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ImageTrumansburg, NY - On Friday, July 23rd, The Black Seeds perform at GrassRoots Festival on the Infield stage at 7:30 PM. Described by Clash Magazine as "one of the best live reggae acts on the planet," the octet will play 16 shows across North America in July, including performances at Camp Bisco, GrassRoots, and the Victoria Ska Festival.

On June 10th, NPR's World Café featured a show devoted to the band. Host David Dye shared interviews and played tracks that were recorded live at WXPN studios in Philadelphia last October. Listen here.

The band's tour continues to support the North American release of their album Solid Ground, which was released by celebrated indie label Easy Star Records in September 2009. The release was named Best Soul Album of 2009 by Dennis Cook at JamBase and coincided with a highly successful 12-show tour alongside label mates John Brown's Body. Solid Ground received widespread acclaim: niceup.com called it "as marvelous a work of modern reggae as you're likely to find in any corner of the world today." PopMatters described it as "...a sonic tour de force of heavy dub vibes and feel-good roots-rock melodies...a record that harbors some of the most crucial dirt-floor riddims you will hear on any coast."

The Black Seeds' following continues to grow quickly around the globe on the back of numerous successful European and Australasian festival tours. The band has two double platinum selling albums to its name in New Zealand. They return to North America with their eight-piece band ready to deliver their boundary-crossing fusion of big-beat funk, dub, soul, afro-beat, and vintage roots-reggae.

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