de cooler : soca news » JaMe http://www.decooler.com Weblog for Caribbean music - Soca, Calypso, Pan and Carnival Culture - Est. 2003 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:27:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Digicel reveales this year’s Rising Star. http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/11/digicel-reveales-this-years-rising-star http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/11/digicel-reveales-this-years-rising-star#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:09:45 +0000 JaMe http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/11/digicel-reveales-this-years-rising-star Digicel’s newest Rising Star is the dominican Tarina Simon. She competed with Antiguan Daina Barnes, as crowd favourite from early on in the competition and walked away with 10 000 US$ and a recording deal with CRS Music.

The “reveal show” featured last year’s winner Kyron Baptiste who perfomed together with Peter Ram Ram’s tune ”Woman By my Side”.

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]]> http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/11/digicel-reveales-this-years-rising-star/feed 1 David Rudder stands up for Burmese monks http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/david-rudder-stands-up-for-burmese-monks http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/david-rudder-stands-up-for-burmese-monks#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:25:03 +0000 JaMe http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/david-rudder-stands-up-for-burmese-monks

Here’s a song I recorded with international Soca recording artist David Rudder for the Burmese people. If you haven’t heard, the monks of Burma need your attention, says producer Derek Brin.

Download: David Rudder – Burma
Composed & arranged by Jeremy Ledbetter & Derek Brin

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]]> http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/david-rudder-stands-up-for-burmese-monks/feed 0 Synergy TV continues “Soca Star Search” http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/synergy-tv-continues-soca-star-search http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/synergy-tv-continues-soca-star-search#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:27:47 +0000 JaMe http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/synergy-tv-continues-soca-star-search The auditions for the this years season of Synergy Soca Star started in Port-of-Spain.
The contestants lined up for a chance to get into the competition, with crash courses in voice echniques and image-grooming. Successful contestants also participate in a series of training sessions including band practice, money management sessions and public relations training.
The winner will collect a prize of a Dhatsui Terios as well as automatic entry into the Soca Monarch Finals.

Past winners have gone on to success on the soca scene. Fireball, as the first season’s winner and last year’s winner Umi Marcano have received a lot of airplay for their debut soca tracks:


First season winner Fireball’s collaboration with Bob Sinclair.


Last season’s winner Umi Marcano.

Source: newsday

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]]> http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/synergy-tv-continues-soca-star-search/feed 9 Alison Hinds’ “Soca Queen” will be released on Nov. 6th http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/alison-hinds-soca-queen-will-be-released-on-nov-6th http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/alison-hinds-soca-queen-will-be-released-on-nov-6th#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:13:37 +0000 JaMe http://www.decooler.com/socanews/2007/10/alison-hinds-soca-queen-will-be-released-on-nov-6th Bajan Alison Hinds releases her solo debut album, titled “Soca Queen” (1720 Entertainment/Black Coral) on November 6, 2007.

“Soca Queen” is produced by Salaam Remi (Amy Winehouse, Nas, Fugees), Shelshok (Wyclef Jean, Machel Montano, Maximus Dan), Chris Allman (Rupee, David Kirton) and Nicholas Brancker (Shabba Ranks, Simply Red, Rob Flack).

The “Roll It Gal” video has now been added to MTV Jams and VH-1 Soul.

www.myspace.com/alisonhinds.

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