Routes2Rhythms finalists announced
Live final at Club 85, Hitchin, on March 24
Four Hertfordshire music acts will fight it out on March 24 to win a place on the stage at the Rhythms of the World (ROTW) music festival this summer.
The festival – the 20th – will be held at Hitchin Priory on July 9 and 10. The winner of the Routes2Rhythms contest final will play for thirty minutes on stage at the festival on July 9.
The Routes2Rhythms contest was open to artists of all genres based in Hertfordshire and the final four shortlisted will play at a special event at Hitchin’s Club 85 on March 24.
The finalists are:
• Monoco Bears – http://www.myspace.com/monacobears. Contact jonesy-msn@hotmail.co.uk
• Brian Storme – http://www.myspace.com/brianstorme. Contact 87digital@live.co.uk
• Mzukka World Music – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYFESqETb-o. Contact shamtorindo@yahoo.com
• Whiley’s Floating Castle – http://www.myspace.com/stephenwhileymusic. Contact stephen.whiley@gmail.com
The live final will be held on Thursday March 24 at Club 85, Hitchin, with each act playing for 20 minutes. Judges for the final will be ROTW Performance Director Steve Smither, a representative of The Comet newspaper, which is promoting the competition, a representative of BBC Three Counties and a music industry professional.
For more information contact Performance Director Steve Smither at rotwperformers@yahoo.co.ukon or e-mail press@rotw.org.uk
