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As a child growing up in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Macarldie performed religious music with his Father and siblings. His teenage years found him in nightclubs and hotels performing the Island standards and top 40 hits of America and the Caribbean. After moving to the United States, he studied Jazz and Classical piano and Vocals at "Florida Atlantic University" and began performing throughout the states. Macarldie is a Multi Instrumentalist and phenomenal Vocalist and performs live on Piano, Keyboards, Guitar, Steel Drums and Vocals. His vocal stylings are a fusion of Jazz, Caribbean and Pop blended with a touch of Rap and Poetry. He has fused the sounds of all the music he enjoys into a coherent sound. Macarldie has been a sideman with many musical greats including Ernest Wranglin, Othello Molyneaux, Chris Valdala and many more. He has toured with the "Natty Love Joys" and has opened for "Gregory Isaacs", "Chuck Mangione" and the late great "Dizzy Gillespie".