Booster Shot: 2nd Annual UK Soca Music Awards Results

Hey Soca people!!!

I finally have your results for the 2009 Soca Music Awards. Hardware was handed out last night in in London. From all accounts the evening was a quite a success. Here goes...

Sponsor: Soca News
Best International Male Artist - Brother B

Sponsor: Cockspur
Best International Female Artist - Fay-Ann Lyons

Sponsor: Soca News
Best International Soca Collaboration - Patrice Roberts & Machel Montano (Tempa Wine)

Sponsor: VP Records
Best International Soca Producer - KC Phillips

Sponsor: Saint Lucia Tourist Board
Best Soca Track - Little Wine (Brother B)

Sponsor: Jewel Isle Rum Punch
Best Soca Music Video - Bacchanal (Destra)

Sponsor: British Association of Steelbands
Best International Band/Group - Kes The Band

Sponsor: Pure Lime
Best Album - Hott (Destra)

Sponsor: Carnival Village
Best UK Calypsonian - Akima Paul

Sponsor: Cocoyea
Best UK Male Soca Artist - Scrappy

Sponsor: J&G Promotions
Best UK Female Soca Artist - Miss Desire

Sponsor: Soca News
Best UK Soca Track - Jouvert Mornin (Scrappy)

Sponsor: PUKSHOP.com
Best UK Soca Club DJ - QT 2Hype

Sponsor: Kalinago Entertainment
Best UK Male Soca Radio DJ - DJ Shaker

Sponsor: Sackville Travel
Best UK Female Soca Radio DJ - Hyper Spice

Sponsor: Soca News
Best UK Soca Radio Station - Tempo Radio

Sponsor: VP Records
Best UK Soca Producer - Soca Child

Sponsor: Soca News
Favourite Mas Band - Bacchanal Mas

Sponsor: Soca News
Favourite Steel Band - Mangrove

Sponsor: Soca News
Favourite Event - Soca Frenzy

Sponsor: Saint Lucia Tourist Board
Contribution to Saint Lucian Music and Culture - Xtreme Mas

Sponsor: Grenada Board of Tourism
Contribution to Grenadian Music and Culture - Amanda Smith

Sponsor: Antigua and Barbuda Tourist Board
Contribution to Antiguan Music and Culture - Antiguan Princess

Source: SocaNews.com

Congratulations to all nominees and winners!

Love and Soca,

Nurse Karen

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The Rounds: Recognizing Achievement in Soca

Originally Aired on Flow 93.5 FM, "Soca Therapy" with Dr. Jay de Soca Prince


In this edition:
- Showing appreciation
- Antiguans pay homage to Claudette Peters
- DJ Tony Tempo joins Whoo Kid's DJ Fraternity
- Shal Marshall's B-day
- SAO Soca Awards nominees out
- UK Soca Music Awards last night

Good Evening Soca Lovers,
I’m Nurse Karen and these are Dr. Jay’s Rounds. This week the soca world took time out to show some appreciation. Even in Toronto, last night top mas bands Carnival Nationz and Louis Saldenah threw big appreciations fetes for their revellers.

Right now, this evening the Antiguan community in New York is getting together to recognize ITS own. Four time Party Monarch Claudette “CP” Peters was flown in to receive the Salome Drysdale award for her contributions to the development of Carnival, culture and the promotion of Antigua and Barbuda worldwide. The award, is given by the Antigua Progessives Society, a Harlem-based social organization that has served New York’s Wadadlian Community for the last seventy five years.


Tony Tempo and Nurse Karen at Soca Awards 5 in New York
Recently, Atlanta’s DJ Tony Tempo made a power move that he hopes will fly the soca flag higher. The mixmaster best known for his various soca remixes recently signed on to DJ Whoo Kid’s Shadyville DJ Fraternity. For the hip hop lovers out there, you know Whoo Kid as the official DJ of G-Unit. What you may not know it that he’s Haitian and has a passion for Caribbean music. Tony Tempo is first soca DJ to join the team.

While we’re on that subject, I may as well mention another popular DJ who celebrated a birthday just yesterday. I’m talking about Shal Marshall, who beyond being a popular radio and club DJ in Trinidad, is also a husband, father, and SOCA ARTIST. Happy Birthday Shall...Hope it was a good one.


Shal Marshall and Nurse Karen at UWI Splash 2009, Trinidad

The other big excitement this week was the announcement of the 2009 Nominees for the International Soca Awards. Please don’t get it confused with the ones happening in England tonight. As usual, some of the selections were a surprise even to me, but none the less, artists are getting excited about the voting which opens this week. Congratulations Tdot’s own Kerwin Du Bois, Shyann Bailey, Toronto-Lime dot com, and the Enforcas Soundcrew on their nominations.


Inside the Flow studio with Shyann Bailey

As for the UK Soca Music Awards, our fellow soca lovers got together this evening to honour top achievers in the industry at the 2nd annual Soca Music Awards. The audience paid forty pounds a ticket to see performance from the likes of Scrappy, Soca Johnny and Miss Desire. It’s nearly midnight there, so I would imagine most of the results are out, but YOU will have to visit Nurse Karen dot com for that.

I’m Nurse Karen and those were doctor Jay’s Rounds. For more information on any of the new items mentioned today, be sure to check out Nurse dash Karen dot com, or follow me...NurseKaren on Twitter. Now back to de Docta!

Love and Soca,

Nurse Karen

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On De Scene: Second Annual UK Soca Music Awards

The 2009 Soca Music Awards is due to take place on Sunday, 27th September, 2009 in its birthland, England.

According to their offical website "Soca’s status as the forgotten music of the Caribbean is about to change as a new showcase gives it the recognition it deserves, the annual Soca News - Soca Music Awards... The Soca Music Awards will honour the hard-working producers, writers, arrangers and performers of soca and calypso. It’s going to be a long-overdue chance for everyone who loves the music to salute its great achievers, from the pioneers to up-and-coming artistes."

And this year, having been another successful year in soca music across the chain of islands, the nominees for the different categories appear on the official website ( CLICK HERE) . YOU, yes YOU log onto the website and vote for who you believe is deserving of the different titles! Log on now and make your voice in soca be heard!

To many, the UK Soca Music Awards may be new to you. Well here is a listing of the 2008 winners and explore the website you will sure learn a one or two about the organization and its objective.

2008 Award Winners

Club Caribbee Best International Male Artist Machel Montano Cockspur Best International Female Artist Alison Hinds Grace Tropical Rhythms Best Soca Collaboration Machel Montano & MOP (One More Time) VP Records Best Soca Producer Darryl Braxton Lynxradio.net Best UK Calypsonian Wen'D Cocoyea Best UK Male Soca Artist Soca Johnny J&G Promotions Best UK Female Soca Artist Wen'D British Association of Steelbands Best International Band/Group Krosfyah Pure Lime Best Soca Album Book of Angels (Machel Montano HD) St Lucia Tourist Board Best Soca Track One More Time (Machel Montano) Big Truck Entertainment Best Soca Compilation Album Soca Gold 2007 Dalgety Best Soca Music Video Jumbie (Machel Montano HD) Morris Roots Best Male Soca Club DJ D Tee Next Level - Poison UK Best Female Soca Club DJ Hyper Spice Creative Sound Imaging Best UK Male Soca Radio DJ D Tee (1Xtra) Sackville Travel Best UK Female Soca Radio DJ Feminine Touch (Millennium Supreme) Soca News Best UK Soca Radio Station (online & The FM Dial) Tempo Radio (www.temporadio.co.uk) Soca News Best UK Soca DJ Newcomer Triple M

Source : http://www.socamusicawards.co.uk

Congratulations to all 2009 nominees and start voting NOW!

I gone to vote!

Peace and Soca

Rochelle

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