review: good vibrations festival, sydney by danielle le toullec

It’s always a sign of a great festival when you spend most of the day feeling torn by which act to watch. With five stages and more than 40 artists at Good Vibrations 2011, friendships were made and broken as game plans went out the window and programmes were clutched under rain soaked ponchos.

In his flat cap, vest and chinos, Aloe Blacc (pictured below) brought out the soul of the Sydney crowd at the Mr J stage with his seductive tune ‘I Need a Dollar’. He broke out into some funky New Orleans-style jazz dancing for his band’s instrumental solos and without missing a beat, launched into a lively rendition of Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie jean’ and Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman, No Cry’. The charismatic crooner urged the crowd on saying, “This ain’t TV. This ain’t the internet. This is real life. Get involved!” More...

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