Spiritual to perform twice at big US festival

It's rare that an artiste is booked for two consecutive days at a festival, but reggae artiste Spiritual has pulled off that feat for this year's staging of the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival.

The festival is scheduled to take place from Friday, June 22, to Sunday, June 24, in Boonville, California. Spiritual is booked for the last two days of the festival.

"It's an honour and a blessing for I to be making my debut on the west coast of America with such a huge and renowned event as the Sierra Nevada World Music festival. California has been a big part of me for many years of my life, and to get to stand in front of the people and carry out my message will be a glorious event," Spiritual said.

Spiritual promises that his debut performance in California will be something to remember.

"Definitely, it will be a Spiritual awakening. I would like my time on stage to not just feel like a performance, but also a deliverance of the word of the Father, as well as making the people feel reverence and love," said Spiritual, whose album, Awakening, was released last year.

Other reggae acts billed for the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival are Beres Hammond, Steel Pulse, Tarrus Riley, Cocoa Tea, Protoje, Jah9, Romain Virgo, Mighty Diamonds and Half Pint.