Bradford Council has announced the headline music acts for this year’s Bradford Festival which is to include multi-award winning British artist, Apache Indian.
Best known for ‘Boomshackalak’, Apache Indian is the first Asian artist to achieve significant success in the international mainstream pop charts with seven top 40 hits and over 11 million in album sales.
He has toured the world five times and has just has just released his single, *Election Crisis*.
Bradford’s colourful and multicultural festival will also feature the former Gipsy Kings percussionist, Edwin Sanz and legendary British keyboard player, Alex Wilson.
Supported by a band featuring some of the top salsa musicians in Europe, the duo will pay tribute to Sanz’s home town, the Venezuelan barrio, San Agustin.
The band wowed 2014 Glastonbury audiences with its masterful rhythms and driving beats.
Edwin Sanz is a hugely versatile musician playing a large variety of instruments including congas, timbales, bongo, drums, cajon, djembe and many others.
Winner of the Rising Star award at the 2001 BBC Jazz Awards, Wilson is one of the very few Brits to be invited to Cuba to teach Latin music.
Hailed as India’s biggest cultural and musical exports, Raghu Dixit will bring his unique brand of infectious, happy music which ‘transcends age, genre, and language’ to the Bradford Festival’s Mela Day.
Raghu Dixit has performed for Her Majesty the Queen, appeared on Later with Jools Holland and played at the Glastonbury Festival.
The festival opens with multi-award winning blues and rock powerhouse, Chantel McGregor.
Born in Bradford, McGregor was the first female artist to win Guitarist of the Year at the British Blues Awards in 2013.
She clinched the same award in 2014 receiving numerous accolades from the music press.
Bradford’s high quality, multicultural arts and music festival runs 12-14 June in City Park.
Last year’s Bradford Festival attracted over 150,000 to City Park during the three day event.
Further details can be found at www.bradfordfestival.org.uk and on Facebook and Twitter.
Coun Susan Hinchcliffe, Portfolio Holder for Employment, Skills and Culture, said: “We are delighted to have secured so many great acts for the Bradford Festival.
“The programme is looking really good this year with talented local performers appearing alongside top British and international acts. “The festival is an important part of a busy programme of city centre events designed to increase footfall and support local businesses.”
