Tag Archives: Soca

Carnival, Entertainment

Grenadians make 2020 International Soca Monarch Finals

Grenadian stars secured their spots in the finalists of the 2020 International Soca Monarch (ISM) in Trinidad.

The Caribbean Prestige Foundation just released the list of finalists for the ISM after hours of competition on Sunday, 2 February 2020 at the Arima Velodrome. 

Luni Spark & Electrify will be singing Bacchanal Party in the Power Soca category while Skinny Banton will sing Wrong Again in the Groovy Soca finals. 

Though Teddy Rhymez who competed in Groovy semi-finals with Stink Behaviour did not make the cut, he may have an opportunity to be back in the competition through a social media poll if selected as one of 5 by the ISM team. The Caribbean Prestige Foundation introduced the ‘Fan Fave’ which will give fans the opportunity to vote one of 5 artistes who competed in the semi-finals but didn’t make it to the finals back into the competition.

ARTISTEPOWER SOCA SONG
Iwer GeorgeStage gone bad
Luni Spark & ElectrifyBacchanal Party
LyrikalRukshun
Mical TejaBumper Murder
OlatunjiThankful
PreedyShell it
Problem ChildNasty Up
Prophet BenjaminBetty Cat
RomeEasy to Break
Shal MarshallBun Up
Trinidad GhostI ain’t see

Sixty-two (62) artistes competed on Sunday in the semi-finals, 32 in the Groovy Soca category and 30 in the Power Soca category.

ARTISTEGROOVY SOCA SONG
Asten IsaacI.O.U.
BlaxxCanboulay
College Boy JesseHappy Song
Ding DongOutside
IsaiahSoca Slide
Kerry JohnGo Away
LeadpipeSometimes
PreedyYuh Bad
RayzorDread Tabanca
RomeGood Good
Skinny BantonWrong Again

Mr. Killa from Grenada is the defending Power Soca Monarch and Swappi from Trinidad is the reigning Groovy Soca Monarch. The finals of the International Soca Monarch will be held on Carnival Friday, 21 February 2020 in Trinidad. 

Entertainment, Fitness

Soca song by Hitz goes global with Zumba

by Chrislyn Lashington

Grenadian singer and songwriter Andrew Hitz Phillip now has his song playing all over the globe. One of his Spicemas 2019 releases, Whistle & Work was picked up by Zumba, an international dance fitness company based in 180 countries reaching 15 million people. 

The song was released through the Zumba Instructor Network on 4 December, and already has videos on social media showing Zumba classes in South Korea, Ireland, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and others working out to Whistle & Work. 

Last night (Wednesday, 11 December), Hitz got an opportunity to see dance fitness live to his song in Grenada for the first time at the 4th Annual Zumba Party by licensed Zumba Instructor Chrislyn Lashington. 

He says that it’s an amazing and eye-opening feeling to have the honor of getting a song onto the Zumba 84th instructor compilation. To see the places and people it’s connecting, through dance fitness, is truly humbling. 

This is the second time a song he’s written and produced landed on the Zumba network, the first was In We Blood performed by Machel Montano.

Entertainment

Tamantha Chole releases music video for In We Blood

by Chrislyn Lashington

Tamantha Chole released a music video for her Spicemas 2019 release “In we blood.” 

The 5-minute video show Tammy and her girlfriends on the most fun road trip at various scenic points in Grenada. They dance on a boat, at Levera Pond, on Grand Anse beach, on a moving Jeep…you get the point they were dancing everywhere!

Tamantha is seen rocking waist length braids and multiple outfits in the video produced by Sonix.  

Released just about 14 hours ago, it already has 1 thousand, seven hundred views on YouTube.