KING KHAN & THE SHRINES (Germany)
The 11-piece psychedelic-soul big-band explosion known as King Khan & The Shrines finally detonate their musical dynamite for the very first time in Australia! The supreme genius that is King Khan & The Shrines have been spreading their love like peanut butter since 1999. With an insanely impressive line-up that includes muso’s that have worked with Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder and many other soul legends, King Kahn leads a super bad ass soul inferno! A not to be missed festival first (if we could predict the best of the fest, this would be it). According to the LA Weekly: “King Khan & The Shrines put up a gonzo-soul act in the tradition of James Brown, Otis Redding, and the Sun Ra Arkestra, and take it to a level that is either extreme emulation or poignant satire.”
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