“Everyone thinks it was fast but it wasn’t,” she said in a written promotional interview. She balks at that thought, and doesn’t mince words when it comes to an explanation of her good fortune. Having arrived on bills this summer at huge festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, Sasquatch!, The Governors Ball, and Outside Lands at such a young age, one might think she’s an overnight sensation. She sets herself up behind a low wall of looping and special effects equipment and is surrounded by a phalanx of traditional instruments. Roaring out of Melbourne, Australia, Sultana is a real deal musical savant, one who lives, breathes, survives by playing music.Īt nearly 23, she’s recognized as a one woman hurricane of sound.
The ladies represent with Hirie, Anuhea and the hot, fast-rising Tash Sultana. This year’s lineup is filled with top names and diverse sounds, including reggae stalwarts Alpha Blondy, Stephen Marley and The Original Wailers, and next generation reggae-inspired artists like Trevor Hall, Fortunate Youth, Xavier Rudd and Mike Love. One of Monterey County’s biggest music and lifestyle festivals, Cali Roots draws a culturally diverse, colorful crowd of happy people who love to dance It’s really a fun party, and it’s a chance to hear the best familiar headliners like Iration, Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid, Atmosphere, Dispatch and 311. Art coming from every direction will tantalize the eyes, and peace, love and friendliness will rule the day once again at the legendary Monterey Fairgrounds. If things go as usual there will be a long, long line of music fans waiting to get in and begin a three-day odyssey filled with the event’s signature reggae-based rock music sprinkled with herbal scented hip-hop fusions performed by a whole lot of great musicians. The Ninth Annual California Roots Music & Art Festival opens its gates at 10 a.m.