VP RECORDS GETS SUMMER SEASON STARTED WITH SOUNDS OF SOCA The Genre’s Top-Selling Annual Compilation Soca Gold 2015 Will Be Released on June 30 Compilation’s Featured Artists Fay Ann Lyons & Bunji Garlin Will Perform at NYC’s Central Park SummerStage Concert to Celebrate VP Records 35th Anniversary on June 27 New EPs From Both Artists Will Also Drop This Month VP Records gets the party started this summer with soca’s hottest sounds. To kick off the season, Soca Gold 2015 will be released on June 30 to deliver the genre’s
Read More // VP RECORDS TAKES OVER SUMMERSTAGE IN CENTRAL PARK 2015 TO CELEBRATE THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF LABEL ON JUNE 27 Maxi Priest, Gyptian, Bunji Garlin and Fay Ann Lyons Slated To Perform Sound Provided by Massive B (Bobby Konders & Jabba) // VP Records has teamed up with SummerStage to celebrate the label’s 35th year in business. From VP’s artist roster, reggae stars Maxi Priest and Gyptian as well as soca royalty Bunji Garlin and Fay Ann Lyons will take the stage in NYC’s Central Park for this momentous occasion.
Read More Amilcar Sanatan – Find it Now (Bunji Garlin Tribute) Too often we celebrate our heroes when they are gone. And too often they are only made visible and valid to us when crowds across seas and overseas put the spotlight on them before us. This song honours the work Bunji Garlin has done in his lifetime, as well as speaks to his long career and contribution to the soca art form throughout the years. I remember when my father bought me the Black Spaniard CD Album while I was
Read More September 19, 2014 BUNJI GARLIN CONTINUES TO MAKE NATIONAL HEADLINES AND TOUR IN U.S. Rolling Stone Goes On the Road with “America’s First Soca Pop Star” New York Times Raves New Album “Assuredly Moves Soca into the Now Era” MTV Iggy Declares He “Will Change Soca Forever” Trinidad’s Hero Will Take Over Miami Carnival & Mad Decent Boat Party This Fall New Album Differentology Out Now Soca star Bunji Garlin continues to break through nationally. Following his BET 106 & Carnival takeover performance with Fay-Ann Lyons and A$AP Ferg and
Read More TRINIDADIAN STAR BUNJI GARLIN DROPS BRAND NEW ALBUM DIFFERENTOLOGY THIS WEEK ON RCA/VP RECORDS “Truck On D Road” Video Premieres with The FADER Bunji Garlin releases his new studio album Differentology this week (Aug 12, RCA/VP) and unveils his video for “Truck On D Road” featured on Reggae Gold 2014. The FADER exclusively premieres what they call “best commercial for Carnival:” http://www.thefader.com/2014/08/14/bunji-garlin-truck-on-d-road-video-is-the-best-commercial-for-carnival/ WATCH now (Feel free to post): Directed by Tom Swindell, the “Truck On D Road” video captures the madness of 2014 Trinidad & Tobago Carnival. Bunji rallies his
Read More Machel Montano – Bunji Garlin – Kerwin Du Bois -Ravi B and More live inside The Main Event! – Prices increase Tuesday, July 29th! This year’s Main Event headlining artist is none other than Machel Montano & the HD Family! This will be by far Caribana weekend’s biggest nightlife event, with 7 of the world’s best Soca artists performing, all within a 100,000 square foot venue. The Main Event: HD Edition has room for up to 8,500 guests, with performances by the biggest and best Soca artists in the world!
Read More BUNJI GARLIN NABS A$AP FERG FOR “TRUCK ON D ROAD (REMIX)” OFF HIS EAGERLY-AWAITED ALBUM DIFFERENTOLOGY DUE AUGUST 12 ON RCA/VP RECORDS Funkmaster Flex Premieres the Trap Cut on Hot 97 and InFlexWeTrust “Garlin is on the verge of the elusive crossover success….merging of soca with EDM… expanding the future of Trinidad’s homespun genre.” – The FADER “Soca’s new leader…putting a uniquely Caribbean sound firmly on the map.” -BET.com Bunji Garlin kicks into high gear this week to rev up for his new album Differentology, available August 12, 2014 on
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