VOCALIST Chevaughn Clayton, currently on tour with reggae icon Jimmy Cliff, gave a memorable performance at the 2010 Ottawa Bluesfest in Canada recently.

The festival, which ran from July 6 to18, saw some of the biggest and most eclectic names in entertainment gracing the stage from Black Eyed Peas to new rap sensation Drake. However, it was the final evening of the festival that turned out to be one of their best. Reggae and Ska legend Jimmy Cliff accompanied by Clayton and his band, gave an energetic performance that belied Cliff ‘s 62 years.

After lengthy encores from the over 30,000 attendees the band left the stage one at a time, beginning with Jimmy Cliff himself and ending with his bass player. It was an understated end to a soul-reaching set, and a peaceful warm-up for this year’s festival closers Weezer.

Earlier in the week the team made one of several stops in Winnipeg at the Winnipeg Folk Festival garnering rousing applause from the approximately 20,000 patrons for another reggae-influenced set.

Now on US soil, the team will embark on a thorough sweep of the mainland with concerts in Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, Seattle, Oregon, Portland and Las Vegas, among a plethora of other towns and cities.

Chevaughn’s latest single Summer Break with Bugle and Razz & Biggy continues to enjoy upward mobility on the various charts across the Caribbean diaspora.