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VAIL, Colorado — After three weeks of voting by free concert fans around the Vail Valley, the final name on the 2010 Bud Light Street Beat roster has been added. Boulder-based Zivanai Masango & Pachedu have been given top honors and will grace the Checkpoint Charlie stage on March 31 for the 6 p.m. show.
“This is the third season of public pick bands,” says John Dakin of the Vail Valley Foundation. “Each poll attracts more and more interest and this ballot was no different.”
Pachedu beat out four other bands — Shakedown Street, Liquid Cheese, Something Underground and Spring Creek — for this chance to play to a huge crowd of locals and visitors in this 11th season of free concerts in Vail Village.
Zivanai Masango & Pachedu is an Afropop/Afrojazz group and has a sound that is a fusion of jazz, blues, rock and reggae, yet is firmly rooted in the grooves, rhythms and traditions of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. Pachedu is led by vocalist and guitarist Zivanai Masango, who has toured and performed with diverse artists as Panjea, The Motet and String Cheese Incident.
The Bud Light Street Beat concert series kicks off on Jan. 13 with legendary The Wailers and ends with the Volvo Grand Prize given away at the final concert on April 14 with Thriller featuring DJ Logic. For more information, visit www.streetbeatconcerts.com or call 888-883-VAIL(8245).
“This is the third season of public pick bands,” says John Dakin of the Vail Valley Foundation. “Each poll attracts more and more interest and this ballot was no different.”
Pachedu beat out four other bands — Shakedown Street, Liquid Cheese, Something Underground and Spring Creek — for this chance to play to a huge crowd of locals and visitors in this 11th season of free concerts in Vail Village.
Zivanai Masango & Pachedu is an Afropop/Afrojazz group and has a sound that is a fusion of jazz, blues, rock and reggae, yet is firmly rooted in the grooves, rhythms and traditions of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. Pachedu is led by vocalist and guitarist Zivanai Masango, who has toured and performed with diverse artists as Panjea, The Motet and String Cheese Incident.
The Bud Light Street Beat concert series kicks off on Jan. 13 with legendary The Wailers and ends with the Volvo Grand Prize given away at the final concert on April 14 with Thriller featuring DJ Logic. For more information, visit www.streetbeatconcerts.com or call 888-883-VAIL(8245).
