Festival Coverage: Love Supreme Jazz Festival - A Preview
- Written by Rob Crozier
This weekend sees the welcome return of the Love Supreme Festival. Nestled snuggly into the sleepy Sussex village of Glynde this is rapidly becoming one of the best small festivals around.
Situated close to Brighton and now boasting four main stages, it's moving away from a strictly Jazz-orientated line-up, to include a wide ranging collection of acts.
This year is no exception with headliners featuring the enigmatic Grace Jones on Saturday, followed by the smooth sounds of the wonderful Mr Burt Bacharach on Sunday evening. With a positive forecast and after a rather unsettling week we predict a love festival is the perfect antidote to a week we would all rather forget.
There is more to offer outside the headline acts. This year's festival hosts a selection of great names. We are particularly looking forward to the vocal talents of Lianne La Havas who has consistently delivered since her explosion via BBC Sound. She is joined by two other exciting songbirds in the frm of Caro Emerald and Kelis who both appear on the Sunday.
Caro is a stunning performer whose jazz vocals and distinctive sounds are sure to go down a storm. Kelis on the other hand has had a huge musical transformation. Forget her milkshake days, since her amazing album ‘Food’ released in 2014 she has transformed her sound and her soulful groove are sure to be greatly received.
Aside from the main stages the festival has an arena for a more dance related vibe. Top of the bill is Mr World Music himself the wondrous Gilles Peterson. Other notable highs we hope will blast away our blues come from the wonderfully named GoGo Penguin who signed to Blue Note records and now the success of their album Man Made Object has catapulted them to a wider audience. To compliment this we see the legendary Average White Band whose string of disco and funk hits are sure to get the whole festival moving.
There are a very few tickets left and we urge you to heal you broken hearts and minds and indulge yourself in a wonderful festival that will aim to heal us all.
You can visit the festival's website here.