound and authentic stage presence.

Sunday’s headliner Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry brings a lifetime’s experience in the industry, earning himself the title of Grand Master of Reggae.

Born in 1936, he has had a massive influence on artists such as Max Romeo, Junior Byles and Bob Marley And The Wailers since the late 1960s, with his experimental production leading to him being proclaimed as the creator of Dub.

Lee is also credited with developing the prototypical reggae ‘riddum’ in the 1960s and in 2003 he won a Best Reggae Album Grammy for his groundbreaking record, Jamaican ET, and in 2004 Rolling Stone magazine listed him as one of their top 100 Artists Of All Time.

On the WoFo stage, seven-time winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Eliza Carthy will be supported by Young Folk award-winner James Findlay, together with Barcelona musical collective Giulia Y Los Tellarini.

On the local stage, Folkestone hardcore six-piece Jairus have reformed with new members after a world tour and indie-pop four-piece Elephants, who also hail from the town, make a return.

Tickets for the event, Friday to Sunday, on June 11-13, are £79 for the weekend with camping, or £35 per day.

Go to www.sellindgemusicfestival.co.uk to find out more and to book.
POSTED: 10/03/2010 16:24:44

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