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 - 07/19/2013 DESCRIPTION:The dancehall reggae pioneer plays SaratogaWith\n the release of his landmark CD “Where There Is Life” in 1995\, Luciano \nemerged as one of the most important reggae singers in decades and the \ngreatest hope for roots reggae’s survival in the digital dancehall era.\n \n\n Since that much acclaimed release\, Luciano’s music has been \nconsistently praised for imparting sentiments of spiritual salvation\, \nRastafarian edification and African repatriation.\n \n In these \ntroubled times\, Luciano’s engaging baritone resonates like a divinely \nordained instrument possessing the power to comfort and\, seemingly\, the \ninformed biblical authority to warn of impending destruction. While many\n of his so called “conscious” contemporaries have faltered by recording \nsongs that glorify wanton sex and random violence as a means of topping \nthe charts\, Luciano has held steadfast to enriching Rasta principles\; \nthese positive lyrical themes have justifiably earned him the title of \nThe Messenger. However\, the humble singer also refers to himself as the \nchild of a king which is the title of his latest CD on VP Records.\n \n\n Produced by Byron Murray of Kingston’s In the Streetz Productions\, \n“Child of a King” is one of The Messenger’s most esteemed works\, mixing \nclassic cover versions and original tunes\, recent hits and brand new \nboom shots. Luciano estimates this to be his 40th album\; the prolific \nartist releases three (full length) CDs per year.\n \n Born Jepther \nWashington McClymont on October 20\, 1964 in Davey Town\, a small \ncommunity located atop a hilly region on the road to Mandeville in the \ncentral Jamaican parish of Manchester. In the late 80s\, he arrived in \nJamaica’s bustling capital Kingston hoping to transform his musical \ntalent into a flourishing career. He sold oranges in the marketplace as \nmeans of initially supporting himself but when a drought restricted that\n year’s orange crop\, he returned to Mandeville. However\, the music \nbeckoned so it wasn’t long before Luciano went back to Kingston\, this \ntime with even greater determination to succeed.\n \n As the 1990s \nprogressed\, Luciano recorded for a few producers but failed to make any \nsignificant headway until he met Freddie McGregor. “Shake It Up” (a \ncover version of Cheryl Lyn’s RnB hit) recorded for Freddie’s Big Ship \nlabel became a number one hit in the UK in 1993 and was featured on \nLuciano’s first release for VP Records “After All”.\n \n But due to \nFreddie’s hectic touring commitments\, he was unable to devote sufficient\n time to developing Luciano’s singer/songwriting skills. However the \nsinger soon found an ideal collaborator in producer Phillip “Fatis” \nBurell of Xterminator Records whose releases were characterized by \nRastafari imbued themes and intricately crafted roots rock riddims \nplayed by some of Jamaica’s finest musicians.\n \n Fatis\, who also \ntook on the managerial role in Luciano’s career\, brought the gifted \nsinger’s talents to the musical forefront on cuts like “Poor and \nSimple”\, “Chant Out” and “One Way Ticket”\, the latter regarded as one of\n the finest repatriation anthems ever written and a song that \ncontinually summons enthusiastic responses in Luciano’s breathtaking \nlive performances. With the release of “Where There Is Life” for Island \nJamaica/Xterminator\, Luciano’s deeply devotional yet accessible lyrics \nand the beautiful melodies of “Its Me Again Jah”\, “Your World and Mine” \nand “Lord Give Me Strength” coupled with Fatis’ contemporary one drop \nriddims catapulted the singer to the top of the reggae charts\, toppling \n(at least temporarily) the decade long reign of deejays rapping x-rated \nlyrics over digitized dancehall beats.\n \n Luciano and Fatis \n(alongside preeminent musicians such as saxophonist Dean Frasier and \ndrummer Sly Dunbar) created several exceptional releases including \n1997's “The Messenger” and 1999's “Sweep Over My Soul”. Although they \nparted ways in 1999 due to artistic differences within the Xterminator \ncamp\, Luciano consistently acknowledges Fatis’ essential role in \nestablishing the foundation for his far-reaching success. \n \n “I \ncame out of roots and culture as a reggae singer and have proven to \npeople that I can fit into any genre of music\,” he proclaims. “I sing \nreggae\, gospel\, roots\, I will sing rock too but always keeping my \nmessage clean\, spiritual and cultural. Over the years I have listened \nto international artists like Stevie Wonder\, Ray Charles\, (CandW legend)\n Jim Reeves\, all these great brothers so I have learned to appreci-love \nother works. There are no barriers in music\, although I am well known as\n a reggae culture singer\, I have an international message so I cannot \nleave it just to reggae people. I have to extend it to people of all \nwalks of life.” Spoken like a truly benevolent messenger and the \nglobally minded child of a king.\n \n \n Support Acts:\n \n i-KRONIK Band\n \n Selections by KNOMAD X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The dancehall reggae pioneer plays Saratoga

With\n the release of his landmark CD “Where There Is Life” in 1995\, Luciano \nemerged as one of the most important reggae singers in decades and the \ngreatest hope for roots reggae’s survival in the digital dancehall era.

\n Since that much acclaimed release\, Luciano’s music has been \nconsistently praised for imparting sentiments of spiritual salvation\, \nRastafarian edification and African repatriation.

In these \ntroubled times\, Luciano’s engaging baritone resonates like a divinely \nordained instrument possessing the power to comfort and\, seemingly\, the \ninformed biblical authority to warn of impending destruction. While many\n of his so called “conscious” contemporaries have faltered by recording \nsongs that glorify wanton sex and random violence as a means of topping \nthe charts\, Luciano has held steadfast to enriching Rasta principles\; \nthese positive lyrical themes have justifiably earned him the title of \nThe Messenger. However\, the humble singer also refers to himself as the \nchild of a king which is the title of his latest CD on VP Records.

\n Produced by Byron Murray of Kingston’s In the Streetz Productions\, \n“Child of a King” is one of The Messenger’s most esteemed works\, mixing \nclassic cover versions and original tunes\, recent hits and brand new \nboom shots. Luciano estimates this to be his 40th album\; the prolific \nartist releases three (full length) CDs per year.

Born Jepther \nWashington McClymont on October 20\, 1964 in Davey Town\, a small \ncommunity located atop a hilly region on the road to Mandeville in the \ncentral Jamaican parish of Manchester. In the late 80s\, he arrived in \nJamaica’s bustling capital Kingston hoping to transform his musical \ntalent into a flourishing career. He sold oranges in the marketplace as \nmeans of initially supporting himself but when a drought restricted that\n year’s orange crop\, he returned to Mandeville. However\, the music \nbeckoned so it wasn’t long before Luciano went back to Kingston\, this \ntime with even greater determination to succeed.

As the 1990s \nprogressed\, Luciano recorded for a few producers but failed to make any \nsignificant headway until he met Freddie McGregor. “Shake It Up” (a \ncover version of Cheryl Lyn’s RnB hit) recorded for Freddie’s Big Ship \nlabel became a number one hit in the UK in 1993 and was featured on \nLuciano’s first release for VP Records “After All”.

But due to \nFreddie’s hectic touring commitments\, he was unable to devote sufficient\n time to developing Luciano’s singer/songwriting skills. However the \nsinger soon found an ideal collaborator in producer Phillip “Fatis” \nBurell of Xterminator Records whose releases were characterized by \nRastafari imbued themes and intricately crafted roots rock riddims \nplayed by some of Jamaica’s finest musicians.

Fatis\, who also \ntook on the managerial role in Luciano’s career\, brought the gifted \nsinger’s talents to the musical forefront on cuts like “Poor and \nSimple”\, “Chant Out” and “One Way Ticket”\, the latter regarded as one of\n the finest repatriation anthems ever written and a song that \ncontinually summons enthusiastic responses in Luciano’s breathtaking \nlive performances. With the release of “Where There Is Life” for Island \nJamaica/Xterminator\, Luciano’s deeply devotional yet accessible lyrics \nand the beautiful melodies of “Its Me Again Jah”\, “Your World and Mine” \nand “Lord Give Me Strength” coupled with Fatis’ contemporary one drop \nriddims catapulted the singer to the top of the reggae charts\, toppling \n(at least temporarily) the decade long reign of deejays rapping x-rated \nlyrics over digitized dancehall beats.

Luciano and Fatis \n(alongside preeminent musicians such as saxophonist Dean Frasier and \ndrummer Sly Dunbar) created several exceptional releases including \n1997's “The Messenger” and 1999's “Sweep Over My Soul”. Although they \nparted ways in 1999 due to artistic differences within the Xterminator \ncamp\, Luciano consistently acknowledges Fatis’ essential role in \nestablishing the foundation for his far-reaching success.

“I \ncame out of roots and culture as a reggae singer and have proven to \npeople that I can fit into any genre of music\,” he proclaims. “I sing \nreggae\, gospel\, roots\, I will sing rock too but always keeping my \nmessage clean\, spiritual and cultural. Over the years I have listened \nto international artists like Stevie Wonder\, Ray Charles\, (CandW legend)\n Jim Reeves\, all these great brothers so I have learned to appreci-love \nother works. There are no barriers in music\, although I am well known as\n a reggae culture singer\, I have an international message so I cannot \nleave it just to reggae people. I have to extend it to people of all \nwalks of life.” Spoken like a truly benevolent messenger and the \nglobally minded child of a king.


Support Acts:

i-KRONIK Band

Selections by KNOMAD

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