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Latest gossip headlining the social sphere of Caribbean music.

UK Groovy Monarch Winner 2020 

During the Digital edition for Notting Hill Carnival 2020, saw one of our home grown talents Ms Desire take the title with her winning song "Soca Raised Me".

Congratulations to Ms Desire and her management. Check out the winning performance below:

Notting HIll Carnival - Digital Edition 2020 

Like many special Carnivals around the globe, the pandemic has put a real spanner in the works for those are involved in the heart of the culture, as well as those who look forward to London's proudest and European's largest Carnival.

We can still enjoy the vibes this year, especially for those who have never attended a Notting Hill Carnival. To get involved in the action on a digital scale, check out the preview video below

Check the official website right here:

SIGN UP HERE - NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL LTD

Cyber Monarch 2020 

On Friday 7th August saw the first ever Cyber Monarch for Spice Mas due to the pandemic. With music flowing and vibes to play ah mass resonating with fellow Grenadians, the event had its usual backlash of controversy with the final call of the results.

Some felt it was a fix with Boyzie yet again winning while others like Lednek and Terror D Governor were not among the top 3 of this year's overall combined Monarch results, despite having a great track & performance on the night. We shall see what 2021 has for these artists as patrons will ring out their favourite jab song of the season.

Here are the official Cyber Monarch results:

 

1st - Boyzie - Song "Headache"

 

2nd - Dash - Song "What Happen"

 

3rd - Luni Sparks and Electrify - Song "Jab Lives Matter"

 

 

People's Choice - Boyzie

Nailah Blackman - Grammy Worthy 

Mid July saw us treated by the announcement of the young talented Soca Star Nailah, who's been invited to join the Recording Academy. Their responsible for the Grammy awards.

With that being said, there's now a real possible chance that the twin island songstress will be eligible to be nominated for a Grammy. For the artist and the Soca Community this is news we want to hear and keep pushing as Soca music still thrives to be recognised as an official genre in some highly established platforms such as iTunes.

Her team are making the necessary adjustments for future and we now watch this space with gleaming eyes.

FULL STORY: NEWSDAY TT

Vincy Mas Virtual Soca & Calypso Monarch 2020 

In the first week of July would have seen the highly anticipated Vincy Mas Soca Monarch take place. With the current pandemic it was done by showcasing it as a virtual spectacle which commenced on 4th & 5th July.

 

Click Here for Highlights of Ragga / Soca Monarch & courtesy of STV Online

Click Here for Highlights of the Calypso Monarch courtesy of STV Online

Your respected winners of this years Virtual Competitions are;

Virtual Soca Monarch King

SICKO (IG: @sicko_music) - Song "Jam"

 

 

Virtual Ragga Soca Monarch Winner

D-FUSION (IG: @dfusion.music784) - Song "Lock Down"

 


Joint Virtual Calypso Winner  

SHENA - Song "Quashegunny"

 

Joint Virtual Calypso Winner 

CHEWALEE (IG: @chewalee_rumist) - Song "Mas Debating"

 

Pictures courtesy of SEARCHLIGHT VC

Quarantine Roadmarch? 

With pretty much most of the year written off with the destruction of Covid 19, some artists have taken this time to reflect and give us Quarantine anthems to remember. Before i get into my top picks currently floating about, we say salute to Viking Ding Dong for first recognising this and refixing his Soca release from Trinidad called "Outside".

DJ Jel and I had a chat about potential Road March singles in the We Bleed Soca group, as more content grow. If there was such a competition which song would take it for you? Here's my top picks below;

 

Viking Ding Dong - We Inside 🇹🇹

 

Ricardo Drue - Homesick 🇦🇬

 

Signal Band ft Shelly - Inside 🇩🇲

 

Boyzie - Need Ah Fete 🇬🇩

 

Wetty Beatz - Tings Go Nice Again 🇻🇨

 

Voice - By Any Means 🇹🇹

 

Mic Love - Corona Don't Run From Me 🇻🇮

 

Dynamite - Corona 🇻🇨

 

Spectrum Band - Corona Mash Up 🇻🇮

 

Snoopy x Mental x Lizardman x Mad Z - Corona Haul You Mc 🇬🇩

 

Triniboi Joocie - Quarantine 🇹🇹🇬🇧

 

This last song was just beautiful and will definitely sweet your hearts when you hear the medley. I've chosen this one as a bonus one to watch. I've decided to include different genre of music but for me its as sweet as Soca. Coming out of the African nations of Kenya & Uganda its Bobi Wine and All Stars 🇰🇪🇺🇬

 

Until we meet again Digglets, stay safe.

 

You Mad Or Wah?! 

During the pandemic, many artists either were doing clashes or representations of their hits. Kerwin DuBois took to his Instagram to allow raw talent to shine. He called this time "SPUT SHOW" or also known as "Sing Produce Unleash Talent" . See an example below.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by Kerwin Du Bois (@kerwindubois) on

 

Like many talent shows we also seem to get someone who stands out from the rest and he came in the form of man called "Super Pink" also now going by the name of "Trinidad Mad Man" who has definitely crossed the borders of talking about subjects that in previous years was unheard of. He will definitely be remembered for his latest single "Married" check it out below.

 

 

International Soca Monarch 2020 - Results 

After several bad starts from the production team, its fair to say a lot of the regional artists felt a lil sabotage with their performances. Some will definitely feel they had been hard done with the results despite a few stand out peformances. But here are the results for this year's new two kings of International Soca Monarch 2020.

 

GROOVY MONARCH WINNER:

 

1st - COLLEGE BOY JESSE - HAPPY SONG

2nd - SWAPPI - JUMBIE HEAD

3rd - VIKING DING DONG - WE OUTSIDE

 

POWER MONARCH WINNER:

 

1st - IWER GEORGE - STAGE GONE BAD

2nd - LYRIKAL - RUKSHUN

3rd - OLATUNJI - THANKFUL

International Soca Monarch Finals 2020 

Machel Monday 2020 - The Finale 

The Soca World will be watching near and far as Machel Montano invites us to join him for his extended reception. This is sure to be a special event. (Links are subject to change throughout the night)

Showtime:

1:00am - LONDON (UK)

2:00am - BERLIN (EUROPE)

8:00pm - NY (USA)

12:00pm - SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA)

5:00am - MOSCOW (RUSSIA)

9:00am - TOKYO (JAPAN)

 

LINK 1 - FOR YOU

LINK 2 - FOR US