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Buju Banton Set To Drop New Album!

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Mar. 19, 2009: Jamaican reggae star, Buju Banton, is set to release a new album this spring.

` Rasta Got Soul,` a roots reggae album, is set to drop on Banton`s Gargamel Music label On April 21.

It was reportedly recorded over a seven year period and marks the 43rd anniversary of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's historic visit to Jamaica in 1966.

`Rasta Got Soul,` is grounded in the tenets of roots and culture and is a far cry from the `Boom Bye Bye` song that gay activists have frequently chastised the musician for over the years.

As Banton describes it, `Rasta Got Soul features nothing but soul shifting, uplifting reggae, to inspire, to thrill, to light an inner fire, to be glorified and rejuvenated. I just want to recreate that vibe when reggae music would speak to everyone.`

Trinidad Carnival Featured in OK Magazine!

I got this info from one of my favorite blogs, www.trinidadcarnivaldiary.com.

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Jamaica's Dancer Bruck Up Records Summer Anthem - "Sunglasses at Night"

From the streets of Jamaica to the clubs of the United States, Jamaica’s premiere dancer, Bruck Up has kept busy dancing, and has collaborated with artists like Rupee (7 times platinum song in Europe called “Push It On Me”) Lumidi, and Wyclef John, just to name a few. Adding to his entertainment empire, Bruck Up took a hiatus from dancing and stole away to the studio and has been there for the past several years, finally releasing the first of many tunes, the worldwide summer anthem, “Sunglasses at Night”.

“Sunglasses at Night” is a collaboration with Shortman Movements from Heavy Hitters & Soundboy Music, and is a high energy, certified blazing, up-tempo dance beat which includes the latest swagger lingo, and calls dancers to the dance floor with their ‘stunna shades’.

New York’s premiere DJ, Jabba from Hot 97FM was the first radio DJ to premiere the song to over 9 million listeners who called in to request several ‘pull-ups’ of the song. Since then, “Sunglasses” has been the number one tune download on L3 Music Distribution’s download service which services over 1,000 radio DJ’s worldwide. “I’m overwhelmed by the response to the song”, says Bruk Up, currently in Atlanta. “I just Love to entertain, so singing is another extension of that”.

Later this month, Bruk Up will be shooting the Video for “Sunglasses”. Always surprising us with cameo appearances in celebrity videos, we’ll have to wait and see which celebrity artists will make a cameo appearance in Bruk Up’s video! When asked which Sunglass company will be showcased in the video, Bruk Up laughed saying “wait and see”!

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Technical Difficulties!

I am experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment, I hope to be up and running in the next few days!!