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Caribbean American Arts Review (CAAR) is about identifying, objectively discussing & preserving the music, dance, theatre, poetry, fine arts, books, modeling, fashion and cinematography of the Americas. In every way possible, the management of CAAR will endeavour to:
1) scrutinizingly put the spotlight on the creators, movers and shakers behind the art products of the Americas;
2. appropriately sh
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The Soca Artiste LEDNEK from Grenada does it again [in my best Australian accent]
This one belongs to the annals of The Best Artistic Storytelling Videos of Soca.
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MANDELLA LINKZ BRINGS SERIOUS COMMENTARY TO GROOVY SOCA
Mandella Linkz is continuing to highlight the burning issues of the day in his soca creations. In "Visit," he hits us with yet another powerful message in his music.
"Visit" is a song for today. It tells it as it is and appeals for divine intervention.
The talented songwriter, composer and recording artiste sings:
"Hear me out oh Lord, I know you see what I see.
Hear me out oh Father, is poor people that feel the pressure."
As we listen to and enjoy this music with a message that's needed, may we reflect on all that we have the power to do — to bring about the changes we need so badly.
The link: https://youtu.be/-y_eiTlQcss
Gerry Hopkins JD
Managing Editor & Consultant
Caribbean American Arts Review | CAAR
Written by: Mandella inkzProduced by: Back Ah Yard Records / PowA MusicMixed by: Can't Stop RecordsMastered by: PowA MasteringGraphics by: Logic X Design
GRENADA'S TALENTED SCORPION, HAS PASSED
My condolences to Scorpion's family and close friends. I would never forget the many encounters in which I had the privilege of interacting with this uniquely talented and creatively flamboyant brother, in and around Don Charles' Recording Studio in La Baye.
Scorpi was never too busy to entertain the many questions I had as a curious and fascinated teenager, during those days.
May his soul rest in peace, as we celebrate his life and his cultural legacy, embodied in the many contributions he made through his melodic singing, his unique wardrobing, and his skillful playing of multiple instruments, especially the steel pan.🙏🏾
Gerry Hopkins JD
Managing Editor & Consultant
Caribbean American Arts Review| CAAR
Link to one of Scorpion's love performances, compliments of GBTV (Gentle Benjamin):
https://youtu.be/XFvxySkt9Tk
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Billboard Creates US Chart For Afrobeats Songs After Ditching Reggae Song Chart
Two years after Billboard discontinued its Reggae Digital Song Sales chart, the magazine announced yesterday that it has joined forces with the music festival and global Afrobeats brand Afro Nation…
Excerpts from a 2016 Exclusive Interview with BLAXX, Conducted by Paradise Pulse
How did you get the name Blaxx?
My dark skin colour. A lot of people saw it as challenge for me professionally, but it’s always a part of me that I have embraced in the face of adversity. I love me! You have to love yourself to be truly happy and successful in anything in life!
At what age did you start singing soca?
I didn’t start singing soca until my adult years, but I started singing at a very young age – probably 8 years old!
Who introduced you to music?
My parents. My father, Jerry, was a very talented keyboardist and saxophonist and led his own band “Jerry and The New School”, and my mother was an excellent vocalist. I started singing in church, and progressed to different genres from there. But my parents really set the foundation.
Your first big soca hit was in 2007 when you sang “Dutty”. Did you ever imagine becoming the big star you are today?
I don’t think anyone could ever anticipate that level of success. What they can anticipate though, is that hard work pays off. And I worked very, very hard to be where I am in my career today. Also, “big” is defined differently by different people. I stay hungry for my career, and for me a true mark of success is to see other people in the industry close to you succeed too.
Who is your favourite soca performer?
I am my favourite soca performer! (Smiles) but seriously, as I said before, at this stage of my career, my goal is just to help other younger, up-and-coming artistes with their craft. I really can’t choose just one. Every artiste has that little something that defines them, a little spark that motivates them, and a little flair that sets them apart. We have to learn to celebrate it all.
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Why do you think 2016 will be your year?
2016 has been a year of growth and appreciation for me for sure. Roy Cape All Stars stands out this year as a band of incredible talent, and people are appreciating the instrumental side of the artform now more than ever before. Brass is Mas! I also have a great, hard-working team around me that really put their focus on logistics for the season, so that I can strictly focus on creating good music and giving my all at event performances.
My stylist, Nikiesha John from Shhh Boutique, really took me to another level with my wardrobe this year, and fans have really been taking notice of the way I look now – especially because I lost a lot of weight too.
My Road Managers, Kevin Stephen (who is also my booking agent from New York) and Seon Isaacs from Isaacs Promotions (who has been with me for a long time) take care of everything where performing at events and (back)stage needs are concerned. Royee (Roy Cape Jr.), has been my manager for such a long time, and I really enjoy the familiarity of our relationship – he usually knows what I need without me even having to say it to him sometimes. Giselle Gellineau always handles the Roy Cape Family with care – 16 years in, she is so invaluable. And my Publicist, Tenille Clarke, is my PR guru – she is always on hand for everything to do with media and making sure that everyone is always in the loop with news updates, touring dates, etc.
But the little things count too as well. My son, Kello – he will come and knock down my door to wake me up every morning, just to make sure I exercise and eat properly.
[Special Big Up for Andrew "Hitz" Phillip Out of Grenada:]
My good friend from Grenada, Andrew “Hitz” Phillip – he’s more than just my producer, but he’s a good counsellor to talk to and bounce ideas off of in this fast-paced, crazy music industry of ours, and he gives great advice – brilliant young man.
[Ricardo] Drue, Darnella and Voice [Aaron St. Louis] set such a good example in Roy Cape rehearsals – they work really well with the musicians and really set the bar high with their raw, natural talent, but their level of discipline towards their musical craft is what really motivates me to always be on top of my game. They are educated in their field – for example Drue is a classically trained singer and Voice is pursuing a degree in Theatre Arts at UWI. They are changing the face of Soca in their own way and I love and support that 110 per cent. That is what I’m here for.
[Special Recognition for the Big Man Dr. Roy Cape:]
And of course, there is Pappy [Dr. Roy Cape]. I would really be nowhere near the level of success that I enjoy now in my career without his counsel and guidance over the last 3 decades. I owe him so much and still take every opportunity that I can to ask for advice from him. Never too old to learn, and Pappy has experienced it all!
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Tell us about your songs for 2016:
“Persuasion”
“My woman gone, in de middle ah de dance floor and start to perform!” I generally don’t sing about women in the way that most artistes do – I prefer to uplift and highlight women instead of take a derogatory approach. This song is based on a true story, and you can look out for a serious powerhouse remix too!
Written by Emmanuel Rudder, Produced by Advokit Productions.
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“Good Company”
This is a duo essentially with Ricardo Drue - my youth, my student, and my friend- my little brother from another mother with a different colour! He’s a very passionate Soca artiste – one of a kind! Patrice Roberts did the background vocals, and it’s genuinely a feel-good song, blending the old kaiso vibes with the new Soca feel-good music.
Written by Tailormade Music, Dexter Stewart Music, 7th Wing, GBM and Adrian Smalls, Produced by Shawn “Mr. Roots” Mitchell/Wiz Records
“Find It”
This is easily one of my favourites and I’m hoping it’s also one of the most popular this year. Voice (real name Aaron St. Louis who is now with Roy Cape All Stars) did the demo and really brought this to life for me. I fell in love with the song right away and then getting to work with some of the best in the business - the Hart brothers from Full Blown Entertainment - on this was even better. From MadMen to FBE, just pure talent!
Written by Full Blown Entertainment, Dwain "Dwaingerous" Antrobus & Dexter “BLAXX” Stewart
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Here is a link to the full article found in Paradise Pulse:
https://www.paradisepulse.com/pages/article.php?aid=65
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In case you missed it or didn't realize it, there's a new director, Arley Gill, and a new board in charge of Grenada's SpiceMas Corporation. As such, also join me in congratulating the new director and the new board members, if you are yet to do so.
Spicemas Corporation welcomes new Board of Directors
On August 26th, 2021, the Board of Spicemas Corporation (SMC) was dissolved to give way to a new Board effective October 1st, 2021, headed by Caricom Ambassador, Cultural Expert, Attorney at Law, and former Culture Minister Mr. Arley Gill.
Mr. Gill is no stranger to the SMC. He was very instrumental in transitioning the operations of Grenada’s largest cultural festival carnival from an Ad Hoc Committee Structure to a Corporation in July 2011.
Mr. Gill brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Board which will provide strategic direction and leadership to the SMC for the next three years in the first instance.
Working along with Mr. Gill in providing this leadership and strategic direction are industry professionals with various skill set and expertise: Mr. Kelvin Jacob (CEO), Ms. Petra Roach, ACP John Mitchell, Ms. Dennies Burris, Mr. Michael Stephen, Ms. Chevanne Britton, Ms. Sherene Thomas, and Ms. Oslyn Crosby. Representing the stakeholders of Carnival: Mas, Steelpan, and Calypso are Mr. Chris Edwards, Mr. Victor Ashby, and Mr. Silvan Chan respectively.
SMC welcomes the new Board and looks forward to working with this great team of professionals to make SMC and Spicemas a world class product.
Appreciating Caribbean culture...
Kes the Band Live in NYC
Watch soca stars Kes the Band perform live for 9,500 fans in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NYC on Labor Day Monday 2021! Featuring special guests Iwer George, Voic...
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WE DID 'PLAY AH SAFE MAS': despite the restrictions Labor Day Celebrations happened
Brooklyn, NYC; Sept. 2021 — In case you missed it, despite the existing COVID-19 restrictions/concerns and the official NYC decision to not have regular Labor Day festivities this year, the West Indian American Day Carnival Association did plan and have permitted activities to mark our annual Labor Day Carnival in Brooklyn, a tradition of 55 years.
Attached are a few photos and notes about the toned-down, but well-attended Caribbean cultural heritage activities that were held over Labor Day weekend.
Gerry Hopkins, the managing editor of Caribbean American Arts Review (CAAR), salutes the leaders of WIADCA and all of our mas band and steel band leaders and players, along with our community leaders — who year-after-year do their part in ensuring the preservation and development of Caribbean-American heritage in the Diaspora.
To view a full report with more photos of this year's Labor Day activities, you may check out this link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wiadcacarnival/albums/with/72157719893355658
Rain or Shine, COVID-19 or 20 — the culture must be kept alive, and WIADCA is doing so!
Major Drum Salute to WIADCA: 54 Years of Fostering Caribbean Culture
I, Gerry Hopkins, Candidate for NYC Council in the 40th District, hereby says THANK YOU TO WIADCA for its continued efforts in planning and ensuring the celebration and preservation of Caribbean culture here in the Diaspora.
Let's celebrate and keep our culture alive!
Happy & Safe Labor Day Weekend to Everyone!💥
– Gerry Hopkins JD
Community Organizer & Supporter of Culture
Candidate for NYC Council 40th District
Brooklyn, NYC
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Our culture could never be cancelled....
Come experience a CARNIVAL themed event that's JUS LIKE MAS
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Home of BROOKLYN'S CARNIVAL :
200 Eastern Parkway
Behind the BROOKLYN MUSEUM on Labor Day Monday morning ‼️
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TICKETS : www.IslandETicket.com
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JUST LIKE MAS
Monday Wear or Costumes
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MAS will never Die
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The Ultimate Labor Day Monday ‼️
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🚚🔊Road Experience🔊🚚
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Presented by
WIADCA X SCORCH X THC X Sunny Side Up X CareFreeNation X Blackstar Denzil
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Date: Labor Day Monday
Time: 11am - 6pm
You come dressed in:
Costumes & Monday wear
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We provide:
The Road 🛣
Music Trucks 🚚
International Djs 🎧
Live Performances 🎤
So, it can be JUS’ LIKE MAS 🎭
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Rain or Shine, COVID-19 or 20 — the culture must be kept alive, and WIADCA is doing so! Major Drum Salute to WIADCA: 54 Years of Fostering Caribbean Culture
I, Gerry Hopkins, Candidate for NYC Council in the 40th District, hereby says THANK YOU TO WIADCA for its continued efforts in planning and ensuring the celebration and preservation of Caribbean culture here in the Diaspora.
Let's celebrate and keep our culture alive!
Happy & Safe Labor Day Weekend to Everyone!💥
– Gerry Hopkins JD
Community Organizer & Supporter of Culture
Candidate for NYC Council 40th District
Brooklyn, NYC
THANK YOU NY CARNIVAL 2021 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS! Without all of you we would not be able to offer these programs and events year round. Much love and let’s celebrate #NYCarnival together.
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#nycarnival #newyorkcarnival #lovenycarnival #caribbean #caribbeancarnival #caribbeanlife #steelpan #panology #panorama #rebirth
Rain or Shine, COVID-19 or 20 — the culture must be kept alive, and WIADCA is doing so.
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PREE DAY NYC | THE J'OUVERT EDITION
Not to be missed... SUN., SEPT. 5, 2021 | 1PM - 10PM
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If you’re missing the AUTHENTIC GRENADIAN JAB JAB…. this is your chance to experience the real Grenadian Jouvert with Tallpree & Friends.
Not to be missed... | SAT., SEPT. 12, 2021
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Come fete and feel the vibe with Mr.legz and friendz, nothing but togetherness and safety with all cultures ......DE PARTY BAD!!!!!!!!
"The Origins of La Diablesse", a Moon Peak Production, a mimi film written, produced, edited, by my daughter, Cherayna Rullow, aka Chey Buttah" for her college senior project. This was orinigally meant to be a stage play, but due to the COVID pandemic, when schools were suddenly shut down, she had to come up with an alternative way to present her project. Words cannot express her disappointment, after spending the last year and a half working on this play, including casting, stage design, lighting costuming etc. Now she could not do the stage play as she had planned. She could have taken the easy route, as most of her classmates did, doing a condensed presentation of their project on zoom, and be done with it, but not my child. She felt it would have done an injustice to her script. So, just like her mom, she chose the hard way, and decided to do a film, which is something she's never done before. She spent weeks adapting the play to film, which presented one challenge after another, from auditioning the cast virtually, to rehearsing, trying to find a hoof 😊, to painting half of her face, to her first director quiting on her and hsvibg to find another one, to scheduling filming time on campus with the cast with strict COVID protocols in place, to getting the props to and from campus, to learning to edit the film herself and put in all the credits and sound, to many sleepless nights......Whew!!! All of this in the height of the pandemic, and also trying to complete her other finals. At one point she broke down crying in my arms, feeling so overwhelmed, that she had taken on too much. I lovingly reassured her that she could do this, and that she would be so proud of herself when it was all done. It was truly a labor of love, and she couldn't be more proud of herself right now. Her faculty was completely blown away and gave raving reviews, earning her one of the coveted awards at graduation. I am so proud her hard work, and the fact that she wanted to pay homage to our Grenadian culture, as well as the details she incorporated. For instance, using Gouyave as the location and using her grandfather "Florry Duncan" songs "Morning Time"as background music, as well as excerpts from Richardo Keens Douglas storytelling about La Diablesse in the end. I know more now about the La Diablesse story than I did before because of her. This was very low budget, and the audio could have been a little clearer in some areas, which could have been fixed if she had more time. But all I can say is watch what she does in the future when she has real funding and the right kind of resources and support. You go Cherayna Rullow!! The sky is the limit and your mom is always here to support and cheer you on 🎉🎊❤🥰
A senior project final by Cherayna Rullow on a well known Caribbean folklore/myth of La Diablesse (The Devil Woman). It is an homage to the storytelling prac...
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Targeting: NYC, CT, NJ, MD, Washington, D.C. Two Big Shows | One Down, One More to Go See BERES & CHRONIXX on Fri., Dec. 10, 2018
CELEBRATING Caribbean, American and Latin American Heritage at St. Joseoh's R.C. Church in Jamaica Queens, NYC Holy Mass Worship | Food, Beverages & Attire | Live Music -- here we observe One of Grenada's past island scholars, Nathifa Lewis and her two little girls, along with the rest of the players of the St. Joseph's R.C. Church Steelpan Orchestra VIDEOGRAPHY by: hcg communications | 347-350-4285 | [email protected]
SAXOPHONIST BRYAN HURST @ AFTERWORK NETWORKING WEDNESDAYS inside The VIP Room | Trelawni Place | 1440 Utica Ave., Brooklyn, NYC | May 30th, 2018 Next Session: WEDNES., JUNE 27th, 2018, 7PM ATTENDEES MET: - business owners - aspiring entrepreneurs - investors - community leaders - concerned residents FEATURED GUESTS: - BEVERLY JOSEPH - Owner, Allstate Insur. Agency - BRYAN HURST, Entrepreneur, Musician, Instructor - PATRICIA GRANT - Indep. Owner, iMarketsLive - KURTIS PADMORE - VP & Premier Relationship Manager, HSBC - YURIY MOSHES, Esq. - Law Office of Yuriy Moshes, P.C. LIVE ENTERTAINMENT | OPEN MIC - Ras Vally of Damage Band | Bryan Hurst | Cheryl Vincent | FREE ADMISSION FOR MORE INFO: CALL or Message 347 350 4285 (WhatsApp) or 917 478 4272. ~ Networking matters and it works ~ UNEDITED VIDEO by Gerry Hopkin hcg communications Hopkins Consulting Group LLC 347-350-4285 | [email protected]
hcg communications | Uncut Video Clip @ St. Patrick's R.C. School of Grenada Ex-Students Assoc. Inc's 19th Annual Gala with: The Big Legendary Caribbean Band -- LAMBERT & THE MATADORS with DJ Page Baptiste, and vocalists Cheryl Vincent, Hercules Williams and Clement. Venue: Afrika House | Brooklyn, NYC | May 26, 2018
hcg communications | Recording Artiste LORNETTE YOLAND NEDD aka FYA EMPRESS @ St. Patrick's R.C. School of Grenada Ex-Students Assoc.'s 19th Annual Gala with The Big Legendary Caribbean Band -- LAMBERT & THE MATADORS & DJ Page Baptiste Afrika House | Brooklyn, NYC | May 26, 2018 In the instant video clip, we see Fya Empress in the foreground, along with other patrons in the background -- all grooving to the music of the legendary big band, Lambert & the Matadors. UNCUT VIDEO by: Gerry Hopkin, JD hcg communications Hopkins Consulting Group 347 350 4285 | [email protected]
VIDEO STORY | CLIP 1 of 2 BRYAN HURST, one of the Caribbean's best saxophonist, here covering DAVE BRUBECK'S "TAKE FIVE" | May 13, 2018 EVENT: St. John's Educators Scholarship Fund Mothers Day Luncheon & Awards Ceremony @ St. Therese Lisieux Auditorium in Brooklyn, NYC | VIDEO by: Gerry Hopkin | hcg communications | For Bookings: CALL 347-350-4285
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