Osheaga 2012 Festival Preview

The Osheaga Music & Arts Festival begins this Friday, August 3 at Parc Jean Drapeau, and lasts throughout the weekend! I'm very excited to be attending not only because it's my first time, but because there are quite a few acts I'm looking forward to seeing.

My festival picks include Swedish electronic group Little Dragon, fronted by Yukumi Nagano, and Santigold (whose music was heard on TV shows such as Gossip Girl and Entourage). Other electronic groups in the line-up include Buraka Som Sistema from Portugal, and SBTRKT from London, United Kingdom.

Another international act at Osheaga is Amadou & Mariam, the blind couple from Mali. They've been performing since 1974 and I'm really looking forward to seeing them for the first time.

Osheaga does not forget about hip hop heads like myself. Chicago native Common, now on Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label, is performing at the festival, plus A$AP Rocky from New York City, and CJLO favourite Classified from Nova Scotia. There are even a few R&B artists including the The Weeknd from Toronto, and Aloe Blacc! You might recognize Aloe's song "I Need Dollar," which became the theme to the HBO series How To Make It In America.

Other acts I'll be watching are Bloc Party and Zola Jesus (check out the CJLO session), Gary Clark Jr., Michael Kiwanuka, Zombie Disco Squad, Kaytradamus, as well as Feist, Franz Ferdinand, and Metric!

Of course I'm looking forward to the checking out the headlining acts, especially The Black Keys, who I've become a fan of over the past year. Snoop Dogg is headlining as well, and that should be an entertaining show. 

Be sure to check out my festival review next week only on your favorite college radio website, CJLO!

-Lady Oracle hosts The Limelight on Saturdays from 6-8pm