Papa Levy

Papa Levy performs at the TD IRIE Music Festival on Saturday, July 30th at Queen’s Park

Phillip Levy, a.k.a. Papa Levy, started singing in church at a very young age; he continued to perform in school concerts and talent shows. As the years went by, opportunity struck in the 1990s with his very first performance at Epiphany night club in Kingston, Jamaica where Junior Reid was headlining. Phillip continued to perform in the dancehall scene, using various sound systems at major stage shows to get his name out there. These sound systems include Arrows Intl, Afrique, Gemini, Metro Media and Soul to Soul. Phillip migrated to Toronto, Canada in the early ‘90s. He started to perform at night clubs throughout the city with a number of bands such as The Blackburn, Satellites, Sugar and many others. Phillip then started to perform every weekend with these bands as guest artist at venues such as Joe Mamas located on King Street in Toronto. Over the years, he has been inspired by many artists such as the great Dennis Brown, his cousin Barrington Levy, Prince Everald and Al Campbell. With his smoky, honey-tinged voice and irresistible stage presence, Papa Levy has become a fan favorite. On April 5, 2008 while he was performing at the Carlos Café in Kingston, Jamaica, Phillip met a producer by the name of Danny Champaign from Champaign Intl Records. He saw great talent in Phillip and decided to record a song with him on his label. The track, Mr. Levy, was released and still receives airplay to this day. Now he has many more songs that are on the album Stimulus Package. He has been in the studio all spring working on a variety of new projects. A veteran performer, he has been on stage at TD Iriefest, Afrofest, Jambana (with Kwesi Selassie) and has several booking for the festive summer of 2011.

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