Linley Mack, a Jamaican singer/producer based in Munich, Germany, has released the Minga Riddim, an eight-song compilation album. It is his first ‘riddim’ project, and contains songs by artistes from Jamaica, Belize and Trinidad and Tobago.
Some of the artists on the ‘Minga’ are Jamaican singer Ray Darwin, who had a massive hit song with “People’s Choice” in 2009. His song is “This Feeling”.
Other songs include “See us Now” by Mesha Steele of Belize and “Do You Remember” by Keron Sealey of Trinidad and Tobago, “Special Girl” by Laury Webb and “Put it on Me” from Denham Smith.
Webb and Smith are Jamaicans.
Minga is a popular slang for Munich where Mack has called home for over 25 years. He selected a diverse cast of artists for the album to attract an international audience.
Mack was born and raised in Hanover, a rural parish in western Jamaica. After migrating to the United States as a teenager, he recorded a number of pop and reggae songs as Papa Linley in New York.
He settled in Munich in 1995 once he signed a record deal with Sony /BMG. Mack has had measured success as an artist in his adopted country, his biggest song being Let The Sunshine In.
Written By Howard Campbell