Everything I know about Ian Alvarez I learned from Bunji Garlin
17/04/17 17:25 Filed in: Music
An evaluation of the work of Bunji Garlin for the 2015 Carnival issue of Caribbean Beat.
“Like most overnight successes, the explosion of the artist known as Bunji Garlin on music charts internationally in summer 2013 with Differentology was the result of a remarkably prolific career that took root in that seminal collection of songs during Carnival 2000.” Read More...
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