Brian Cade (21+ Event)

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The Slackers

For 32 years, the NYC-based and critically acclaimed Slackers have been touring the world with their blend of Ska, Reggae, and Soul. Since 1991, the Slackers have released fifteen albums and countless singles, while their 1000s of live performances feed their fans with energetic sets of ecstatic music. The Slackers have been called ‘the Sound of New York’ by the New York Times. They were described by Brooklyn Vegan as a “clean mix of Ska, Reggae, and Soul that gets dirtied up by Vic Ruggiero’s tough New York accent.’ In April 2022, The Slackers released a new album, “Dont Let The Sunlight Fool Ya” (Pirates Press) which quickly shot to the top of the US Billboard charts.  The first time that a Slackers’ album has charted!  Ironically after 30 years as a band, they qualified as a Billboard  ‘new artist!’ The Washington Post noted that the Slackers  “remain at the top of their game.”  The chart topping sales of “Dont Let The Sunlight Fool Ya” capped a 2 year comeback of the Slackers.  When Covid stopped live shows in 2020, the Slackers pivoted to livestreams and made 5 full band concerts that were broadcast internationally to an audience of thousands.  After the streams, they stayed in the studio and recorded the tunes that became ‘Dont Let the Sunlight Fool Ya.’ Returning to live gigging in the 2nd half of 2021 through to the end of 2022, they have managed to make up all the shows that were postponed from 2020.  This included a triumphant European club date tour in October 2022 that included 9 sellout shows including London’s Underworld.  In 2023, the Slackers are booking 90 concerts in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Latin America.  They have announced appearances at festivals such as Punk Rock Bowling, Zwaarte Kross, Rebellion, Punk Rock Holiday with many more to come.

Kenny Feidler (21+ Event)

Kenny Feidler’s music is dark and gritty, it’s western and rock n roll conjured up with thoughtful,honest songwriting. Feidler got his start as a rodeo cowboy, writing songs about the life andselling his music from the trunk of an old Cadillac. Now he racks up the miles with his band,traveling from his home on the plains of Western South Dakota. “I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and I always felt sort of homesick for somewhere out west,”Feidler says. “I wanted to be a cowboy since I was little and rodeo was my way into that world.After getting a hold of some Chris Ledoux cds, I started riding bareback horses and rodeoed forabout 15 years. It was everything to me for a long time and because I didn’t grow up in it, I feellike I really soaked it all in, appreciated those moments and wrote about them in my songs.”Feidler’s musical influences are as wide and varied as the road he took to the stage. Thecowboy songs from Chris LeDoux, Tom Russell, and Ian Tyson shaped his songwriting andsubjects. Feidler went to college in Oklahoma, in the prime of Red Dirt so the songs of CrossCanadian Ragweed, Jason Boland, Reckless Kelly, and Mike McClure were influential. Later hefound Lucero and the Drive By Truckers, from them he found the spark to start a band andtogrind it out on the road. “I take a lot of pride in being a working-class band not afraid of the road.” Feidler says, “Thefans we have were earned the harder way, many of them have seen us play to a handful of folksbefore. We sure appreciate them for giving us a shot, they're our friends now and we'll alwaystreat them that way ”.

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