Nadia Batson is a soca artist from Trinidad.
Nadia Batson...
WITH THE 2009 touring season winding ...
Nadia Batson is a soca artist from Trinidad.
Nadia Batson...
WITH THE 2009 touring season winding down and focus immediately gravitating to the rigours of nightlife and vocal execution in 2010, soca star Nadia Batson has once again evoked the spirit of the female Carnival lover, offering them the melody and rhythm needed to simply, Keep Wining.
With a groovy melody thats needed in the pre-Christmas, pre-Carnival build up to TTs wining season, the track produced by Julian Jullio Nelson of the Digital Hit Factory and mastered by Madman Johan, draws close to the edge, yet sweetly stays on the safe side by way of Batsons well-tuned vocals.
Keep Wining, is the first of many tantalising tracks to come from Batson, as she is adamant that her music will go beyond the world of soca, beyond even Carnival, and into the homes and hearts of all people.
In a world where the majority of emerging female artists tend to play on their sexuality or ride a wave of controversy all the way to bank, its rare to find true talent in its raw, uncut form, but this scarcity does exist. For a prime example of a diva in the making, you need look no further than Socas hottest new sensation: Nadia Batson.
Having spent years as a major force behind the scenes as a songwriter, producer and one of Trinidad And Tobagos most sought-after background vocalists, Nadia is finally taking her rightful place as one of the Caribbeans premiere solo songstresses and songwriters.
She is best known perhaps for writing a string of chart-topping and title-winning singles in the last few years, starting with her protégé, Young Marcel, for whom she has penned numerous tunes including Jumping Up (which won him the 2002 Junior Soca-Monarch crown), and Bridging The Gap (which took the teen to the Soca Monarch finals in 2003). Young Marcel won his second Junior Soca Monarch title in 2007 with another of Nadias creations Running Red.
She wrote and co-produced the now-classic hit Go Ahead (And Do Dat) for Soca diva and close friend Michelle Sylvester back in 2004. Michelle became a household name in the Caribbean, thanks to that smash, and in 2005 Sylvester went on to win the International Soca Queen and International Groovy Soca Monarch titles singing Nadias Sleeping In My Bed, while another friend and fellow Big Artiste Crew member, Terry Seales, took D Waist all the way to the Soca Monarch finals where he was a crowd favourite.
Nadia continued cranking out the hits, goping on to supply Roy Cape vocalist Rita Jones with Carnival Feeling, Michelle Sylvester with Face Me and Blaxx (of Roy Cape) with the Jouvert anthem Dutty.
Taking her talents overseas, Ms. Batson penned the mega-hit Flames for Barry Chandler (lead singer of the band Jabae), who went on to cop the Party Monarch and Road March titles in Barbados that year. In addition, Expose a song she wrote for Soca band El A Krus female vocalist Tizzy went on to claim second place in Antiguas Party Monarch competition and is now a regional smash as well thanks to the accompanying video which reached Number One on the Tempo channels Caribbean Countdown.
Somehow, Ms. Batson managed to save some hits for herself as well, starting with her Zouk-tinged breakout single, One Island which carried her all the way to the prestigious Soca Monarch Finals (along with Jones and Sylvester) in 2006 where she earned an impressive fourth place.
That same year, fans were delighted to see her begin performing as a lead vocalist with the super-popular Kes The Band, alongside renowned singer/songwriter Kees Dieffenthaller. Since then, she and Kees went on to blaze fetes and clubs with their 2007 Carnival sizzler, My Land which took them to an impressive second place at the International Soca Monarch finals.
In addition, Nadia solidified her stature as a solo singing star with the official ladies anthem for 2007, Caribbean Girl, which took her to her first International Groovy Soca Monarch finals, where she placed third.
Now a household name and a bona fide solo star, Nadia insists theres much more to come, starting with her recently released debut album, Caribbean Girl, but points out above all that shes still the same focused, humble Caribbean Girl that shes always been.
That point is aptly stressed by runaway 2008 hits like the Road March contender My Posse and other big tunes like Mind Your Own Business, Love Of My Life (Meri Zindagi), Chica (featuring Mista Vybe & Iko on the popular Response Riddim) and Confusion.
However, shes ready and willing to go to the furthest reaches that her obviously phenomenal talent can take her. As she sang so aptly in her first hit One Island: I come with a message from above / Comin to fill the place with love...
While many young starlets wrestle to attain the title of Diva, Nadia is content being one of Soca musics most consistent hit-makers, and, above all, she remains forever your Caribbean Girl.
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NEW SONG FOR 2009.
Rikki Jai is ah Trinidadian chutney-soca artiste born Samraj Jaimungal in Friend...
NEW SONG FOR 2009.
Rikki Jai is ah Trinidadian chutney-soca artiste born Samraj Jaimungal in Friendship Village, San Fernando.
The prince of soca chutney, his highness Rikki Jai. Samraj "Rikki" Jai is the most successful crossover entertainer in the world. He has won the Carib Soca Chutney Monarch competition too many times to count, and has been the first Indian performer to make his mark on the soca charts with many different hit tunes. Most recently, he's known for his super hit throughout the soca and chutney universe for his song, Mor Tor. Mor Tor was almost a road march contender for the 2004 carnival season and was so popular that superstar Machel Montano also teamed up with his highness to remix the song.
Rikki Jai is also known for his past super chart topers like Scorpion, Dulahin, de River Lime and the song he broke into the scene with, Sumintra. Rikki Jai is unlike all other artists as he was the first to brake down the barrier, and allow space for 'Indian" soca entertainers to be recognized on the same stage as all the other top artists, although to this day no one has been able to reach the level at which Rikki has achieved success. None the less, he's still and always will be the true Prince of Soca Chutney music.
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The Mighty Trini - Curry Tabanca 1987 ( Robert Elias )
The Mighty Trini - Curry Tabanca 1987 ( Robert Elias )
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Raymond Ramnarine - RUM -2008
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramnarine...
Raymond Ramnarine - RUM -2008
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramnarine - Leader, Arranger, Vocalist
Raymond started his music career at the tender age of 9 years. His love for Indian music has grown tremendously, ever since the early days of Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1985 and 1988 he toured Canada with Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1989 he composed the test-piece "Dostaana" for Saaj Sammelan. Raymond started his 'singing' career then and won the Nationwide Duet Singing Competition together with Saraswatie Maharaj.
In 1991 he toured Jamaica and entered Mastana Bahar and attained 1st place in the Preliminaries and Semi Finals, and 2dn place in the Gtand Final. Also appeared that year at the Indian Cultural Pageant to serenade the queens.
Raymond is today regarded as our most electryfying stage performer. He continues to attract endless attention whenever he performs and is still regarded as our heartrob. The band has just returned from a tour of Holland and Raymond was as usual the pick of the artists amongst many all over the world. He is looking forward to the Father's Day Spectacular with a performance that will have patrons talking for weeks about the event.
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Brand new song from Anil Bheem .
Anil performs as one of the top singers and musicians with most of...
Brand new song from Anil Bheem .
Anil performs as one of the top singers and musicians with most of the top bands in Trinidad and Tobago — J.M.C. Triveni, D. Rampersad Indian Art Orchestra, Dil-e-nadaan, Beena Sangeet and T&TEC Guyatones. He started in music with his family band, Khazana. His mother Premattee Bheem is also well known singer.
Anil sings film, chutney, bhangra and a host of other types of Indian songs. Some of his popular hits include Honeymoon, No Chutney Again, Bahena Bahena, Chook Chook and Jana Jana. He performs regularly in Miami, New York, Toronto and Guyana. He is presently the host of the popular Drive Time Show on 103FM. Catch the Rhythms.
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DIL-E-NADAN & DR.SEALES - KUBIJALKI
DIL-E-NADAN & DR.SEALES - KUBIJALKI
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Anthony Moses Davis (born August 22, 1973[1] in Kingston, Jamaica), better known by his stage name B...
Anthony Moses Davis (born August 22, 1973[1] in Kingston, Jamaica), better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a popular reggae entertainer and a well established dancehall artist. He is the younger brother of reggae artist Kirk "Little Kirk" Davis
Nisha Bissambhar at the age of 15 made a decision that forever changed her life - a decision to sing. At that point she was still at high-school - a (forth form) student of the Lakshmi Girls Hindu College. From then on Nisha has continued following up her dream as a singer and since then has achieved nearly all heights of her singing.
In 1995 Nisha entered the first ever series of The Children of Mastana where she placed 2nd on a number of consecutive times. A year later she was a grand finalist in Mastana Bahar where she was placed 6th. She was later awarded The Contribution to Youth Excellence by Jamal Mohammed for Children of Mastana. She was then given the task amongst other top local young artistes to judge for the competition. This was done for two years.
She went on to successfully complete her studies at her High School with distinctions in English Language subjects. She continued her education upliftment by assigning herself to a number of studies, mainly computer literacy. She worked at the Republic Bank of Trinidad and Toabgo and at present she is currently pursueing her dream as a radio broadcaster and is a trainee at Radio 90.1 FM.
In 1999, Nisha's song The Scorpion took Trinidad by storm and was eventually voted as the 2nd best song of the Millennium. She also did three CDs - Music to Make you Dance; Chutney Y2K Virus and High Energy, all of which were done together with her home band.
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DJ PHAZE - Radica .De Hoe
Radica Paraboo
When Kenneth Salick went down on his knees at Skinner Par...
DJ PHAZE - Radica .De Hoe
Radica Paraboo
When Kenneth Salick went down on his knees at Skinner Park, San Fernando, and poured his heart out, the subject of his love, Radica Paraboo, was watching him on television.
"I cried," she said in an interview on Monday.
She said he reminded her of the young man who courted her in the village where they both lived.
Salick, who composed the song "Radica" when she walked out of his life 16 years ago, took the Chutney Soca Monarch crown valued at $200,000 with a powerful rendition of the song during the finals held at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Saturday night.
Though separated, the couple share a love that has endured from childhood through the years.
Radica said she had only good wishes for Salick and is "really happy for him".
She said, "I saw him while he was coming home after winning the competition but we did not get a chance to talk."
The two fell in love during childhood. Radica recalled that Salick "used to ride his bicycle up and down the road and we began talking to each other".
Salick summoned the courage to visit the Paraboo family and meet her grandfather. The teenager was pregnant at 17 and went to live with Salick. In the years that followed she gave birth to seven children.
She said she left because Salick was involved with another woman.
He took the children and moved to Eastern Main Road, Sangre Chiquito.
Left alone, Radica, 40, entered a relationship and had two other children while Salick fathered another child with the new woman in his life.
They are both single again and they both live separately in the same village at Melau, Vega de Oropouche, Sangre Grande.
Since the release of the song "Radica", there have been two replies in the chutney soca arena.
Brandstec singer, Rawytee Ramroop, sang an Asha Gajadhar composition saying, "Since I left you, I am so happy. You didn't say how you ill treat me, I had to leave."
Gayatones singer Devika Ram's reply titled "Wrong Name" suggested that Salick called her Radica instead of Devika and "that was why I went to Tobago."
They were both wrong.
Celebrations are in order and the Salicks are rejoicing. Radica Paraboo included!
Kenneth Salick said ---
First love is hard to forget, or so the saying goes.
It certainly wins the day for the chutney soca couple who, after 16 years of separation, continue to nurture warm feeling for each other, they said.
Radica Paraboo, who inspired her forlorn ex-husband to pen the song that won him the Chutney Soca Monarch title this year, will share in the $200,000 prize money.
Suddenly a celebrity, Kenneth Salick said he will share the prize with the mother of his seven children.
"I want to give she something," he said yesterday. "Ah doh know how much it going to be as yet."
Salick, 46, of Eastern Main Road, Sangre Grande, wrote the song after Paraboo left him in 1993.
"Is because of her I wrote the song and she deserve to share in the prize," he said.
He took the title from ten finalists at Skinner Park, San Fernando, last Saturday night, when the public gave him 11,625 text votes to win.
Meantime, fame is opening doors for him.
Salick has applied for a passport and will travel abroad as soon as Carnival is over to perform with Dil-e-Nadan. And he continues to perform nightly at venues across the country.
Growing up in Sangre Grande, Salick began singing 20 years ago with the Sangeet Stars Orchestra and joined several bands over the years. In 2000, he recorded his first song, "We Are One", followed by "Ram, Sita Ram". So far, he has recorded 15 songs with Zaheer "Big Rich" Khan at the Pungalunks factory in Couva and three with the Gayatones orchestra.
His songs include "A Woman in Meh Village", "Hard Wine", "The Bamboo", "Coalpot", "Tune de Thing", and others.
With a tour of the US in the works, Salick said he hopes to stay in the limelight for a long time. He has composed over 100 songs and has a CD on sale.
"The first thing I want to do with the prize money is to buy a house," he said.
Paraboo said she will use whatever money she is given by her ex-lover to buy a small house. She lives in a rented apartment and receives a monthly public assistance cheque.
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Raymond Ramnarine - Moonlight Lady
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramna...
Raymond Ramnarine - Moonlight Lady
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramnarine - Leader, Arranger, Vocalist
Raymond started his music career at the tender age of 9 years. His love for Indian music has grown tremendously, ever since the early days of Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1985 and 1988 he toured Canada with Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1989 he composed the test-piece "Dostaana" for Saaj Sammelan. Raymond started his 'singing' career then and won the Nationwide Duet Singing Competition together with Saraswatie Maharaj.
In 1991 he toured Jamaica and entered Mastana Bahar and attained 1st place in the Preliminaries and Semi Finals, and 2dn place in the Gtand Final. Also appeared that year at the Indian Cultural Pageant to serenade the queens.
Raymond is today regarded as our most electryfying stage performer. He continues to attract endless attention whenever he performs and is still regarded as our heartrob. The band has just returned from a tour of Holland and Raymond was as usual the pick of the artists amongst many all over the world. He is looking forward to the Father's Day Spectacular with a performance that will have patrons talking for weeks about the event.
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Neeshan D Hitman Prabhoo
- Whole Day Liming
Neeshan Prabhoo has been slowly rising over the last f...
Neeshan D Hitman Prabhoo
- Whole Day Liming
Neeshan Prabhoo has been slowly rising over the last five years. This year, the 30-year-old from Todds Roads, Central, takes aim at the crown with Whole Day Liming, a song that is also called trouble. Trudy Parboo, his publicist, said the song was written by Prabhoo and speaks about a man liming all day and decides to run away from stress after a family argument. Parboo said DHitman has been to the finals in 2008 with Drunk and Married, a song he recorded with Dile-e-Nadan.
DHitman also appeared on the big stage in 2005 and 2007. Doh Hold Me Back was his first chutney song that was recorded in 1997. Prabhoo took a break from singing and recorded his most sought-after tune, More Rum For Me, better known as Listen Mr Shanka in 2004.
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Angels Caribbean Band, led by Amar "Vinod" Bisram, is New York's most versatile Caribbean live band consisting of a team of dynamic and talented musicians and singers from various Caribbean islands. Angels Caribbean Band made their professional debut in June 1994.
The original concept behind the formation of this group is to promote and preserve Caribbean arts, culture and heritage. Angels Caribbean Band has enjoyed remarkable success and continues to be trendsetters since they exploded upon America's Indo-Caribbean music scene.
With the ability to play different types of music, the group had the privilege to accompany most of the top named Caribbean artistes including the late 'Godfather of Chutney Music' Sundar Popo, Terry Gajraj, Rooplal G, Chris Garcia, Ricky Jai, Crazy, Baron, Calypso Rose, Kris Ramkhelawan, Soca Raja, Ashnie, Sunny Man, Heeralall Rampertab, Apache Waria, Arawak Indian, Sammy Baksh, Yankarran Brothers, Jameer Hosein, Rasika Dindiyal, Devindra Pooran, Daveanand Gatoo, Videsh Sookoo, Adesh, Rick Ramdehal, and many more. Angels Caribbean Band was also fortunate to share the same stage with Dave Martins and The Tradewinds, Arrow, Traffic, Krossfyah, The Mighty Sparrow.
Angels Caribbean Band had many memorable performances throughout America, which includes the world famous Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, The Nassau Coliseum, Six Flags Theme Park, Disney Amphitheater, Albany and Baltimore Carnival, Queens Day Festival, Jamaica Arts & Music Festival, New York's Annual Phagwah Parade in NY and many more.
The group has been honored many times for their contribution towards numerous charitable events.
Top ranked professional musicians are Vinod on keyboards/arranger, Ramdeo on bass guitar, Charles on rhythm/lead guitar, Ronald on dholak/tabla/congas, Freddy on second keyboard, Mitch and Anselm on Trumpet, Ramesh and Jive on Saxophone and Vikash on drums. Lead female vocalists are New York's Sensations, Geeta Bisram and Tricia Allyen. Lead male vocalist is Dexter M.
The sound (P.A) is provided by Angels Sound Reinforcement. Sound Engineer is Vijay and technicians are Shaun, Drex and Richard.
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The latest music from Trinidad .
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
The latest music from Trinidad .
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
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Trinidadian chutney singer, Lalchan De Hunter Babwa
Drupatee Ramgoonai was born in Penal, Trinidad....
Trinidadian chutney singer, Lalchan De Hunter Babwa
Drupatee Ramgoonai was born in Penal, Trinidad. She started singing alongside her mother & in the temples at a young age then went on to learn Classical at the feet of her trainer Ustad James Ramsawak a vetran in the field. She also gained exposure on Mastana Bahar & the Indian cultural pageant winning the local song category in 1983 & 1984 respectively. Her repertoire back then included local classical, bhajans, local songs & film songs. She also had some formal vocal training in Indian Classical music from classes under the well acclaimed Professor Adesh.
Drupatee recorded her first crossover tune in 1987 entitled Chutney Soca & gained moderate success in the calypso tents. The following year she had her mega hit Mr Bissessar (Roll up de Tassa) which brought her international acclaim and served as the nursery for this genre of music called CHUTNEY SOCA resulting in a commercial market being created for this type of music as well. She was consistent for many years with hits such as Pepper, Hotter than a chulha, Careless Driver, Motilal, Tassawalley, Manzalina etc & even the Monster hit Real Unity with Machel Montano. Some of her more recent contributions include: Mohana bina Gowna, Doh beat yuh wife, Parosin Maco-ing, D wedding song, Chutney Soca Wine, Violin etc.
Drupatee has won Nafieta awards & various trophies plus other awards for her unmatched contribution to Chutney Soca Music. She is the regarded as the Chutney Soca Queen for the blending of these musical styles were the messages in some of her songs like Chutney Soca, Hotter than a chulha & Special Brew. In recent years Drupatee has even started doing soca parang at Christmas time with songs such as Chutney Parang & Fruit cake.
She created history as being the first woman of East Indian Descent to sing Calypso/Soca & almost copped the Road March Title in T&T in 1988 coming second in the race. Drupatee is well known throughout the world for her hot & spicy Chutney Soca performances. She has performed throughout the Caribbean, North America, Europe & even India alongside many internationally renowned stars. Up to this day Drupatee continues to realease tasteful music & do various performances across the globe and is still a force to be reckoned with.
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Original Singer is Kishore Kumar - INDIA
Parichay is a 1972 Indian film directed by Gulzar. The mov...
Original Singer is Kishore Kumar - INDIA
Parichay is a 1972 Indian film directed by Gulzar. The movie is inspired by The Sound of Music, but at the same time is not an exact copy of the original. Starring Jeetendra Jaya Bhaduri Pran Sanjeev Kumar Veena Asrani. Music by R.D. Burman....
Awards;
* National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer-Lata Mangeshkar......
Kishore Kumar (Hindi: किशोर कुमार) (August 4, 1929 -- October 13, 1987) was an Indian film playback singer and comic actor. He also achieved notable successes as a lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar has sung in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali (his mother tongue), Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. Along with Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi, he was one of the three leading male Bollywood playback singers from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. He holds the record for most number of Filmfare Awards won for Best Male Playback Singer
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Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramnarine - Leader, Arranger, Vocalist
R...
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramnarine - Leader, Arranger, Vocalist
Raymond started his music career at the tender age of 9 years. His love for Indian music has grown tremendously, ever since the early days of Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1985 and 1988 he toured Canada with Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1989 he composed the test-piece "Dostaana" for Saaj Sammelan. Raymond started his 'singing' career then and won the Nationwide Duet Singing Competition together with Saraswatie Maharaj.
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.DENISE BELFON
She's now rated as One of the Caribbean's Hottest Artistes. Known to her fans as "Saucy Wow" for her energetic, scintillating performances, she has also earned the titles of Soca Diva and Caribbean Soca Dancehall Queen.
Her stunning stage act and music has been seen and heard by audiences throughout the Caribbean, across North America, even across the Atlantic in London, wherever the Caribbean diaspora can be found. Over the years she has also become a favourite with the US College circuit. Just plug her name into any search engine on the Internet, you are guaranteed to get over 700 hits.
With her long awaited debut album scheduled to be released in November 2004, it is without a doubt that she is poised to take the world by storm. Indeed, the time has come to show the world what Denise 'Saucy Wow' Belfon is all about.
Denise Ann Sinoda Belfon was born on November 23, 1968 in Trinidad and Tobago. As a young girl in school, she was a football player, and was even offered a scholarship to Howard University to join the all Girls football team. However, an injury at the time prevented her from taking up the opportunity.
Denise's other love from an early age was the arts. She has been singing since the age of 9, and has also been a dancer and a model. When she was not in the spotlight, Denise taught gymnastics at the Belmont Junior Secondary school and at the YMCA.
In 1990, Denise was discovered by the bandleader of Roy Cape. She started singing professionally with the band Black Sheep, before moving on to Sound Revolution. Her first solo recording was the soca hit "Ka Ka Lay Lay".
Since then, Denise has gone on to become the most forceful female solo act in the Caribbean, having recorded a string of hit singles: Hard Wuk", "De Jammette", "Saucy Baby", and "Indian Man", that continue to draw frenzy from audiences and partygoers across the Caribbean and in the diaspora.
These songs and many others have earned Denise the rank as one of the Caribbean's top talents.
"After I started with the band Black Sheep, I was encouraged by the performances of Super Blue and Denise Plummer to pursue a solo career. I would also say that Aretha Franklin, Billie Halliday and Mahalia Jackson have been my musical influences since I started in this business. Their work has always intrigued me."
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Raymond Ramnarine - Angel in Heaven - 2008
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramnarine - Angel in Heaven - 2008
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
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Original singer is Mohammed Rafi (1967) - India
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
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Original singer is Mohammed Rafi (1967) - India
Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramnarine - Leader, Arranger, Vocalist
Raymond started his music career at the tender age of 9 years. His love for Indian music has grown tremendously, ever since the early days of Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1985 and 1988 he toured Canada with Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1989 he composed the test-piece "Dostaana" for Saaj Sammelan. Raymond started his 'singing' career then and won the Nationwide Duet Singing Competition together with Saraswatie Maharaj.
In 1991 he toured Jamaica and entered Mastana Bahar and attained 1st place in the Preliminaries and Semi Finals, and 2dn place in the Gtand Final. Also appeared that year at the Indian Cultural Pageant to serenade the queens.
Raymond is today regarded as our most electryfying stage performer. He continues to attract endless attention whenever he performs and is still regarded as our heartrob. The band has just returned from a tour of Holland and Raymond was as usual the pick of the artists amongst many all over the world. He is looking forward to the Father's Day Spectacular with a performance that will have patrons talking for weeks about the event.
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Radica Paraboo
When Kenneth Salick went down on his knees at Skinner Park, San Fernando, and poured...
Radica Paraboo
When Kenneth Salick went down on his knees at Skinner Park, San Fernando, and poured his heart out, the subject of his love, Radica Paraboo, was watching him on television.
"I cried," she said in an interview on Monday.
She said he reminded her of the young man who courted her in the village where they both lived.
Salick, who composed the song "Radica" when she walked out of his life 16 years ago, took the Chutney Soca Monarch crown valued at $200,000 with a powerful rendition of the song during the finals held at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Saturday night.
Though separated, the couple share a love that has endured from childhood through the years.
Radica said she had only good wishes for Salick and is "really happy for him".
She said, "I saw him while he was coming home after winning the competition but we did not get a chance to talk."
The two fell in love during childhood. Radica recalled that Salick "used to ride his bicycle up and down the road and we began talking to each other".
Salick summoned the courage to visit the Paraboo family and meet her grandfather. The teenager was pregnant at 17 and went to live with Salick. In the years that followed she gave birth to seven children.
She said she left because Salick was involved with another woman.
He took the children and moved to Eastern Main Road, Sangre Chiquito.
Left alone, Radica, 40, entered a relationship and had two other children while Salick fathered another child with the new woman in his life.
They are both single again and they both live separately in the same village at Melau, Vega de Oropouche, Sangre Grande.
Since the release of the song "Radica", there have been two replies in the chutney soca arena.
Brandstec singer, Rawytee Ramroop, sang an Asha Gajadhar composition saying, "Since I left you, I am so happy. You didn't say how you ill treat me, I had to leave."
Gayatones singer Devika Ram's reply titled "Wrong Name" suggested that Salick called her Radica instead of Devika and "that was why I went to Tobago."
They were both wrong.
Celebrations are in order and the Salicks are rejoicing. Radica Paraboo included!
Kenneth Salick said ---
First love is hard to forget, or so the saying goes.
It certainly wins the day for the chutney soca couple who, after 16 years of separation, continue to nurture warm feeling for each other, they said.
Radica Paraboo, who inspired her forlorn ex-husband to pen the song that won him the Chutney Soca Monarch title this year, will share in the $200,000 prize money.
Suddenly a celebrity, Kenneth Salick said he will share the prize with the mother of his seven children.
"I want to give she something," he said yesterday. "Ah doh know how much it going to be as yet."
Salick, 46, of Eastern Main Road, Sangre Grande, wrote the song after Paraboo left him in 1993.
"Is because of her I wrote the song and she deserve to share in the prize," he said.
He took the title from ten finalists at Skinner Park, San Fernando, last Saturday night, when the public gave him 11,625 text votes to win.
Meantime, fame is opening doors for him.
Salick has applied for a passport and will travel abroad as soon as Carnival is over to perform with Dil-e-Nadan. And he continues to perform nightly at venues across the country.
Growing up in Sangre Grande, Salick began singing 20 years ago with the Sangeet Stars Orchestra and joined several bands over the years. In 2000, he recorded his first song, "We Are One", followed by "Ram, Sita Ram". So far, he has recorded 15 songs with Zaheer "Big Rich" Khan at the Pungalunks factory in Couva and three with the Gayatones orchestra.
His songs include "A Woman in Meh Village", "Hard Wine", "The Bamboo", "Coalpot", "Tune de Thing", and others.
With a tour of the US in the works, Salick said he hopes to stay in the limelight for a long time. He has composed over 100 songs and has a CD on sale.
"The first thing I want to do with the prize money is to buy a house," he said.
Paraboo said she will use whatever money she is given by her ex-lover to buy a small house. She lives in a rented apartment and receives a monthly public assistance cheque.
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Dil-E-Nadan Indian Orchestra is from Trinidad
Raymond Ramnarine - Leader, Arranger, Vocalist
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Raymond started his music career at the tender age of 9 years. His love for Indian music has grown tremendously, ever since the early days of Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1985 and 1988 he toured Canada with Dil-E-Nadaan. In 1989 he composed the test-piece "Dostaana" for Saaj Sammelan. Raymond started his 'singing' career then and won the Nationwide Duet Singing Competition together with Saraswatie Maharaj.
In 1991 he toured Jamaica and entered Mastana Bahar and attained 1st place in the Preliminaries and Semi Finals, and 2dn place in the Gtand Final. Also appeared that year at the Indian Cultural Pageant to serenade the queens.
Raymond is today regarded as our most electryfying stage performer. He continues to attract endless attention whenever he performs and is still regarded as our heartrob. The band has just returned from a tour of Holland and Raymond was as usual the pick of the artists amongst many all over the world. He is looking forward to the Father's Day Spectacular with a performance that will have patrons talking for weeks about the event.
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Dil - E - Nadan Band - Raymond Ramnarine and Karma Band - Nisha B
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