Luckay Buckay
Summary
Luckay Buckay, born Cephas Buckay Bantoe, is a Liberian artist whose music combines Hipco and reggae. His recordings belong to a popular scene in which local speech and experiences meet internationally circulating musical forms.[1][2]
Life and career
Afrisson's biography records studies at Temple University's Tyler School of Art before his move into music. Music In Africa places him among the performers who helped make hipco audible in Liberia's contemporary popular life.[1][2]
Music and style
The combination of hipco and reggae connects two distinct expressive resources. Hipco's use of colloquial Liberian language gives its stories a local address, while reggae supplies another part of Buckay's stylistic vocabulary. His collaboration with Takun J places that work within a network of performers using popular music to discuss social experience.[1][2]
Works and performances
'Behold Behold' and 'Hold Yu' are representative songs; he also appears on Takun J's 'It Not Right'. Czech Radio included 'Behold Behold' in its November 2011 international playlist, documenting one route by which the recording reached listeners outside Liberia.[1][2][3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sylvie Clerfeuille: Luckay Buckay, Afrisson, 2014, updated 2020. Accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Music In Africa: Gbema and hipco in Liberia, 4 October 2018. Accessed 23 October 2026.
- ↑ Czech Radio: Total Global A–Z Mix, playlist, 18 November 2011. Accessed 23 October 2026.
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