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Dead Or Alive on Video

Shurwayne Winchester and his band Caribbean Traffik Jam worked last week on the video of the roadmarch song 2k5 "Dead Or Alive" which will be released in April. As last year with "De Band Coming", they hope that they will win again in the "Soca Video Production" category at Soca Awards.

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The Nookie Man goes international?

With his big 2004 hit "Nookie" the vincy artist Jamesy P. is heading for international success. It is said that he already signed a record deal.

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Hail the soca queen Alison Hinds

Read why Alison Hinds is the soca queen (article). Still, the main question is: What will happen to Square One?

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Soca Warriors coming

Another tune for the Trinbagonian football team Soca Warriors: Bunji Garlin voiced a tune on the Pot of Gold - Riddim called "Warriors coming". Check it out on Trini Bashment.

New post-carnival Riddims

Usually most soca productions are released near a carnival. This year we have to nice riddims which came shortly after this years Trinidad season:
Mystic Riddim is a nice slowtempo soca riddim with steel drums. Best tunes are "Soca" by Mr. Slaughter and Nicky Cordner's "Only you".
Remember Elephant Man's "Bun Badmin", which was the most played tune of Notting Hill Carnival 2004? This riddim came out on several labels over the years. Now there's a soca version: Soca Tabernacle. Featured artists are Bunji Garlin ("Wave something"), Wanski, Fayann and more.

Soca CD Project - Relaunch

The Soca CD Project, a database for - you guessed it - Soca CDs has relaunched its website. The Site features an archive of plenty records, often including Soundsamples, as well as a newsblog - definitely worth checking out.

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Caribbean Warriors

The German soccer magazine Kicker writes about the Soca Warriors and Trinidad & Tobago. Funny thing about this is the translation of "Soca Warriors": Fußball Krieger (soccer warriors).. Kicker might know a lot about football, but they lack the basics in music. :D

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15th Annual Rapso Fest

Veteran Rapso artist Brother Resistence
The Festival for Rapso and the Oral Tradition, Rapso Fest, will take place from May 1 -12. The festival, in its 15th year, will pay tribute to Felix Edinborough for his contribution to the promotion of the Pierrot Grenade tradition.

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Traditional mas characters explained

In the current issue of the BWIA - magazine Caribbean Beat you can find a nice article about traditional carnival characters of Trinidad: from Burrokeets and Dame Lorraine to Midnite Robbers.

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Guyana carnival canceled

Due to the floods in Guyana several fetes and the main carnival procession have been canceled!

[ad] 2k5 Soca CDs now available at faluma.com

Visit faluma.com to check all new 2k5 Soca CDs from Trinidad Carnival.

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Shurwayne does it again

Shurwayne Winchester has become the first Soca Artiste to repeat as winner of the Roadmarch competition since the legendary Superblue did it from 1991 to 1993. Shurwayne's Tune "Dead Or Alive" was by far the most played Tune along the judging points, leaving no chance to other contenders like Destra's "Fly", Machel Montano's "Madder Than Dat" or KMC's "First Experience".

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Chalkdust wins Calypso Monarch

Hollis Liverpool aka Chalkdust won at the Dimanche Gras Calypso Monarch competition on Sunday, singing "I In Town Too Long" And "Ah Doh Rhyme". Second finished Cro Cro (Weston Rawlins) with his songs "Oh Grenada" and "Chop Off Yuh Hand", while Singing Sandra (Sandra Des Vignes) came in third.

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Phase II wins Panorama Finals

Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove with Arranger Len "Boogsie" Sharpe won at the Panorama Finals last night, playing "Trini Gone Wild" by Colin Lucas. They finished ahead of Sagicor Exodus, who played "From Beyond" by De Fosto, arranged by Pelham Goddard; third were Witco Desperadoes with their Clive Bradley-arranged version of Oba's "Action".

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