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Legendary Costeño singer Mango Ghost made a triumphant return to the big stage in Managua last week at a benefit concert in Ruta Maya to raise funds for the construction of Mango’s new house in Cotton Tree, Bluefields.

Almost two years after losing his leg to illness, Mango thrilled the audience of friends and fans with renditions of classic Calypso and Maypole tunes, as well as the very first live performances of songs from his new album, which will be released by Bluefields Sound System later this year.

Backed by long-time collaborator and Bluefields guitar legend, Claude ‘Claudi’ Weill, and other top Creole musicians including Raymond Myers, Rocco and Bamboo, Mango showed he still has the voice and charisma that has made him such an important figure in the Atlantic Coast.

Earlier, the night begun with an energetic performance from Osberto Jerez and the Gregory’s, who belted out classic roots reggae numbers and original compositions, including their own tribute to Mango Ghost. The Gregory’s were followed my the mellow reggae of Phillip Montalban and his banda Caribe.

BSS would like to thank all those that helped make the event a reality, including Ruta Maya, Hotel Caribbean Flavour and Audio Video Blues.

For more information about the “New House for Mango Ghost” project, visit…… mango.bluefieldsound.com

Bahia de Bluefields by Mango Ghost

In December of last year, BSS launched a campaign to build a new house for the living legend Mango Ghost.   The municipal government of Bluefields took a leadership role by committing to build the cement foundation of the house.

In January of 2010 Mango and his wife moved out of their old house and into Mini Hotel & Cafetín Central.  In the same month his old house was taken down and work on the new one began.

Despite such rapid success, the campaign to complete the house is not over.  While the municipality is covering the budget for the cement foundation, we are still working to raise the $3,222 that is needed to build the rest of the house.  To learn more about how you can help out the cause:

www.mango.bluefieldsound.com

Radio Spot For Mango Ghost by BSS

Bluefields Sound System is featured in HECHO, a new Nicaraguan art and cultural magazine.

Bluefields Sound System – School of Reggae

The flyer promised that if you weren’t coming to Bluefields, Bluefields was coming to you. Word is bond. On this Saturday night, class was most definitely in session with the School of Reggae holding it down at Managua’s Bar Fussion. The Bluefields Sound System came correct with a lineup of heavy-hitting veteran musicians and young stars on the rise, providing a hot blend of roots reggae and dancehall fire…

Check out the complete article at:

Hecho Website

Bluefields Sound System featured in the cultural news segment of Nicaragua’s Canal 2.

The new hit single from Papa Bantam featuring Kali Boom. Love your Woman is part of our pre-free sale. It is the first track to come out of the new Bluefields Sound System Studio, and was produced by San Francisco DJ Evan Rhodes. Enjoy the vibes…

This year, as a gesture of Christmas spirit, the Bluefields Sound System brought some joy to the jailhouse. One of our original Bluefields Sounds System artists, Clifton Bent aka “Sexy,” is a resident of the Bluefields jailhouse, and we decided to go pay him a visit. This concert featured our full lineup of songsters backed by our official group, “The Mighty Blue.”
Sabu the Cati-Man was there in full effect singing, hooting and dancing for the jail guys, as well as our tough lineup of young Bluefields artists. The show jumped off in a very positive movement and we were happy to bring the prisoners donations of hygiene products. We would like to thank the local businesses that reached out to help us bring the inmates something to better their situation during these Christmas days.
Check out our video clip of “Sexy” doing his thing along with pictures from the event. Stay tuned for more video clips and pictures coming at you.

We would also like to give a special shout out to Hecho Magazine for coming out to Bluefields to cover the event. Check out Hecho at:

www.hechomagazine.com

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Working with Evan Rhodes for us is significant because of his involvement in the Bluefields School of Reggae. Working with complimentary music of different genres is part of the objectives for our project. We are looking forward in this year to continue collaborating with different artists national and international.
We want to send out our thanks and appreciation to Revuelta Sonora and Fussion bar for coming together to produce the event.
**Link to article in Nuevo Diario

Headlining the show will be the original “Catty Man” Aka “El Hombre Gato” legendary Profesór Sabu. Sabu hasn’t returned to Managua since the 80’s when he made his reputation playing nightclubs in Nicaragua’s capital and throughout Central America. The return of Sabu is guaranteed to be an event to go down in the history books.

Teaming up to hold down the sound is a group of Bluefields heaviest hitting musicians along with a selection of our hottest rising dancehall stars.

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