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Archive for May, 2005
The Trinidad Express writes about a gospel concert in Trinidad, where Andy Rogers performed a tune called “Praise Him Till I Die ” sung to the riddim of “Rum Till I Die”.
Patrons jumped out of their seats dancing and cheering Rogers on as he performed the chutney selection.
The Copyright Organisation (COTT) will disburse its largest single royalty payment ever. For 2004, some $1,621, 805, to be shared among members, will pe payed to the artists. This is an increase of 73% to the year 2003. The sum representing Broadcasting and General licensing fees collected.
[COTT (pdf)]
Richard from SocaCDs.com is announcing his latest project. The weekly email newletter Xclusiv will be jam packed with the latest & upcoming soca releases, soca news, Xclusiv interviews, top 10 albums chart and more. We’re looking forward to it.
Technorati Tags: BarbadosDavid Hinkson from the Barbados Advocate is waiting for new calypsos for Cropover 2005. Others say this year’s season will be big. Well, is it too early to ask for tunes?
Technorati Tags: Barbados Chaguanas Mayor Dr Surujrattan Rambachan wants the Adesh’s song from 2004 “Rum Till I Die” banned from the air waves.
[Trinidad Express]
The 17-year-old musical group has officially disbanded and reformed itself with fewer members and goes now by the name of Square Root. Members of the new band will be the vocalist and band leader Andy Blood Armstrong, musical director and keyboardist Terry Arthur, vocalist Cecil O’Shaka Riley, and female vocalist Keann Walters. They’re working on an album for Cropover 2005.
[Nation News]
The famous Commentor and the ubiquitous Midnight Robber deceased yesterday. His popular songs such as “Satellite Robber” and “Thousand More to Come” will definitely be etched indelibly in the minds of many. He worked with several composers such as Llewllyn Mac Intosh (Short Pants), Richard Braithwaite (Kiskadee), Ken Archer, and Andrew Joseph (Buntin).
[COTT (pdf), Trinidad Express]
The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) launched a new competition for calypsonians called Independence Calypso Competition which will taking place in August.
[Trinidad Express]
Caribbean Net News says that there are many unclear issues concerning this year’s Grenadian Spice Mas. No money will be given to mas bands, there is no marketing going on so far, and even the official launch date (22nd of july) is not confirmed.
Technorati Tags: grenada Venezuela has it’s own calypso/carnival music tradition. Unfortunately there is not much info about it in the English speaking world. Check out elcallao.net for some info on the music of El Callao in Spanish. There are also some tunes by The Same People and Family Ground.
Tags: Calipso, ElCallao, Venezuela
A new media term is born for soca music: Popso. A new compilation called “Popso” is VP Records is announced with the following:
The latest evolution in Caribbean carnival music = PopSo! - a blend of contemporary R&B, HipHop & Dancehall styles filtered through today’s cutting edge Soca artists.
The compilation features Kevin Lyttle, Rupee, Sacha, Edwin Yearwood and more. What do you think about this?
Technorati Tags: PopsoTwo articles on Nu-Vybe’s page on the St. Thomas carnival. More info about this event are on this blog. Is there a results page somewhere in the internet?
Technorati Tags: St.Thomas Nu Vybes virgin islandsSt. Lucia is gearing up for its carnival, which will kick off on May 29 and run through July 19. Read more.
Michael Goodwin on the late calypsonian Carlton “Blakie” Joseph in the current issue of Caribbean Beat Magazine.
Technorati Tags: Trinidad Calypso