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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

Es hat keine 24 Stunden gedauert und die Reservierungen für das Early Bird Ticket sind weg! Also ab jetzt Vorverkauf zu den normalen Konditionen. Reservierungswünsche dürfen gerne schon geäußert werden!   Tickets   Regulär über den Vorverkauf ab (2.1.2018) z.B. über : karten@freedomsoundsfestival.de Friday 27,- € Saturday 27,- € Weekend 45,- € evtl. zzgl. VVK-Gebühren

Ihr könnt ab HEUTE Euer Early Bird Ticket RESERVIEREN Wie in den vergangenen Jahren halten wir 50 Early Bird Tickets für die ganz Treuen (und Schnellen) unter euch bereit: Die ersten 50 Besteller erhalten die Wochenendtickets für 36 € und sparen damit 9 €. Ihr könnt Tickets ab SOFORT per Mail an karten@freedomsoundsfestival.de vorbestellen. Hinweis:

Three years ago Soothsayers played a hypnotic set when they played their first-ever show in Germany at Freedom Sounds. In Britain and beyond, they are already a very established act having played Rototom Festival (Spain) ,The North Sea Jazz Festival , Dhaka World Music Festival, London Jazz Festival, Glastonbury and Barbados World Music Festival. Their

Dub Spencer & Trance Hill’s brew of psychedelic Dub-Reggae with Rock, Electronica and Trance influences is quite unique. On their ten albums so far, these Swiss Dub masters have deconstructed and reinvented tunes from all sorts of sources – The Clash, Lee Perry, Damian Marley, Seeed, Spaghetti Western movies, Genesis’ Mama, Falco’s Jeanny or Grauzone’s