The 1970s and 1980s are gone. But the music of that era will not be forgotten, that is, if popular comedian-actor Sinbad has anything to do with it. He is the mastermind behind the Sinbad Soul Music Festival, which has been staged for five consecutive years in the Caribbean. I can t get with music that puts people down. Old school music comes from the heart.
Soul music is about appreciation for music.
It was not until he had been to shows such as the Cool Spirit Jazz Festival sponsored by Jet magazine that he noticed that there was a void in the soul music genre that needed to be filled. That s when he decided to produce a large-scale festival, featuring funk music. He thought there was a need for a different type of venue and decided to host the festival outside of the United States. The previous venues for the concert were Jamaica, St. Martin and Aruba. Sinbad decided against returning to those islands to host the festival because he didn t believe that they understood the significance of it.