Written by: Nekisha 'Neicy' Cyrus
Caribbean Entertainment Hub would like to congratulate Bunji Garlin and Fay Ann Lyons on being featured on the new Apple Music Home Sessions.
Recently, the news was revealed via social media the soca power couple is among a group of artistes selected on the Apple Music Sessions which was launched in July 2022, and features exclusive live releases in spatial audio from some of the world’s most prolific and emerging artistes.
Speaking with Loop News, Fay Ann shared that they were contacted and asked to do separate projects since they are both prolific in their individual careers. The soca stars both contributed a (4) track EP album ranging in genres for the Home Sessions which was officially released on Monday 15th August 2022 on Apple Music.
‘We tried to touch on as many genres as possible. The idea firstly was diversity. We are known hardcore socalists so the opportunity to use that skill and put it to use in beats from around the world was definitely something we appreciated,
‘In addition, my ability to do different types of music has always been a topic. Discussion continues and for me, I love the major stamp of approval from Apple and everyone that’s heard the tracks. I’ve gotten so much love.’
Check out the official tracklists below:
Bunji Garlin
‘Beach and Fun’ – Producer Joel Brown – Guyana
‘Pop Champagne’ – Producer Leighton Walsh and Faraja Deogratius Athanas
‘Enemies’- Producer Nikholai Greene
‘Island Vibe’ – Producer Alton Bertie
‘When we grow up’ – Producer Joel Brown– Guyana
‘Over You’- Producer Kofi Brifu – Kofi Black – Ghana
‘Island Girl’ – Producer Drillyx -Eric Phillips – Ghana
‘No Behavior’ – Producer Kerneil Wells
Apple Music Sessions gives artistes the opportunity to reimagine and recreate hits from their catalog, and creative covers of beloved classics recorded out of Apple Music’s studios around the world. These unique performances are also filmed, resulting in a special, bespoke live collection comprised of brand-new Spatial Audio tracks and companion live performance music videos that will all be available exclusively to Apple Music fans worldwide.
The Apple Music Home Sessions versions of the songs are exclusive to Apple Music for the next three months. The full-produced versions of these songs will also be going live but they are only in stereo and will be across all digital streaming providers.
Sources: https://music.apple.com, https://www.apple.com, https://tt.loopnews.com
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