BAJAN SUN MAGAZINE
DEC 2014
BIO Luckey Horrell
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nown as one half of the musical
brother and sister duo CEEJAY &
LUCKEY, Contem- porary Gospel recording
artiste and Music Minister Loucretia
“Luckey” Horrell steps out on her own with
Heart II Soul Minis- tries.
Along with her brother Ceejay, Luckey was
very drawn to the aesthetics of music. Not
unlike most professional singers, Luckey and
her brother began singing in church just about
the time they were in ‘full swing’ of
Elementary School. Luckey firmly be- lieves
God has blessed her with this gift and that it is
a tool to be used solely for spread- ing the
message of God’s love, touching hearts and
helping to renew souls for the Kingdom of
God.
Luckey participated quite a lot in her church’s
Music Ministry. Directing many choirs and
vocal groups along the way, fur- ther
developing her musical talent, swiftly
becoming more involved with her music, its
writing, composing, arranging and production. From Childhood Luckey taught alongside her mother and soon she too went
through the rudiments of music theory and
practical by the Royal Schools of Music in
London. She now has a successful music
school with over 50 private students exclusive of choirs and groups where she teach- es
Voice and Piano to all ages. Maintaining a
culture of excellence, her students have
always received Distinctions and Merits in
their examinations.
Luckey with her brother Ceejay, have received highly praised honours for their
combined Ministry as CEEJAY & LUCKEY,
touring Caribbean islands such as Antigua,
Barbados, St. Lucia and Anguilla; where they
received an honoured gospel award for their
contribution to Gospel music in Anguilla. In
1995 Ceejay and Luckey released their debut
album “Tell Jesus”, sub- sequently touring
major cities in the USA. They were also a
headlining feature in the 1997 (BET) Black
Entertainment Television Black Expo tour of
20 US Cities.
Legendary Pioneer of Contemporary Gos- pel,
Pastor Andre Crouch, affectionately referred
to them as his kids, and being tak- en ‘under
his wings’ allowed them the great invitation
opportunity to guest ap- pear alongside him at
the BBC Gospel Liv- ing Legends series
special.
Luckey’s Ministry has allotted incredible
exposure. She has ministered alongside gospel
favourites such as Kirk Franklin, Jon- athon
Butler, Ron Kenoly, Donnie Mc Clurkin,
Helen Baylor, Kurt Carr and the Kurt Carr
Singers, Steve Green, Wintley Phipps and
many others.
Coming off her critically acclaimed solo
concert presentation in April 2004, Luckey
has finally released her long awaited debut
solo album, ‘What I’m About’ in September
2006, with a four week promotional tour in
Europe.
Luckey has also been busy training and arranging Vocals for many projects two of
which are locally based, First Church of the
Open Bible - Gates Praise “Change” Album as
well as their 2012 Release “Hope of Nations” and Kezie Peters 2013 “My life is a
song” album.
Today you’d find Luckey
collaborating with good friend, Grammy,
Dove and Stella nominated, Juno award
winner Roger Ryan to do writing, singing and
arranging for sev- eral upcoming projects,
including her own.
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