MariJah & The Root Sense + Seekaman

Di Jamaican pop icon Bob Marley become world famous an introduce reggae to di big audience. Wid im band The Wailers, dem release several albums during di '70s an score nuff hits like ‘I Shot The Sheriff’ an ‘No Woman, No Cry’. On di 11th of May 1981, im pass weh due to cancer. A year before im death, di album Uprising drop, featuring im last global hits like ‘Redemption Song’ an ‘Could You Be Loved’.

Di Gents-Ghanese Afro-reggae band Seekaman tek advantage of Bob Marley death date fi organize a yearly tribute, where dem invite a diffrent reggae band each time. Dis year, dem bring in MariJah & The Root Sense, di reggae band lead by front singer Marie Bogaert aka MariJah.

Seekaman was founded in 2011 by Abaa Poliwa aka Stick of Moses. In 2014, their first album 'Truth' was released, a collection mainly consisting of reggae tunes seasoned with unique influences. Over the years, Seekaman's music evolved more and more towards music influenced by their homeland, Ghana. Afrobeat, highlife, soukous, ... Africa is never far away. An example of this is 'Where is the justice', the second album released in 2017. 'Stick' remains a true Rastafarian at heart, but the majority of the music on this album shines with originality by blending various existing and some non-existing styles into special catchy songs. In 2021, a third album was released, 'One father nation'. A Seekaman concert is always a melting pot of atmosphere, power, wisdom of life, but above all 'a true celebration of life'! Seekaman has performed at various major festivals: Copacobana, Kinkop Festival, Colora, Labadoux, Soulshakedown, Ghent Festival, and many more.

And for this edition, we can expect an extra large portion of Bob Marley classics!

Abaa Poliwa aka Stick of Moses (leadsinger/guitar), Lawrence Amofah (drums), Augustin Boateng (keyboard), Addo Reynolds (bass), Christpher Saow (percussion), Kobena Bedu (percussion), Marie Bogaert ( backingvocal), Julie Honorez (backingvocal), Doyin Smith & Emiel Laurryssen (horns).

MariJah & The Roots Sense is the band led by lead singer Marie Bogaert aka MariJah, who already has several successful releases to her name with dub producers like Unlisted Fanatic and Jahmbassador. The group consists of experienced reggae and jazz musicians whom we've seen perform with bands such as Seekaman, Jamaican Jazz Orchestra, Iron Ites, and Pura Vida. This formation started playing together in 2021 and has already performed at venues such as Rivierenhof, viernulvier, Irie Vibes, delivering high-quality shows with their own repertoire. They recently released their first single "Babylon," awaiting the release of their debut album in May 2024.

Vocals . Marie Bogaert (MariJah)
Drums . Xan Albrecht
Bass . Emile Claeys Bouuaert
Guitar . Wouter Rosseel
Keys . Ilias Verbelen