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Jamaican reggae producer Collin “Bulby” York released his third album, “Heartcrafted,” on his Bulby York
Music label. Collin York
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By Nelson A. King
Renowned Jamaican reggae
producer Collin “Bulby” York on
Friday released his third album,
“Heartcrafted,” on his Bulby York
Music label.
The compilation — which features
industry icons, such as Jimmy
Cliff, Beres Hammond, Maxi Priest,
Sanchez, Dean Fraser, Tanto Metro
& Devonte, Capleton, Beenie Man
and Bounty Killer — is balanced
with a few youthful stalwarts, such
as Busy Signal, Agent Sasco, Etana,
Tifa, Konshens, Cecile, Stylo and
Rygin King.
“Heartcrafted,” which can be
described as a time capsule for
future generations, captures not
just the traditional sounds of reggae
and dancehall but also gives
its audience previously released
materials with some of the industry’s
most prolific and successful
artist to date, bridging old school
voices with a few from the freshman
class.
The 17-track compilation, which
takes one on a musical journey
across the breadth and depth of
Jamaica’s luscious landscape —
captures the sounds and melodies
that echo through the mountains
and valleys chanted by its people,
the pulse of a nation.
York, who is a renowned musical
architect, as the genre went
mainstream in the early 2000s,
worked with some of the industry’s
rising stars, which positioned
him to engineering tracks for No
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By Nelson A. King
“Carnival past, present and future
meets” was the tagline for the Brooklyn
based Tropicalfete’s End of Summer
Carnival Festival.
Alton Aimable, the St. Lucian-born
director of Tropicalfete, told Caribbean
Life on Wednesday that his organization
“lived up to its goals” during the
virtual event.
He said it highlighted different traditions
of carnival, explored new ground
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By Nelson A. King
Several Trinidad and Tobago soca
stars have been paying tribute to the
Antiguan Calypso King, the Mighty
Swallow who passed away at his home
in Antigua and Barbuda recently.
According to Loopnewscaribbean,
among those paying tributes are Soca
King Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin and
Austin “Superblue” Lyons.
Montano posted on Instagram
that Sir Rupert “King Swallow”
Philo, was a great influence on his
career, Loopnews said.
“The legendary Antiguan Calypso
King was a mentor to us growing up
and a great influence on my career,”
Montano said. “As a teenager and bandleader
of Pranasonic Expres, I remember
his songs being a great part of our
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