In June 2008 Maroon Town were invited to Tajikistan by the British Embassy there to play concerts for NGOs and jam with local musicians. The trip culminated in a free concert in the main square of the capital Dushanbe
Buster Martin is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary story. Still working five days a week for Pimlico Plumbers, itself an amazing company he recently saw off three assailants after a night out at his favorite pub
In June 2006 at the invitation of the Turkmenistan British Embassy and the support of the British Council Maroon Town performed two free concerts in the capital Ashkhabad, the showpiece city of the nation's president
Maroon Town, nine piece ska and reggae band were invited by the British Council to perform five concerts in Kazakhstan and Kyrghystan. One of those concerts was in a prison for young people aged between 14 and 20 who had been deemed to have been involved in some crime or other. Kazakshtan is a country in huge transition and these are some of the victims of that change.
Maroon Town as the MT Headz - shot in Sao Paulo Brazil featuring MC SirReal on vocals. Song featured on film 'Take the Lead' released 2006 and starring Antonio Banderas
In June 2008 Maroon Town were invited by the British Embassy in Tajikistan to perform several concerts. Whilst there they were introduced to the Shahidi family who come from a long line of artists, poets, musicians, composers and intellectuals and who are dedicated to raising Tajikistan out of it's current isolation. The video shows an impromptu jam!
In between gigging and touring Maroon Town are often invited to put on workshops in schools, community centres and prisons in many different parts of the world. Here are a few clips from some of them.
In September 2000 Maroon Town at the invitation of the British Council performed several concerts in Kazakhstan. A local amateur theatre group from Almaty were inspired by one of their songs - 'Sunset in Calcutta' and created and performed this piece in an Almaty night club without announcement to the dancers on the dance floor. This is beautiful!
random footage - just experimenting with Premier software - intend to edit the 6 hours of video taken when we toured around India for three weeks sometime soon!
