Arts + Scene, Community, Dance, Fun, Music

ROTR 2016

by Erica Botkin August 11, 2016

Protoje performing with his band the Indiggnation Thursday night.
The view from the Concert Bowl on Friday night.
The Concert Bowl on Friday morning.
Regalia adjustment on Bob Marley Way.
British dancehall musician Gappy Ranks onstage Friday afternoon.
Members of legendary Jamaican session band Soul Syndicate speaking with the press. Randy Valentine is on the left; Mad Professor is on the right.
Jamaican new wave dub artist Janine “Jah9” Cunningham with the Dub Treatment, onstage Friday.
The Mateel Community Center’s photo drone was a fixture in the sky all weekend, streaming live footage of performing musicians to the stage.
It was after midnight, and this festivalgoer said he was stoked for the South Beach afterparty.
The up-and-coming Jamaican group No-Maddz played an energetic set Saturday afternoon.
The Concert Bowl at French’s Camp on Saturday afternoon.
On Saturday afternoon a shirtless, cowboy-hatted man held himself apart from the throng.
Sly Dunbar, drummer of No-Maddz, during his band’s Saturday afternoon set.
Drummer Javier Delgado, vocalist Itawe Correa, and guitarist Mark Kondrat of bilingual jam band Locos por Juana.
Sakura Koné, a.k.a. the Roots Master, poses a question at the No-Maddz press conference.
Mali-born, Paris-based musician Fatoumata Diawara onstage Saturday.
Friends enjoyed the sun on Bob Marley Way.
Dancehall legend King Yellowman, pictured during his Saturday night set, is most likely more flexible than you are.
Amsterdam-based Ziggi Recado at the press conference.
The stage on Saturday night during controversial reggae artist Sizzla Kalonji’s headlining set. His history of gay bashing drew fire prior to the festival.
Sizzla Kalonji and the Fire House Band performing Saturday night.
Sizzla Kalonji speaking with the media at a highly controlled press conference.

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