QUEENS OF REGGAE
Los Amigos, Newport. Sat 8 June
Event organiser Reggae In Motion brings Queens Of Reggae to Newport for a night of feelgood, hip swaying Jamaican music. Los Amigos, Stow Hill’s hidden gem (which you’ll find through the gated archway) plays host to two of the biggest and most enduring singers on the reggae scene. Janet Kay has performed consistently for over five decades and her hit Silly Games is as popular today as it was in 1979. Carroll Thompson is a veteran of lover’s rock whose solo singles I’m So Sorry and Simply In Love topped the charts in the 1980S; she ALSO sang lead vocals on jazz-funk combo Floy Joy’s album Into The Hot and 2019 sees the release of her tribute to the late Phyllis Dillon.
The divas will be supported by two local stars. Relative newcomer Aleighcia Scott is an award-winning Cardiffian singer-songwriter who blends reggae, soul, r’n’b and gospel into her music – her 2018 EP Forever In Love reached the top 10 of the UK iTunes reggae chart. Tracey ‘Sista T.’ Francis, meanwhile, is a longstanding reggae artist who has a big following on and offline.
A tasty menu of powerful, soulful vocals and cool tunes combined with Tex-Mex food should make for an evening full of flavour.
Admission: £20/£15 adv/£23 with food. Info: 07468 452335
words Lynda Nash
