Booster Shot: Soca Awards 2009 Results!

I have good news and bad news.  Good news first:  The results have been published for the 2009 International Soca Awards.  Bad News?  Um, well they never actually had the awards show....and it ain't gonna happen.  A press release was issued today saying,

"The promoters felt that if the event was to fall short of iSA’s already remarkably high esteem in any aspect, that the 2009 Awards Show must be cancelled in order to continue in the cultural realm that Soca has evolved into."

I would love to know what the "unforeseen" circumstances are, considering that the initial date for this year's shindig was set for October 30th. It was then rescheduled till December 4th, and now gone the way of the dinosaurs.

Over here it's a beautiful Sunday morning, and I can't wait to enjoy it. So before I go, how about some of that GOOD NEWS?!?!?


Congratulations to all the winners:
(As always, let the discussions begin !!!)

1. Best New Female Soca Artist

Tabia 2. Best New Male Soca Artist Skinny Fabulous

3. Female Soca Vocalist of the Year

Zoelah - Wine up on me Shyann Bailey - Sweetness 4. Male Soca Vocalist of the Year

Edwin Yearwood - Not Missing Me 5. Female Soca Performer of the Year

Faye-Ann Lyons Destra Garcia 6. Male Soca Performer of the Year

Skinny Fabulous Machel Montano 7. Soca Duo or Group of the Year

Luni Sparks & Electrify 8. Soca Song Writer of the Year

Faye-Ann Lyons - (Heavy T, Meet Super Blue, Wine Faster) 9. Best Soca Collaboration Grove

Obsessive Winners - Destra ft Alison & Saucy   10. Over All Female Soca Artist of the Year

Faye-Ann Lyons

Destra Garcia

11. Over All Male Soca Artists of the Year

Machel Montano Skinny Fabulous 12. International Soca DJ of the year

Techno Sound - Turks & Caicos DJ Stephen - Atlanta Alicia D Duchess - Trinidad DJ Spice - New York 13. Best Soca Compilation Album/CD of the Year

Machel Montano - HD Family 14. Best Soca Compilation Rhythm

Bus Stop Riddim - (Madmen Productions) TNT 15. Soca Humor of the Year

2 Notes by Impulse 16. Favorite Groove Soca - Female

Heavy T - Faye-Ann Lyons Wine up on me - Zoelah  17. Favorite Groove Soca – Male

Push Bumper - Machel Montano Drunk Again - Benjai   18. Favorite up Tempo Soca - Female

Meet Super Blue - Faye-Ann Lyons 19. Favorite up Tempo Soca - Male

Tusty - Blaxx Head Bad - Skinny Fabulous  20. Soca Artist Album/CD of the year

Destra Garcia - Hott 21. Soca Song of the Year

Head Bad - Skinny Fabulous 22. Favorite Soca Info Website

www.toronto-lime.com 23. Over All Soca Band of the Year

Machel Montano HD - TNT Roy Cape All-stars - TNT 24. Soca Producer of the Year

Kerwin Du Bois - (Hangover, Tusty, Obsessive Winners) Neil Bernard - (Bacchanal, Sweetness, Meet Super Blue) 25. Best Soca Music Video

Destra Garcia - Hott (Eldon Pernel) Peter Ram - Tight (Jay Will) 26. Best Soca Chutney Music Video

Drunkard - Soca Elvis ft Hitman, Tracy D & Andy Singh (On “D” Rock productions) 27. Best Soca Re-Mix Collaboration

Tizzy ft Richard Trumpet - Wuk Meh Slammer Cutter ft Hitman - Hangover 28. Over All Soca Chutney Artist of the Year

Kenneth Salick 29. Over All Soca Chutney Band of the Year

Karma Band (TNT) 30. Soca Chutney Song of the Year

Radica - Kenneth Salick 31. Favorite Soca Online Radio

www.redhotflames.com www.soca919fm.com www.wackradio901fm.com 32. Best Soca Chutney Collaboration of the Year

Rum & Roti - Patch & Da Mastamind 33. Best DJ Soca Artist (Dj that sings)

Lil Rick - Thunder Super Jigga TC - Frontline 34. Soca Chutney Artist of the Year

Kenneth Salick 35. Ragga Soca Song of the Year Tight by Peter Ram Banana by Bunji Garlin

Fly Away by Machel Montano ft Collie Budds 36. Best Soca Collaboration up Tempo Luni Sparks & Electrify - Clear De Way

And there you have it!
Love and Soca,

Nurse Karen