NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: Luciano/Mesha Steele/DJ Roy Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , 1 58 Bleecker St. , New York, NY Date: Sunday 4/19/26 Door: $69 (had friends +1) 9pm Luciano Active: 1993 (Davyton, Jamaica) Latest Release: Return of the Chronicles (Island, 2022), The Answer (Oneness, 2020) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify It was a long running legend in the mind of a friend that brought me to Jamaican Reggae Roots artist Luciano AKA Luciano Messenjah.  He won tickets and Luciano had been on the bucket list for him since the late 90's.  The story goes that he saw Sizzla in Los Angeles and was raving about it to a friend of his who said to him "you think he is good, you should see Luciano he is better."  I may be paraphrasing a bit but you get the idea.  So my concert buddy had an itch to scratch going back decades.  As for me, I figured anyone ever on RAS Records or VP Records doing Roots Reggae is someone worth checking out, s...

  Bill: Barrington Levy/Brandon Rootz Venue: Sony Hall , 235 W 46 St ., New York, NY Date: 8/15/25 Ticket: $40 (had a free +1) 9:15 Barrington Levy Active: 1976 (Clarendon, Jamaica) Latest Release: " Money Is The Drug " (Black Roses, 2023) " Virus " (Barrington Levy, 2018), Acousticalevy (Doctor Dread Presents/Heartbeat, 2015) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:15 Brandon Rootz Active: 2017 (Kingston, Jamaica via California) Latest Release: " Cruising Girl " (King Jammy, 2025) Facebook Instagram   AllMusic Wiki YouTube Barrington Levy is one of those great Reggae names I've somehow didn't know much of over all these years.  I remember hearing of him in the 80's and thought his name was pronounced Lev-ee.  Then I heard a Jamaican DJ pronounced it Lee-vee with sound convincing authority that from that day forward I never mispronounced Barrington's last name. So all these years later my friend had an...