MENDOCINO Co., 6/13/22 – Warm weather is on the horizon as we emerge from spring and shift our focus towards summer. While we recover from a wonderful week of music, including the start of festival season, we highlight Boonville as it welcomes back the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival after a four-year hiatus. The festival was founded in 1994 by Warren Smith as a celebration of roots reggae music coupled with an immersive family-friendly experience with drummers, dancers, and arts and crafts. Smith died in 2021, and the festival is bound to be emotional for annual attendees. The headliners are big names in the world of reggae: Grammy Award winner Burning Spear, lovers rock legend Beres Hammond, and roots reggae singer Luciano, a Grammy-nominated artist who Rolling Stone ranked #143 on its list of “200 Greatest Singers of All Time” in 2023.
On Sunday afternoon, head out to Gualala for an evening of jazz and soul with acclaimed baritone singers Jamie Davis and Lloyd Meadows. Davis has toured internationally with the Count Basie Orchestra, and Meadows performs as vocalist and mouth harpist for the famed Zydeco Flames. These two talents will be backed by stellar talents from the Bay Area for a must-not-miss show.
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