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Archive for July, 2007
If you wanna dig deep into Crop Over Carnival and Bajan politics, Boyce Voice is must-read for you! Peter Boyce, Managing Director of Madd Entertainment Co. Ltd and Secretary of United Artistes of Barbados, has many inside views for his readers spiced with a humourous and ironic language.
Guyana artist Adrian Dutchin and Bajan soca band Krosfyah recently released this nice girls tune. The video was produced by Martinique born and Barbados based video artist Maharaki
Trini artist Iwer George - recently on rotation with songs as ‘Fete After Fete’, ‘It Must Work’ or his 2k6 masterpiece ‘We Reach’ - finally announced his new stage name at the Soca 4 The Summer Show in Mucurapo. At least for the next Carnival season the reigning Soca Monarch will be known as “The Boss”.
The famous soca and calypso veteran already had a few nicknames throughout his career, so it’s up to you fans to guess about his upcoming ones 
Three artists from St. Lucia are on the Top3 list of last weekends Caribbean Soca Monarch.
1st: Ninja Dan - Rise
2nd: Kakal - Lung Caca
3rd: Ricky T - Pressure Boom
Tonight the all Caribbean soca competition is held in Karte
Mindoo Philip Park, St. Lucia. Participants are:
Antigua & Barbuda: Tanzania ‘Tizzy’ Sebastian - Expose
Barbados: Barry Chandler - Flames
Dominica: Deryck ‘Hunter’ St. Rose - Helicopter
Grenada: Gordson ‘Soca Banton’ Agard - Over Yuh Head
Guyana: Marlon ‘Malo’ Webster - Give Me It
Montserrat: Basil ‘Tom Sawyer’ Chambers
St. Kitts: Kelvin ‘Ras Kelly’ Kelly - Masquerade
St. Lucia: Kakal, Ninja Dan, Ricky T
St. Vincent: Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper
Trinidad & Tobago: Dillon ‘Blazer Dan’ Cruickshank - Be Mine Tonight
Reigning Caribbean Soca Monarch 2006 is Mr Vybe from Trinidad.
1. Problem Child - Party Animal
2. Lively - We drinking
3. Jamesy P - Bashment Freaks
New song by Fireball on the Soca Strings / Greatest Riddim. This is his 3rd tune on that beat - but the difference is that this time it is more uptempo plus there is a nice video by Bob Sinclair and it will come out on Universal Records/Barclay.
Edit: The song is a remix by Bob Sinclair and will be on his new album “Soundz Of Freedom”. The original riddim was produced by Char Su in Trinidad.
Technorati Tags: Trinidad VideoMoonblast Music’s “It is Crop Over Vol. 3″ is the first Cropover 2007 album which is available as mp3 download everywhere. Including “Ting in de waist” by Dru.
Neil “Iwer” George is looking for a new name and image.
“I’ve been 20 years in the business and you can’t stay one way all the time. I started out with Kangols, then went to baseball caps, now its time for a new look. If you want to stay on top you have to live up to the times and don’t let time catch up with you.”
[full article at Trinidad & Tobago Express]
Technorati Tags: Trinidad Power Soca Monarch results:
1. Kakal
2. Ninja Dan
3. Ricky t
Groovy Soca Monarch results:
1. Teddyson - Coming Down De Road (446 points)
2. Marie Anne - Cheaters (390 points)
3. Black I - Doh Play Me (381 points)
The reigning Soca Monarch Fireman Hooper defended his title at Victoria Park and is Soca Monarch 2007.
1. Fireman Hooper - Charge
2. Lively - We drinking
3. Zolah - Fly away
4. DJ Twenty
Following a stabbing incident on Carnival Tuesday last year, arrest warrants have been prepared for the famous Trinidadian soca singers Machel Montano and Mr. Slaughter. Montano is currently on $50,000 bail after being charged with a series of offences arising out of an April 26 incident at the Zen nightclub in Port of Spain.
[full article at Trinidad & Tobago Express]
Machel Montano yesterday emphatically denied allegations made against him of violent actions towards individuals at the Zen nightclub in Port of Spain. [full article here]
