ENTERTAINMENT
SUMMER
TREATS
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By Vinette K. Pryce
Be patient, Central Park Summerstage
is almost ready to deliver more
than 100 free outdoor concerts to 17
New York city neighborhoods.
Despite the fact weather conditions
have been just short of frightful,
crews at the Rumsey Playfield
— where the biggest free, outdoor
concert series has been staged annually
— have been relentless at the
flagship central concert venue to
meet next month’s deadline building
of presenting a new look and sound.
Committed to offering a new stateof
the-art stage, refined sound-system,
upgrade of their backstage area,
elevating seats for better visibility,
improved sound system and adding
to the lighting weather has not factored
with construction crews toiling
at full throttle days, nights and even
some weekends.
Their aim is to be ready in less than
a month when funkmaster George
Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
move into the park to provide heat
and maybe compensate for the seemingly
dreary spring by delivering on
his One Nation Under A Groove Farewell
tour to New York.
And while there is plenty to absorb
while traversing the recently released
2019 schedule which is slated to last
through to Fall, Caribbean audience
can look forward to August 10 where
a 40th anniversary celebration of VP
Records, promise a showcase of talents
featuring Elephant Man, Estelle,
Junior Reid and Raging Fyah.
“The park will be lit,” Andy Wil-
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Dancehall singer Busy Signal.
By Tangerine Clarke
Known as one of Jamaica’s grand
voices of dancehall music, Reanno
Gordon, aka “Busy Signal,” who will
drop his fifth album, titled “Parts
of the Puzzle,” this summer, has
carved out a unique niche in Jamaica’s
musical arena, blending dancehall
and reggae with Afro beats, salsa
and other international sounds.
Busy Signal, a music maker of
epic proportion, has created hardcore
bashment anthems, and transcended
global hits in collaboration
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World Music Institute presents a collaboration
between Haitian songstress
Emeline Michel and one of the island
nation’s most popular recording artists,
Mikaben, in a concert celebrating Haitian
Heritage Month.
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