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Chutney soca is one of the original soca styles started by Lord Shorty [27] that contains strong East Indian musical influences; It is a soca style that originates in Trinidad and Tobago; many of the songs have both English and "Hindi" lyrics. The term Chutney soca was coined by the Indo-Trini artist, Drupatee Ramgoonai in 1987 when she ...
He continues to record music and his earlier songs are considered classic soca compositions, used in Panorama competitions. He made a return to the Soca Monarch stage in 2013 with his song "Fantastic Friday," and captured the International Power Soca Monarch title in a tie with the defending champion, Machel Montano .
A calypso artist born in Trinidad, Lord Shorty decided to infuse the rhythms of East India with that of West Africa. That music became soca which, as opposed to the socially-conscious calypso was ...
The music of Trinidad and Tobago is best known for its calypso music, soca music, chutney music, and steelpan. Calypso's internationally noted performances in the 1950s from native artists such as Lord Melody, Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow. The art form was most popularised at that time by Harry Belafonte.
Crazy was the first artist to sing a "Parang Soca" song (mixing soca and hymnal Latin music) in 1978. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] His debut album, Crazy's Super Album , was released in 1979 and sold over 35,000 copies in his home country.
Erphaan Alves was born on 23 November 1991, in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, where he grew up with his parents and brother.He attended Rosary Boy's RC Primary School in Port of Spain, then went on to St. George's College, Barataria where he participated in several competitions, and was the lead male vocalist of the school's parang group. [4]
He performed alongside Nitin Mukesh in 1996, Shah Rukh Khan in 1999, formed Karma in 2003 together with his Father, Brother, and Sister (“Jeewanlal, Anil, and Nisha Bissambhar”), got hired by radio channel 90.5 FM in 2002, performed with Kumar Sanu at the 90.5 FM cook out competition in 2004, was chosen to open the Bollywood Music Awards ...
Drupatee Ramgoonai (pronounced [drʊpəti raːməɡʊɳaːjə]; born 2 March 1958) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian chutney and chutney soca musician. She was responsible for coining the term "chutney soca" in 1987 with her first album, entitled Chutney Soca, which included both English and Hindustani versions of the songs.