Calabash Awards 2008

More award shows comming up. This time the Uk Calabash Awards 2008.

THE 4TH ANNUAL
CALABASH AWARDS 2008



On Saturday 15th November 2008, 7pm - 2am
@The Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Coram Street London WC1N 1HT

Everybody can vote, click here:
http://www.socaprince.com/calabashform.htm

If you dont come up with names, here is some tips:
I would vote for Scrappy & DJ Tyrone coz hopefully they will soon come to Sweden for some gigs.

THE CALABASH BEST RADIO DJ AWARD
Soca Phd
D Tee
Qt2Hype
DJ Bajie


THE CALABASH BEST CLUB/PARTY DJ AWARD
Qt2Hype
DJ Tyrone
DJ Bliss
Hyper Spice


THE CALABASH BEST SOCA PROMOTION AWARD
Release D Riddim
Flagz
Island Fusion
Hot & Groovy


THE CALABASH BEST UK SOCA ARTIST AWARD
Scrappy
Ms Desire
Soca Johnny
Chardanai


THE CALABASH BEST YOUNG SOCA DJ AWARD
Remie D
Hyper Spice
Qt2Hype
Dj Bliss

Lisa Hype

Real cool girl from JA. Check her myspace here.

JA & TNT together in a feel good reggae tune.
Producer: Flames Productions Limited Executive, Producer: Choc'late Educulture Factory Limited, Director: Wayne Benjamin


Choc'late and Queen Ifrica - Friends

Soca For Life!

Make it Yours

This one is so hot hot hot. Just released. Before I saw this i was thinking of taking soca in this direction, with more graphic videos like this. I think it will be real popular in all different communities. The tune is Maxi Priest and Shurwayne Winston and I heard the song before i didn't really think it was a hit but with the video it makes a different cool feel. Lord whahappen to my English? Anyway here is the video:


Maxi Priest ft Shurwayne Winchester - Make it Yours

Devon Matthews's Videos

It seem like I've been missing a lots of videos... I just tapped in to Jump TV's stream of Synergy TV. You can do it here, absolutely Free!!!
First I spotted some a new video by Devon Matthews for the tune "The Flow".


Devon Matthews - The Flow

Bonus:

Devon Matthews - Couse It

Technorati

I added my blog to Technorati so if you want to add my blog to your favorites, your welcome:

New podcast!

From hiphopbeats to reggae to reggaeton and finally end up in soca riddims and new tunes. And a little parang on that: A new Caribbean Bacchanal is born! Tracklist and more info later!

Skinny Fabulous Interview

From RE TV

Results from International Soca Awards

Hmm, a bit confusing huh, but this is the International Soca Awards (More info here), no connection with the other Award show and seems like they have problems with their ISP... Here is the results from this one:

Best New Female Soca Artist:
• Zoelah

Male Soca Vocalist of the Year
• Never Leave Ya by Kerwin Du Bois

Female Soca Performer of the Year
• Faye-Ann Lyons

Male Soca Performer of the Year
• Machel Montano

Soca Song Writer of the Year
• Kernel Roberts & Machel Montano - (Unconditional Love, Blazed D Trail, Make Love)

Best Soca Collaboration Grove
• Kerwin Du Bois & Shal Marshall – Gyal Farm

Best Soca Collaboration up Tempo
• Machel Montano & Mighty Sparrow – Congo Man

Over All Female Soca Artist of the Year
• Faye-Ann Lyons

Over All Male Soca Artists of the Year
• Machel Montano

International Soca DJ of the year
• DJ Spice

Best Soca Compilation Rhythm
• Lehgo Riddim

Soca Humor of the Year
• Phone Card by Crazy

Favorite Groove Soca - Female
• Patrice Roberts

Favorite Groove Soca - Male
• Mr. Dale

Favorite up Tempo Soca - Male
• Pressure Boom by Ricky T

Soca Artist Album/CD of the year
• Flame On by Machel Montano

Soca Song of the Year
• Get On by Faye-Ann Lyons
• Pressure Boom by Ricky T

Favorite Soca Info Website
• www.toronto-lime.com

Over All Soca Band of the Year
• Machel Montano HD

Soca producer of the year
• Kerwin Du Bois - (Breathless, 2 days, Gyal Farm)

Best Soca Music Video
• Desire by SKHI

Best Soca Re-mix Collaboration
• Ricky T. ft. Mr. Vegas – Pressure Boom (Remix)

Soca Chutney Song of the Year
• Bring It by Hunter

Favorite Soca Online Radio
• WWW.SOCA919.COM

Results from Annual Soca Music Awards

First out Soca News and the 1st Annual Soca Music Awards.
Unfortunately neither Scrappy or Chardanai won. The event took place the 17th October at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, London, UK. The results of the awards is as follows:

Best International Male Artist
Machel Montano

Best International Female Artist
Alison Hinds

Best Soca Collaboration
Machel Montano & MOP (One More Time)

Best Soca Producer
Darryl Braxton

Best UK Calypsonian
Wen'D

Best UK Male Soca Artist
Soca Johnny

Best UK Female Soca Artist
Wen'D

Best International Band/Group
Krosfyah

Best Soca Album
Book of Angels (Machel Montano HD)

Best Soca Track
One More Time (Machel Montano)

Best Soca Compilation Album
Soca Gold 2007

Best Soca Music Video
Jumbie (Machel Montano HD)

Best Male Soca Club DJ
D Tee

Best Female Soca Club DJ
Hyper Spice

Best UK Male Soca Radio DJ
D Tee (1Xtra)

Best UK Female Soca Radio DJ
Feminine Touch (Millennium Supreme)

Best UK Soca Radio Station (online & The FM Dial)
Tempo Radio (www.temporadio.co.uk)

Best UK Soca DJ Newcomer
Triple M

Latst week's Caribbean Bacchanal

Sorry for the lack of update, but i havent really been feeling it.
There still alot of real nice tunes comming out, so beshure so check your links.

Last weeks podcast was a mixtape by Conqueror Sound outta Berlin, Germany. Mostly St.Vincent, Barbados and St.Lucia Tunes.


Conqueror Sound - Nothing Sweeter Than Carnival
Download here. (Rar file with split tracks)

Tracklist:
01. Intro Roadmix
02. Problem Child - Shine
03. Problem Child - For Life
04. Ras X - SVG
05. Skarpyon - The Authority
06. Mikey - Explosion
07. Krosfyah ft. Khiomal - Unleash The Beast
08. Rupee - Mas Hysteria
09. Skinny Fabulous - Head Bad
10. Nard - Socarobics
11. Top Notch Swift - We Doh Care
12. Esco - Juk Up Juk Up
13. Dr. Evil - Ladys Toy
14. Mr. Slaughter - Saltfish
15. Problem Child - Gimme Some
16. Skinny Fabulous - Get Hype
17. Dennis Bowman - Carnival Antics
18. Skinny Fabulous ft. Jamesy P. - Crazy Vybz
19. Icon - 2 Knee
20. Skinny Fabulous - Take Down The Panty
21. Mr. Dale - Til Um Done
22. Adrian Dutchin - We Chippin
23. Dennis Bowman - Dem Bodies
24. Maddzart - Ah Guilty
25. Jamesy P. ft. Uncle Sam - We Love Your Carnival
26. Tabia ft. Luta - Feelin It
27. Collin Peters ft. Jamesy P. - Slow Motion
28. Troots & Ice - Como Te' Amas
29. Natahlee Burke - Sun Til Sun
30. Jamesy P. - Rogaltic
31. Machel Mantano ft. Patrice Roberts - Tempa Wine
32. Biggie Irie - Carnival Again
33. Tarah Holdipp - All Night
34. Patrice Roberts - Lookin Hot
35. Machel Mantano - Push Yuh Bumper
36. Militant - Dat Will Do
37. Alison Hinds - Soca In My Body
38. Jabae - Nothing Sweeter Than Carnival
39. Lil Rick - This Is A Party
40. Krosfyah ft. Edwin Yearwood - Not Missing Me
41. Krosfyah ft. Edwin Yearwood - My Best Friend
42. Zoelah - Wine Up On Me
43. TEM Band - Wine Pon U
44. Ignition - Imagine
45. Kevin Little - One More Try
46. Zan - Slip Away
47. Ragga ft. Lyrikal - Go Down
48. Problem Child - Private Wine
49. Rupee - Magnet To Steel

Spin Mi

This song is for all the vinyl freaks out there. Its Alaine take on what format she likes most. Spin me like a record. Its real sweet and got a RnB feeling too it. Aline has a new album out so pick it up if you can. Check her myspace as well.

Alaine - Spin Mi
Download here.

Here is a video with her and Beenie Man, tune called Dreaming of You;

Beenie Man feat. Alaine - Dreaming of You

Article about Skinny Fabulous

Article from Jamaica Observer by Kevin Jackson,
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Skinny Fabulous scores with Head Bad

Skinny Fabulous... I incorporated a lot of dancehall elements into my music and for that I got a lot of criticisms

His family knows him as Gamal Doyle. To soca music fans, he is Skinny Fabulous, a name he got because of his obvious slender frame.

Skinny Fabulous has taken the Caribbean by storm with his smash single Head Bad (On De Spot). And while that single sits atop the charts in Trinidad and Tobago, the BVI, Toronto, Barbados, Antigua and in his native St Vincent & the Grenadines, Skinny's follow-up single No More Long Talk featuring Blakey looms in the number four spot in Trinidad and Tobago.

"Skinny Fabulous is a multifaceted artiste. The fabulousness comes with the music. My name is a collection and coming together of my personality and passion for music," Skinny said in an interview recently at the University of the West Indies (Mona) where he is currently pursuing a first degree in Media and Communications.

His interest in music developed while he was attending secondary school back home in St Vincent & the Grenadines. 'My school teacher gave us an assignment to write something and instead of writing, I came and I sang it and the class got all hyped up and my head began to swell.

That's where I figured it was something that I should do professionally. From there I entered talent shows and performed at school functions and then I began to make professional links in the music business," Skinny explained.
Prior to his foray into soca music, Skinny had worked on projects with Jamaican dancehall artistes Predator, Zumjay and the Daseca producers.

Asked if he was surprised at the recent turn of events in his career, the soca artiste who has entered the St Vincent Soca Monarch competition three times before said, "I knew it would've been a hit. It's not a shock but a pleasant surprise'. He added 'The response from people here in Jamaica, the lecturers on campus and the students is just an uplifting feeling. It's good to finally get the respect as a talented artiste, but it's not so much of a head swell yet'.

The musical journey for Skinny Fabulous has been a rough one. He has survived criticisms and numerous obstacles. "I incorporated a lot of dancehall elements into my music and for that I got a lot of criticisms. Jamaica is similar to St Vincent and the Grenadines and the passion for dancehall music is the same. What drives us St Vincentians is really soca music," Skinny said.

Since the success of Head Bad (On de Spot), Skinny's stocks have risen. He travels overseas quite frequently for performances. He is scheduled to perform in New York this wekend and heads to St Lucia is next while on October 24 Barbados will be the next stop. In November he will head to Germany, while this weekend he will invade Miami Carnival.
'It's a long list of shows that I have been booked for.
Sometimes it can be pressuring in terms of the school work', Skinny concluded.

Oscar B

A have to share this song. Oscar B is back, real sweet good vibes tune. He is from Tobago and you can check his myspace here.

Oscar B - Happiness
Download or Listen here.
(Link from SocaSpot)

How the Japanese do it

The Japanese really know there dancehall... Check around 2 min when the play Buddy with Charley Black. Wooj!



On the beach:

200 Oldschool Reggae Covers

Non soca, but very interesting. A Swedish fellow has scanned in and put up parts of his reggae collection. Look here at Flickr.

Soca Revolution Mixtape: DRUNK & DIRTY, Notting Hill Carnival Mix!

Now as a single mp3 file too!



DRUNK & DIRTY, Notting Hill Carnival Mix!
Check also the interview in Reggae Galore, (Only in Swedish)

Download here:

DRUNK & DIRTY, Notting Hill Carnival Mix!
Single File (39:56, 192Kbit, 57Mb) Download here.

DRUNK & DIRTY, Notting Hill Carnival Mix!
Split Tracks in a Zip file (incl tracklist and cover art) (39:56, 192Kbit, 60Mb) Download here.

Tracklist
01 Skinny Fabulous - Head Bad (SVG)
02 Kakle - Im On De Truck (SLU)
03 Alison Hinds - Drop It (Coconut Tree Riddim) (Barbados)
04 Peter Ram - Tight (Coconut Tree Riddim) (Barbados)
05 Machel Montano Hd - Push Bumper (Tnt)
06 Lil Rick - Roll Like Thunder (SLU)
07 Crossovah Ft Red Rat - Sweet Caribbean Girl (TNT/JAM)
08 Kevin Little Ft Lexus - Come See Me (SVG/JAM)
09 Kardinall Offishall Ft Akon - Dangerous (Soca Remix) (US/US)
10 Denis Bowman - Dem Bodies (Remix) (SVG)
11 Fireball - Life Is Worth More Than Gold (Point Blank Riddim) (TNT)
12 Critical - Love Ladies (Point Blank Riddim) (TNT)
13 Skinny Fabulous and Blakie - No Mo Long Talk (SVG)
14 Shifta Ft Flo-Rida - Do It (US/US)
15 Skarpyon Feat. Problem Child - Good Times (SVG/US)
16 Fa Fa - Woman Alone (SVG)
17 Luta Feat. Jamesy-P - Muevete (SVG)
18 Ricky T - Party Cya Done (SLU)
19 Chardanai - Hush Ya Mouth (Nigeria/Barbados/UK)
20 Usher Ft Young Jeezy - Love In This Club (D.M.S. Soca Remix) (US/US)
21 Problem Child - For Life (Scratch Master Road Mix)
22 Bluezz - Kick Yo Outside (?)
23 Dj Tarrus - Drunk And Dirty (SVG)
24 Rupee - Mas Hysteria (Germany/Barbados)
25 Fimba - No Behaviour (SLU)
26 Krosfyah And Edwin Yearwood - Handle Yuh Bizniz (Barbados)
27 Ninja Dan - Alcohol(Road Call Riddim) (Slu)
28 Kerian Piper - Road Call(Road Call Riddim) (Slu)
29 Malcolm X Ft. Styles P - Burn (Road Call Riddim) (Slu)
30 Adrian Dutchin - Mr Wuk Up (Guayana)
31 Ricky T - Wheel And Come Again (St Lucia)

Comedy on Synergy TV

It should be more comedy in the reggae community, like this:


Bounty Killa


Capleton


Channa Paul and Mr Vegas


Humi Marcano

Caribbean Bacchanal 06 Soca Show Online

Hello! This week we had a interview with Brother B out of the Spice Island Grenada! Unfortenly we had some minor technical problem, but i hope you can still get some info out of it.

Thanks to Brother B for doing this. Be shure to check out his myspace: http://www.myspace.com/1brotherb

BLESS!

Tracklist:
Alaine - Spin Mi
Benjai Feat Postman - Good Over Evil
Khari Kill - Picture a Selassie
Eustace Bessor Ft Ace And Menace Of 3 Suns - Prayer
Sanchez - I Need You Boo
Brother B – Chanting
*** interview!!
Brother B - Whine Down Ft Mr Killer
Brother B - Ah Little Wine
Brother B - Bad Than We
Joey Fever - Sweetness
Chukki Starr - Party With Me
Squeezy Rankin - Rainy Weather
Alison Hinds ft. Uncle Sam - Wine In De Place
Answar - Nothing Sweeter
Bomani - Till Morning Come
Cassi -Take Control
Sons Of Zion - Wonderful Day

Bad News from Trinidad & Tobago

A Swedish pensioner couple were rob and kill yesterday in Tobago.
Link 1, link 2.



And Benjai is in court for assaulting two people outside Zen.
Link.

Jadee Video

This song is one of the best for Trini Carnival 2k8. Its featured on my mixcd Trinidad Carnival 2k8, and now with a video!!! Check it!

Jadee - Not In Ah Dat

UK Soca Music Awards

On Friday 17th October 2008 in London the Soca News 1st Annual Soca Music Awards will be held. Hosted by Martin Jay & Alex Jordan and a lot of live acts UK Soca and Calypso artists. Price includes Caribbean Cuisine and a Cockspur Rum Punch reception. For more info click here.

And now to the most important part, VOTE!

If i would be you i would have vote for Scrappy in the Best UK Male Soca Artist and for Best UK Female Soca Artist it would definitely be Chardanai!

RIP DJ Kaution

DJ Kaution was Grenada's best DJ. He passed away on Friday in a car accident.
Article here. Wee-FM channel that he headlined on here.

Our condolence goes to his family and friends. Rest in Peace.

New Address: SocaRevolution.com

We have a new address so it will be more easy for you to locate.
www.socarevolution.com
socasverige.blogspot.com will continue to work too.

New Mixtape out!

Together with the Swedish reggae web paper Reggae Galore we releasing a new mixtape;
Drunk & Dirty - Notting Hill Carnival Mix.


You can download it here. Just click on "LADDA NER".

Kevin Lyttle Fyah Video

Finally of his webpage...


Kevin Lyttle - Fyah

Machel Montano & Patrice Roberts video

Fresh fresh, Push Bumpa, Looking Hot & Tempa Wine...

Push Bumpa / Looking Hot / Tempa Wine

Machel Montano & Patrice Roberts - Push Bumpa, Looking Hot & Tempa Wine

Berbice new video

Berbice Trafic video, 2007 Grenadian Road March, recorded in NYC on Labour day 2008.


Berbice - Traffic

Some reggae

Im in Göteborg for the club and missing my boo thats home alone.. This one is for you.

Gyptian - Beautiful Lady

Caribbean Bacchanal 05 Soca Show

This time its time for a Live interview with big Grenadian artist Berbice. We also play some reggae that we got requested. You can email in your request at bacchanal@radioaf.se We play it! I was thinking to play some more reggae in the show, what do you think about that? Leave a comment here or email us: bacchanal@radioaf.se

Here is the tracklist:
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Stop That Train
Bob Marley - Jamming
Bob Marley - Revolution
Lavaman - Splash
Brother B - Bad Than We
Berbice - DeMoN
Berbice - Caribbean Girl
Berbice - On The Boat
Berbice - Big Up Yourself
Biggie Irie - Big Girlz
*Live Interview with Mr Traffic: BERBICE from Grenada!*
Berbice ft Shurwayne Winchester - Traffic (remix)
Lava Man - Set Me Free
Kevin Lyttle - Fire
Keron James - Fire
Sizwe C - Fiyah
Ragga - I Need You

Leggo de Gun

This is directed by Remy.

K9 - Leggo De Gun

Caribbean Bacchanal

Hello.
Today we have a special show on Radio AF coz today we doing an interview with Berbice "Mr Traffic" out of Grenada.
Be shure to Logon at 22:00 CET, at www.radioaf.se.

You can also go to our homepage at http://radio.af.lu.se/bacchanal/ and listen after. Just choose the date of the show under "Lyssna i efterhand" and click Go!