BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130719T230000Z DTEND:20130720T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Luciano\, in concert - 07/19/2013 DESCRIPTION:The dancehall reggae legend\n \n\n With the release of his landmark CD “Where There Is Life” in 1995\, \nLuciano emerged as one of the most important reggae singers in decades \nand the greatest hope for roots reggae’s survival in the digital \ndancehall era.\n \n Since that much acclaimed release\, Luciano’s \nmusic has been consistently praised for imparting sentiments of \nspiritual salvation\, Rastafarian edification and African repatriation.\n \n\n In these troubled times\, Luciano’s engaging baritone resonates like a \ndivinely ordained instrument possessing the power to comfort and\, \nseemingly\, the informed biblical authority to warn of impending \ndestruction. While many of his so called “conscious” contemporaries have\n faltered by recording songs that glorify wanton sex and random violence\n as a means of topping the charts\, Luciano has held steadfast to \nenriching Rasta principles\; these positive lyrical themes have \njustifiably earned him the title of The Messenger. However\, the humble \nsinger also refers to himself as the child of a king which is the title \nof his latest CD on VP Records.\n \n Produced by Byron Murray of \nKingston’s In the Streetz Productions\, “Child of a King” is one of The \nMessenger’s most esteemed works\, mixing classic cover versions and \noriginal tunes\, recent hits and brand new boom shots. Luciano estimates \nthis to be his 40th album\; the prolific artist releases three (full \nlength) CDs per year.\n \n Born Jepther Washington McClymont on \nOctober 20\, 1964 in Davey Town\, a small community located atop a hilly \nregion on the road to Mandeville in the central Jamaican parish of \nManchester. In the late 80s\, he arrived in Jamaica’s bustling capital \nKingston hoping to transform his musical talent into a flourishing \ncareer. He sold oranges in the marketplace as means of initially \nsupporting himself but when a drought restricted that year’s orange \ncrop\, he returned to Mandeville. However\, the music beckoned so it \nwasn’t long before Luciano went back to Kingston\, this time with even \ngreater determination to succeed.\n \n As the 1990s progressed\, \nLuciano recorded for a few producers but failed to make any significant \nheadway until he met Freddie McGregor. “Shake It Up” (a cover version of\n Cheryl Lyn’s RnB hit) recorded for Freddie’s Big Ship label became a \nnumber one hit in the UK in 1993 and was featured on Luciano’s first \nrelease for VP Records “After All”.\n \n But due to Freddie’s hectic\n touring commitments\, he was unable to devote sufficient time to \ndeveloping Luciano’s singer/songwriting skills. However the singer soon \nfound an ideal collaborator in producer Phillip “Fatis” Burell of \nXterminator Records whose releases were characterized by Rastafari \nimbued themes and intricately crafted roots rock riddims played by some \nof Jamaica’s finest musicians.\n \n Fatis\, who also took on the \nmanagerial role in Luciano’s career\, brought the gifted singer’s talents\n to the musical forefront on cuts like “Poor and Simple”\, “Chant Out” \nand “One Way Ticket”\, the latter regarded as one of the finest \nrepatriation anthems ever written and a song that continually summons \nenthusiastic responses in Luciano’s breathtaking live performances. With\n the release of “Where There Is Life” for Island Jamaica/Xterminator\, \nLuciano’s deeply devotional yet accessible lyrics and the beautiful \nmelodies of “Its Me Again Jah”\, “Your World and Mine” and “Lord Give Me \nStrength” coupled with Fatis’ contemporary one drop riddims catapulted \nthe singer to the top of the reggae charts\, toppling (at least \ntemporarily) the decade long reign of deejays rapping x-rated lyrics \nover digitized dancehall beats.\n \n Luciano and Fatis (alongside \npreeminent musicians such as saxophonist Dean Frasier and drummer Sly \nDunbar) created several exceptional releases including 1997's “The \nMessenger” and 1999's “Sweep Over My Soul”. Although they parted ways in\n 1999 due to artistic differences within the Xterminator camp\, Luciano \nconsistently acknowledges Fatis’ essential role in establishing the \nfoundation for his far-reaching success. \n \n “I came out of roots \nand culture as a reggae singer and have proven to people that I can fit \ninto any genre of music\,” he proclaims. “I sing reggae\, gospel\, roots\, I\n will sing rock too but always keeping my message clean\, spiritual and \ncultural. Over the years I have listened to international artists like \nStevie Wonder\, Ray Charles\, (CandW legend) Jim Reeves\, all these great \nbrothers so I have learned to appreci-love other works. There are no \nbarriers in music\, although I am well known as a reggae culture singer\, I\n have an international message so I cannot leave it just to reggae \npeople. I have to extend it to people of all walks of life.” Spoken \nlike a truly benevolent messenger and the globally minded child of a \nking.\n \n \n Support Acts:\n \n i-KRONIK Band\n \n Selections by KNOMAD X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The dancehall reggae legend



\n With the release of his landmark CD “Where There Is Life” in 1995\, \nLuciano emerged as one of the most important reggae singers in decades \nand the greatest hope for roots reggae’s survival in the digital \ndancehall era.

Since that much acclaimed release\, Luciano’s \nmusic has been consistently praised for imparting sentiments of \nspiritual salvation\, Rastafarian edification and African repatriation.

\n In these troubled times\, Luciano’s engaging baritone resonates like a \ndivinely ordained instrument possessing the power to comfort and\, \nseemingly\, the informed biblical authority to warn of impending \ndestruction. While many of his so called “conscious” contemporaries have\n faltered by recording songs that glorify wanton sex and random violence\n as a means of topping the charts\, Luciano has held steadfast to \nenriching Rasta principles\; these positive lyrical themes have \njustifiably earned him the title of The Messenger. However\, the humble \nsinger also refers to himself as the child of a king which is the title \nof his latest CD on VP Records.

Produced by Byron Murray of \nKingston’s In the Streetz Productions\, “Child of a King” is one of The \nMessenger’s most esteemed works\, mixing classic cover versions and \noriginal tunes\, recent hits and brand new boom shots. Luciano estimates \nthis to be his 40th album\; the prolific artist releases three (full \nlength) CDs per year.

Born Jepther Washington McClymont on \nOctober 20\, 1964 in Davey Town\, a small community located atop a hilly \nregion on the road to Mandeville in the central Jamaican parish of \nManchester. In the late 80s\, he arrived in Jamaica’s bustling capital \nKingston hoping to transform his musical talent into a flourishing \ncareer. He sold oranges in the marketplace as means of initially \nsupporting himself but when a drought restricted that year’s orange \ncrop\, he returned to Mandeville. However\, the music beckoned so it \nwasn’t long before Luciano went back to Kingston\, this time with even \ngreater determination to succeed.

As the 1990s progressed\, \nLuciano recorded for a few producers but failed to make any significant \nheadway until he met Freddie McGregor. “Shake It Up” (a cover version of\n Cheryl Lyn’s RnB hit) recorded for Freddie’s Big Ship label became a \nnumber one hit in the UK in 1993 and was featured on Luciano’s first \nrelease for VP Records “After All”.

But due to Freddie’s hectic\n touring commitments\, he was unable to devote sufficient time to \ndeveloping Luciano’s singer/songwriting skills. However the singer soon \nfound an ideal collaborator in producer Phillip “Fatis” Burell of \nXterminator Records whose releases were characterized by Rastafari \nimbued themes and intricately crafted roots rock riddims played by some \nof Jamaica’s finest musicians.

Fatis\, who also took on the \nmanagerial role in Luciano’s career\, brought the gifted singer’s talents\n to the musical forefront on cuts like “Poor and Simple”\, “Chant Out” \nand “One Way Ticket”\, the latter regarded as one of the finest \nrepatriation anthems ever written and a song that continually summons \nenthusiastic responses in Luciano’s breathtaking live performances. With\n the release of “Where There Is Life” for Island Jamaica/Xterminator\, \nLuciano’s deeply devotional yet accessible lyrics and the beautiful \nmelodies of “Its Me Again Jah”\, “Your World and Mine” and “Lord Give Me \nStrength” coupled with Fatis’ contemporary one drop riddims catapulted \nthe singer to the top of the reggae charts\, toppling (at least \ntemporarily) the decade long reign of deejays rapping x-rated lyrics \nover digitized dancehall beats.

Luciano and Fatis (alongside \npreeminent musicians such as saxophonist Dean Frasier and drummer Sly \nDunbar) created several exceptional releases including 1997's “The \nMessenger” and 1999's “Sweep Over My Soul”. Although they parted ways in\n 1999 due to artistic differences within the Xterminator camp\, Luciano \nconsistently acknowledges Fatis’ essential role in establishing the \nfoundation for his far-reaching success.

“I came out of roots \nand culture as a reggae singer and have proven to people that I can fit \ninto any genre of music\,” he proclaims. “I sing reggae\, gospel\, roots\, I\n will sing rock too but always keeping my message clean\, spiritual and \ncultural. Over the years I have listened to international artists like \nStevie Wonder\, Ray Charles\, (CandW legend) Jim Reeves\, all these great \nbrothers so I have learned to appreci-love other works. There are no \nbarriers in music\, although I am well known as a reggae culture singer\, I\n have an international message so I cannot leave it just to reggae \npeople. I have to extend it to people of all walks of life.” Spoken \nlike a truly benevolent messenger and the globally minded child of a \nking.


Support Acts:

i-KRONIK Band

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