Freeflow - May/June
Contact: Jason Evans at 604-874-6264.
Some music just wasn’t meant to be listened to sitting down. Freeflow plays that kind of music. A lot.
Formed in Vancouver in 2001, Freeflow started out as a five-piece band with Jason Evans on vocals, Reece Worth on guitar, Wilson Padmos on keyboards, Ryan Davis on drums, and Simon Davies on bass.
In 2005, they bumped up their front line by adding a second vocalist, MC E-Spliff, a major player in Vancouver’s underground scene whose feet were firmly planted in dancehall and hip-hop.
Together, they create a highly energetic fusion of reggae, funk, R&B, hip hop, and rock that goes straight to your feet. FreeFlow has drawn comparisons in some quarters to Sublime and The Roots and those comparisons are not without foundation.
There are some very good songwriters in this band with some very diverse influences, but they seem to have no difficulty finding common ground on their records –of which there are now three, the most recent of which is last year’s Night and Day EP.
There are some very solid players in Freeflow and the vocal harmonies are right on the money. The band’s live show is supposed to be a very hot ticket.
After listening to tracks like “Feeling You,” “I Can Do,” and “Sunshine,” I suspect that would be the case.
