If you were wondering whether the organizers of Salmon Arm’s Roots and Blues music festival were intending on inviting musicians who can collectively whip an audience into an absolute frenzy this summer, the answer is yes.
One of this continent’s most arresting and explosive live acts, Vancouver’s Delhi 2 Dublin has just been slated to perform.
Rolling into 2016 with a wave of fresh momentum spurred by rave reviews for the new D2D release We’re All Desi, this amazing live act, that got its start a decade ago, continues to take the world by storm, raising the rafters in halls in the U.K., Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Germany, as well as every corner of this country and the U.S.
Fuelled by the talents of coconspirators and founding members Tarun Nayar (tabla, electronics), Sanjay Seran (vox), and Ravi Binning (dhol, dholak) and their equally gifted road partners Serena Eades (violin), James Hussain (guitar), and Jaron Freeman-Fox (violin, guitar), Delhi 2 Dublin have rightly been dubbed “the United Nations of rock ‘n’ roll.”
“A Delhi 2 Dublin show is a spectacular mash-up of the electronic and acoustic, and multiple world and groove-based influences that will light the Salmon Arm site up on the evenings of Aug. 20 and 21,” reads a release from Roots and Blues headquarters. “Plus the band has nine albums of material to draw from, so look for D2D to be one of the major catalysts for a serious good time at Roots and Blues.”
Early bird passes are still available at www.rootsandblues.ca or at Askew’s stores in Armstrong, Sicamous, and Salmon Arm.