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9 Mile Music Festival 2015

By Empress K on Friday, May 1, 2015 - Photos by Empress K - Comment

Capleton, SOJA, Jo Mersa, Julian, Stephen and Damian Marley, Determine and many more live in Miami.

The 22nd Annual 9 Mile Music Festival took place on Saturday, February 14, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The festival featured a great mixture of conscious Reggae Artists all sharing the same positive message of peace, love and unity. Tanya Stephens playing a mid afternoon set gave a powerful performance while acknowledging and encouraging the ladies in the audience. Additional strong performances followed with sets by Hawaiian Reggae Band The Green; Rasta Elder Iqulah Rastafari; Jamaican DJ Capleton; and American Reggae / Rock band SOJA. After a final band change, Jo Mersa Marley, Julian Marley, Stephen Marley, and Damian Marley performed numerous song selections and collaborations. Stephen Marley welcomed surprise guests Spragga Benz and Determine on stage during the set, followed by Capleton joining for a great live rendition of their Rockstone collaboration.

Artist collaborations were definitely a common theme for the day as many of earlier sets also featured superb joint efforts including SOJA with Damian Marley, SOJA with J Boog, and SOJA with The Green. It was wonderful to see the mutual respect of this diverse group of artists had for one another, further conveying the message of one love and unity to festival attendees.