RDBLCK komt in de zomer met twee legendarische reggae-artiesten in  Willemeen!

Prince Alla:
Blake’s career began in the vocal group The Leaders with Milton Henry and Roy Palmer, who recorded three tracks for producer Joe Gibbs in the late 1960s.When The Leaders broke up, Blake continued to work with Gibbs, who issued his debut solo release, “Woo Oh Oh”.Blake had been interested in the Rastafari movement since he had a vision as a child,and in 1969, Blake’s Rastafarian faith saw him get heavily involved in Jamaica’s camp community, withdrawing from the music scene and living in Prince Emmanuel Edwards’ camp at Bull Bay.He re-entered the music scene in the mid-1970s, releasing a single “Born a Fighter” for producer Teddy Powell,before working with Bertram Brown’s Freedom Sounds, with a series of recordings, now under the name Prince Alla, that are now regarded as roots reggae classics, such as “Sun Is Shining”, “Bucket Bottom”, “Lot’s Wife”, and “Stone”.He also recorded for producer Tapper Zukie, including the album Heaven Is My Roof.Continuing interest in his work saw the release of two albums of material from the 1970s on Blood & Fire records, “Only Love Can Conquer” and “I Can Hear The Children Singing”, which brought his work to a new audience. Alla continued to release records occasionally through the 1980s and 1990s, including an album with Jah Shaka. Alla has continued to be in demand with digital roots producers, and has released several albums with the likes of Jah Warrior.

Sylford Walker:
After spending his early years in rural Jamaica, Walker relocated to Kingston at the age of nine.Walker began working with producer Glen Brown but his first releases were for producer Joe Gibbs in 1975, including the singles “Burn Babylon” and “Jah Golden Pen”, Walker drawing comparisons with Burning Spear.His most productive period was working with Brown in the mid-late 1970s, singles from the era including “Lamb’s Bread” and “Eternal Day”.His debut album, Lamb’s Bread, produced by Brown and mixed by King Tubby, was recorded in 1978, but not released until Greensleeves Records and Shanachie Records issued it ten years later.In The Rough Guide to Reggae, Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton describe the tracks on the album as “minor masterpieces”.The album’s tracks were reissued in 2000 on the critically acclaimed Blood & Fire release Lamb’s Bread International, which also included Welton Irie’s deejay versions on the same rhythm tracks.Increased interest in Walker’s work saw the release of the Nutin Na Gwan album in 2006, which included new recordings produced by Joe Gibbs, and a string of reissue singles in the first decade of the 21st century. Walker returned to live performance, including a few succesfull European tours in 2000′s with the swiss selecter Asher Selector and in 2013 with RDBLCK Artist Agency.