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El-A-Kru “Fully Loaded” – Digital release

Howie Munson — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:03:11 +0000

El-A-Kru’s new Album “Fully Loaded” is available as download in almost all digital music stores.

Antigua Road March results

Howie Munson — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:16:46 +0000

1st: Papi – Lord Sattalyte (played 78 times)
2nd: Fury – Red Hot Flames (played 22 times)
3rd: Ben Ova – Lord Sattalyte (played 19 times)

source: imix

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Lil Rick won Party Monarch 2007

Howie Munson — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:37:44 +0000

1. Lil Rick – Cyan Wait
2. Mr. Dale – Soca Junkie
3. Khiomal – Bashment Bacchanal

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Bunji Garlin on tour in Europe

Howie Munson — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:55:17 +0000

The original Fireman and Soca/Dancehall Artist Bunji Garlin from Trinidad & Tobago is touring Europe, backed by Berlin’s Reggae-Soundsytem Supersonic.

Dates:
28.06.2007 – Berlin, 103 Club (ls. Supersonic & Soca Twins)
29.06.2007 – München, Backstage (ls. Supersonic)
30.06.2007 – Mannheim, Rude 7 (ls. Supersonic & Soca Twins & Dee Buzz)
04.07.2007 – Paris (ls. Supersonic)
06.07.2007 – Hamburg, Waagenbau (ls. Supersonic)
07.07.2007 – Stockholm (tbc)
10.07.2007 – Rototom Festival (Italy) (ls. Supersonic)

Krosfyah for download

Howie Munson — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:28:40 +0000

Krosfyah is Barbados’ favourite Soca-Band nowadays. From 1995 till now, they brought out one album every year for Crop Over. Faluma Digital together with Krosfyah rereleased the complete backcatalog at many music download-shops like iTunes, finetunes, junodownload, napster & more. An overview about Krosfyah’s discography plus download-links to all their CDs and songs one can find at the website of Faluma Digital

The Ma$tamind Project

Howie Munson — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:55:59 +0000

Shawn “Da Ma$tamind” Noel and Natasha Andrews from Ma$tamind Productions will release a new Soca Compilation called “The Ma$tamind Project” in December 2005. This Album features tracks by Bunji, Shurwayne, Faye Ann and many more. check the preliminary tracklist and listen to some snippets from the album:

Lyrikal – De Hunter
Jason Lee – Mama Africa
Bunji – Lick Down
Shurwayne Winchester- Don’t Stop
Impack2 – Peace in this Place
Delia – Wine with me
Leon Coldero – Saddle up
Burton Toney – Now
Bud Featuring Mistah Shak – Get loose
Faye Ann – One Day
plus more tunes!

Shawn is also working on two new riddims – we will keep you informed

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Explainer Interview at Calypso Archives

Howie Munson — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 18:35:59 +0000

John Child and Dmitri Subotsky from The Calypso Archives interview their very special guest Explainer and play a selection of his greatest hits in their new radio show.
Some improvements where made on their Website: The Artist Discographies are now also viewable with Firefox / Mozilla Browser and a Result listing of the T&T Panorama Competition since its inception in 1963 (together with where to find the vocal versions of the tunes on record/CD) is online.

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KMC Album release at US Label

Howie Munson — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:03:08 +0000

Trinidads famous Soca Artist KMC is set to release his Album ‘Soul On Fire’ on his new Label Sequence Records in the USA. The album, which is named after the artiste’s popular single Soul On Fire (came out in June at Sequence), will be released on October 4 at the Hyatt Hotel, Miami. After doing eight albums from 1997 (Soca Bashment) till 2005 (Circle Of Love) on his own, this will be the first release from a four-album deal with his new label. The second single, Love, which is a new song from KMC, will be released in Trinidad this week and in New York by the end of November.

Tracklist:
01. Soul On Fire
02. First Experience (Featuring Wayne Marshall)
03. High In The Air
04. Love
05. Arms Of My Baby
06. Darlin Darlin (Featuring Kimberly)
07. Put It Up
08. Love Came Knocking
09. Gyal Dem Wine (Featuring Ward 1)
10. Wanted In Jamaica
11. Call Me Now
12. Mr. Adam’s Daughter
13. How We Do It
14. Lover For Life
15. Mr. DJ (Featuring Shivorne)
16. Ready Again
17. Bonus Track – Soul On Fire (Mega Mix) (Featuring Beenie Man, Fatman Scoop & D Life)

Most of this songs can be found on his previous CDs tooCheckmate (T&T 2004) and Circle of Love (T&T 2005)

[more infos at Trinidad Guardian]

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Socabase.com launched

Howie Munson — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:33:56 +0000

A new contribution to the Soca & Calypso community is online:
Socabase.com is a database and search engine for soca & calypso music data. You can search and browse for artists, tunes, riddims, albums and producers. There are also short audio samples of many soca riddims available (in low quality). The informations are linked with each other.

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Bajan CDs 2k5 – Pt. 1

Howie Munson — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:58:54 +0000

This week the new Monstapiece CD will be released called ‘The Next Chapter’. It’s the 7th year that Peter Coppin brings out his famous Compilation. Beside some big Bajan names like Lil Rick & Keann it also features Dawg-E-Slaughter, Bunji Garlin and Vybz Cartel. Last week Krosfyah already brought out their new Album ‘Timeless’ which features 14 Tracks.

Monstapiece – The Next Chapter:
01. Keann – Everybody
02. Lil Rick – Keep Wining
03. BoBo – Jalapeno
04. Lil Rick – Do Fa Do
05. Thrilla – Road Call
06. Lil Rick – My Girl
07. Miguel White – Come Close To Me
08. Bunji Garlin – You Turn Me On
09. Vybz Cartel – Man A Top Ranking
10. Mayja Shackie – Wuk Up Man
11. Mayja Shackie – You Are A Star
12. Dawg E Slaughter – Breathe
13. Don Mafia – Nah Go Down
14. Rhesa Garnes feat. Poundaz – Nice’n'Slow
15. Mayja Shackie – Hold Up
16. Thrilla – Up To Wine
17. Bunji Garlin – Fire Man
18. Bunji Garlin – Cyar War With Me

Krosfyah – Timeless
01. Head Gone
02. Don’t Move
03. Sweetest Thing
04. Yardie Graduate
05. Rag In Me Hand
06. Rock In Ethiopia
07. Apple Bottom Girls
08. First Lady
09. I like It
10. All Aboard
11. Fri-endz
12. Tired
13. Raise Ya Antenna
14. Raising It Up

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