L FEST 2016 
www.lfest.co.uk
Tickets now on sale.
15th - 18th July
A platform for up-and-coming LBTQ+ musicians, artists, writers and directors. 

Find new queer talent and check out our growing playlist for 2016's line-up!

Big Dada is a label run by Black, POC & Minority Ethnic people for Black, POC & Minority Ethnic artists

Management:
American International Artists, Inc.
Cynthia B. Herbst, President
+1 (518) 686-0972
Cynthia@aiArtists.com

Much like songbird Edith Piaf, Madeleine Peyroux spent her teenage years busking the busy streets of Paris. Just like the ‘little sparrow’, Madeleine befriended the city’s street musicians and made its Latin quarter her first performing stage. Years later, Peyroux would cite iconic Piaf as an influence on her music and record a rendition of the classic La Vie En Rose, soulfully capturing the tune’s romanticism and melancholy.
 
Born in Athens, Georgia in 1974, Madeleine “grew up in a house filled with music” and from an early age “instinctively realised music’s soothing power” but it was her teenage years in the French capital that turned the childhood notion into an all-consuming vocation for life.

Young Madeleine moved to Paris with her mother in 1987 following her parents divorce. “To soothe me during the upheaval”, she recalls, “I was given a guitar and took to playing in the streets almost immediately.”

Thirty years after her formative busking days Peyroux is the proud curator of nine beguiling albums and an accomplished performer with sell out worldwide tours under her belt. Her atmospheric version of Serge Gainsborough’s La Javanaise was used in the soundtrack of Oscar Winner The Shape of Water and her countless accolades
include the coveted BBC International Artist Of The Year honour.
 
Madeleine’s thirst for creative exploration is unfading and her willingness to face creative challenges remains as solid now as it was three decades ago.

With endearing passion and great curiosity the unstoppable genre-defying virtuoso continues her search for the good and examines life with the treasured William Congreve belief that Music has charms to soothe the savage beast.
 
Madeleine might attribute her success to “mostly luck” but to the industry and loyal fans alike, it is the immense talent and utter dedication to her craft that shines through.
“Peyroux is a tremendous talent and almost a total intuitive” reflects Larry Klein, “she has the capacity to get the magic. When she sings and plays her guitar, great things happen.”

Since breaking out onto the scene early 2017, Gino has become a familiar face across mutli genres of dance music ranging from Nu Disco - Hard House.

Gino has played festivals & brands such as Tidy, Tidyland Weekender, Cafè Mambo Ibiza, Fixate, Sundissential, Rave On Avon, sharing stages & line ups supporting favourites Hannah Laing, Shugz, Will Atkinson, Ben Hemsley, Sarah Story, Melvo Baptiste, David Morales, Lisa Pin Up & Anne Savage. 

Gino is currently playing his eclectic uplifting & uptempo energetic style to a range of parties, festivals & celebrations across the UK, Scotland & Wales.
We know Gino is going to be all about that feel good vibe cause thats the way he likes it!

Adam Parsons AKA Captain Accident is a multi-instrumentalist reggae/ska/soul artist from Cardiff who creates a unique blend of lovers rock, roots reggae, ska and rocksteady at his home studio. 

This sound is brought to life on stage with the help of a collective of musicians known as “The Disasters”. The energetic live show is guaranteed to get people up and dancing. With soulful vocals, soaring twin guitars and a truly infectious groove, there’s no standing still when Captain Accident and his clumsy sidekicks hit the stage.
 
Captain Accident currently has 2 self produced albums under his belt - “Pick up the Microphone” (2010) and “Slippin Up” (2013) with a third album “Wake & break” scheduled for release in July 2016.
 
Through intensive touring of the UK and Europe, as well as featuring on Jaya The Cat’s most recent album “The New International Sound of Hedonism” alongside Itch Fox, of The King Blues, more and more people are becoming aware of Captain Accident’s unique sound. As well as receiving regular airplay both nationally and internationally, Captain Accident’s second album “Slippin Up” earned a nomination as "one to watch" at the European Urban Music Awards 2013 and the continually growing fanbase in the UK and mainland Europe, evidenced through increasing numbers during tours is showing a good sign that the music is spreading nicely.
Captain Accident and The Disasters have thus far been lucky enough to share a stage with such artists as Toots & The Maytals, Less Than Jake, Aswad, The Skints, Prince Fatty & Horseman, Pama International, Mad Professor, Bad Manners, The Toasters, Sonic Boom Six, Neville Staple, Fishbone, The Wurzels, David Rodigan and countless others. Since their emergence on the reggae scene, they have become a staple part of the UK festival circuit, having appeared at Glastonbury Festival, Secret Garden Party, Boomtown Fair as well as several others.
 
Captain Accident’s third self-produced album, “Wake and Break” is set to be released in July 2016, with tours around the UK and mainland Europe in the pipeline, including various festival appearances. 2016 is looking like a smasher of a year for Cardiff’s Clumsiest Reggae artist and his entourage of hazards!!

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