ROOTS ROUNDUP Round Two!! Friday Nov. 11th & Saturday Nov. 12th with special guest Lazare S. Halk and Chris Murray at The Fairview, 898 West Broadway Doors 8PM ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Available at all Ticketmaster outlets Charge by phone at 604-280-4444 Online at www.ticketmaster.ca Also available at Zulu, Scratch, Highlife, Red Cat and The Fairview

Reckless Peasant Productions is proud to present Roots Roundup - Round Two!! Friday Nov. 11th and Saturday Nov 12th, 2005 at the Fairview Pub, 898 W. Broadway in Vancouver. Advance tickets are $12.00 (plus service charges/fees where applicable) and are on sale now. Special guest, singer/songwriter Lazare S. Halk opens the show on both nights starting at 9:30 PM.

Roots Roundup plays a high energy hybrid of globe-spanning music, mashing up the sounds of rock'n roll, reggae, ska, afro-beat, folk, funk and pure old school punk rock. Roots' lineup evolved over the years as members pursued various musical interests including performing, writing, recording and teaching, but core Roots members Greg Hathaway, Dave Hannah (Dym-E-Tree), Barry Taylor, Keith Rose, David Hathaway, Mark Campbell, Shuggy Milligan and Andy Cakes came together last spring, treating a full house of loyal and new fans to a truly rip-roaring two-night performance at Fairview Pub.

Originally formed in 1985 in a small apartment in east Vancouver, Roots Roundup became widely known through the late 80's and early 90's as one of Canada's hardest working, hardest touring and hardest rockin' worldbeat dance bands. They released numerous independent recordings including "Get Rooted", "What We Do", "Syzygy" and in 1997, "Rootrospective", a 16 song collection spanning their entire recording career.

Singer/songwriter Lazare S. Halk arrived in Canada a little over three years ago from Togo, West Africa. He recorded his debut CD "Leave Us Free" in 2003 and performed this past summer as the opener for Byron Lee & The Dragonaires at the Commodore Ballroom and Sunsplash In The Park at Deer Lake on Sept. 3rd. Lazare also opened up for Roots Roundup last spring at The Fairview.

In an album review of Leave Us Free, Cal Koat (www.worldbeatcanada.com) writes "Steven lost his sight at age 9, fell in love with music and began recording when he was 19. The press called him "The Stevie Wonder of Togo". Steven's genuine, passion-fueled delivery on 'Leave Us Free' however, evokes comparison to another great performer. Ziggy Marley reinvented himself last year as a solo singer/songwriter. For my money his latest release, Dragonfly was one of the year's best. Like Ziggy, Steven has a global voice that rings true in a stripped down arrangement. A gift for great melodies and some help from Vancouver's multi-talented Allan Rodger doesn't hurt this album either".

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