Congratulations to our girl Rihanna doing Barbados Proud winning her first Grammy and the stellar performance she put down at the awards last night!

I felt so proud as an entertainer, a Combermerian and a Barbadian when Rihanna stepped out on that stage and flawlessly excecuted her routine. If you were to look at the performance embarrasments like that of Britney Spears you would recognise that you cannot take a good performance for granted.

Did you hear when she shouted out Barbados? We love you too Rihanna that is why we Bajans should not be like what I stated in my previous post and we need to celebrate the accomplishments of this great performer, Rihanna for ever.

Coming up soon exclusive photos from our Ingrid with Rihanna’s dad etc taken by Photographer Alwyn Harding

Full Grammy Results: (more…)

Above: Two ungrateful Bajan dogs liming

We are such a bunch of ungrateful dogs then…. I mean wunnah Bajans dat reading Boyce Voice right now. Let me tell you how rassole ungrateful we are…

Yuh got a Woman like Rihanna, nominated for 6 Grammy awards, allow me to reiterate, 6 GRAMMY AWARDSde woman up fuh then, and wunnah bout de place acting like it is nuthing.

All like now every single radio station in Barbados and our lone TV station should be celebrating and showing support with a video and audio Rihanna marketing blitz. Every street corner, every rum shop and every grocery store should be abuzz with conversation about our girl Rihanna, how she is going to take the Grammy’s by storm, our female “David” that will be “slaying” the United States “Goliath”.

All like now we should have a massive public party in Independence Square the City, with big wide screen TV’s showing the Grammy’s via satalite and having a big Rihanna music party while waiting for the results.

Celebrating when Rihanna wins and talking bout how great the American Grammy judging system is, or booing if she loses and cursing the Grammy judges and calling them stinking dogs.

I did hear one radio station doing Rihanna support ads,but one is not enough.

Ingrid from Krosfyah call me and told me she was going down to United States to support Rihanna but it was just her.

We should have a whole official Barbados contingent traveling to the U.S to support Rihanna,our Bajan girl that is taking the world by storm and putting us on the entertainment map.

But we are like what Admiral call the calypsonians back in 2004 “ungrateful” and what Boyce Voice is calling you in 2008 “dogs”.

Our Queen Rihanna looks so cool in picture then, she looks like she is giving us one of those looks women give you when you have done something wrong

Here’s a picture of Ingrid in Los Angeles U.S where she went down to support Rihanna, Ingrid is there with graphic artist Alywin who too this photo. Watch for Ingrid at in the Grammy coverage waving a Bajan Flag like Madd in support of Rihanna.

Watch for her in the TV coverage tonight, Ingrid will be keeping us up to date with reports on Boyce Voice

“There are men and there are women. There are men who want to become women and women who want to become men. We need to make it clear that this article focuses on the male to female sex change, because it’s much more common than the alternative (female to male). But the resources with which we’ll provide you are generally helpful, no matter what your situation may be…”

That is an excerpt from a “Sex Change” website I was reading. This could be the last time I am writing to you as a man….

I have been surfing the net investigating what it costs to get one of those “sex operations” for 2 reasons.

1. I would get to use the women’s bathrooms which are always cleaner.
2. I would get discovered and get to make it big in the United States

A commentator asked the question on Boyce Voice, how come only Bajan females are being discovered and I realised it was true. If you look on the front of the Barbados Music Awards Magazine you would see 3 bajans getting big U.S recording contracts and ALL OF THEM ARE WOMEN!!

Rihanna, Shontelle and now Livvi Franc, not one single man. Don’t we have a single talented male in Barbados?

It’s not that I have a problem with women making it big as I like women bad! If you read Khaidji’s comment to my Tribute to Rihanna, She Looks Like Food post below calling me a pervert you would see how that “like” gets me in trouble. But I still feel at some point in time they should give a man a break.

Is this some sort of gender bias that exists? I should have accosted Evan Rogers with that question when he was at the Barbados Music Awards. I should have spoken to him “man to man”.

We got Philip 7 and Hal Linton and Ronnie Morris, J KO. You mean not a single one of them could get discovered? I would bet if Hal Linton were a woman he would have a big recording contract ever since.

I have given up, if you need to be a woman to be discovered well, I will be a woman then…!
And since I am not fond of men, I plan to become a lesbian woman (not the agressive “biting’ type though) My name will be “Petra”. So look out for Petra making it big in the U.S soon…

PLUS I will get to use women’s bathrooms, aint it cool??

Next new bajan artiste being signed to United States record Deal “Petra”

I came across this picture of the Rihanna, winner of the Barbados Music Awards Female Entertainer of the year,I was quite taken then…

I had to get up from the computer and walk a bit to calm myself. This woman look so good then, now here’s a woman who looks like food!
I am sure the men out there would be quite taken by this picture and some women too

Just look at Rihanna lying in that bed with those legs and lips, looking all sensuous… wouldn’t you like to get under her umbrella…? ………I have just been advised by Darron that this is not that kind of a blog…so I must stop

I was a bit miffed that Rihanna did not make it to the Barbados Music Awards this year, I considered going into one of the bathrooms and hanging myself but I had people to take home, plus I would have missed Krosfyah’s performance.
The below Madd track I want to dedicate to the beautiful Rihanna, its like Eric Lewis is singing about her in this song.
Girl you look so sweet
you gimmie cold bumps from my head to my feet

Click and take a listen to the song “FOOD” and see what I mean

Just take note there’s a difference between eating and “biting” ….

The Barbados Music Awards happened last night at the Sir Garfeild Sobers Complex,
Here are all the winners for you too peruse and discuss…

Best Ragga- Soca Single- Male-
Mr. Dale- Soca Junkie

Best Ragga-Soca Single Female
Kimberley Inniss & Keann- Sweat

Best Soca Single
L’il Rick- Caan Wait

Best Social Commentary
Blood- Calypso Owes You Nothing
Red Plastic Bag- Bajans Can’t See

Best Soca Album (Solo, Duo or Group)
Krosfyah- Fire Proof

Best Reggae Single
David Kirton- Green Camouflage

Best Soca Compilation
Red Boyz- Soca Bonfire

Best Non- Soca Compilation
Hit Island Vol. 1

Reggae Artiste of the Year
David Kirton

Best Rock / Alternative Artist
Phillip 7

Best Jazz Album
Arturo Tappin

Best Jazz Artiste
Arturo Tappin

Gospel Artiste
KDB

Rap / Hip-Hop Artiste
Ruby Tech

Best Rap / Hip-Hop Single
Ruby Tech & Damian Marvay- Reasons

Pop / R&B Artiste of the Year
Rihanna

Best Pop / R&B Single
Rihanna- Don’t Stop The Music

Best Soca Collaboration
Kimberley Inniss & Keann- Sweat

Best Non- Soca Collaboration
Ruby Tech. & Damian Marvay- Reasons

Band of the Year
Krosfyah

Producer of the Year
Red Boyz

Instrumentallist of the Year
Arturo Tappin

BMA Media Award- Print / Internet
Andrea King- Nation Newspaper

BMA Media Award- Radio / Television
Hurricane

Best New Artiste
Nard

Best Music Video- Male
David Kirton- Green Camouflage

Best Music Video- Female
Rihanna- Shut Up And Drive

Songwriter of the Year
Dale “Mr. Dale” Rudder

Engineer
Deepu Panjwani

Song of the Year
Rihanna- Umbrella

Album of the Year
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad

Entertainer of the Year – Female
Rihanna

Entertainer of the Year- Male
L’il Rick

People’s Choice DJ Award
Jon Doe

People’s Choice Entertainer of the Year
Rihanna

Beanieman and Shontelle performing at BMA awards, look out for more exclusive pics coming soon..

Whoa, Turning Music into gold, I could use some more jewelery, the Barbados Music Awards is definitely a must go this year…
When I peruse the above poster and look at the lineup of entertainment industry professionals who will be taking part, one question comes to my mind …. What refreshments will be served?

Will it be fishcakes and Samosas,will there be those little roti snacks like what I got at the Government meetings?Will there be snacks there for vegetarians?

Another pertinent question is why even do they list the presenters and not the food on the flyer, yes its nice to hear that Rihanna’s manager Evan Rogers and Coscap’s CEO Erica Smith are going to be there, but you cant eat them.

I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE FOOD!

Last point, Don Pooh, what sort of a name is “Pooh”? Is he family to Winnie the Pooh? I gotta hear him speak, when he finishes his presentation I would ask that in the Q & A session.

I must admit it does seem like quite an impressive line up of International Industry Professionals that you would probably never get close too other wise, that why you should take advantage of this opportunity, be early last year all the seats went in a hurry..

If the Presenters don’t excite you remember, refreshments are being served!

Lets see how smart you are, what is wrong with below advertisement for Sunday’s Barbados Music Awards? see if you can spot the error…..

Ok now there are some among you Mr Traxx included, who would say that the error is the Hon Prime Minister is now David Thompson, is that what you said?
Well YOU ARE WRONG! Yes the PM is now David, but the really big error is that MY NAME IS NOT MENTIONED..
I see Shontelle, Lil Rick, Beanieman , Machel etc, but where is mention of Peter Boyce?
Ive got a good mind to phone Ronnie and give him a piece of my mind if I didn’t think he would withdraw my invite.

I always figured that when I heard Rihanna was not coming I would have been the featured act, you know how many legions of People would flock to the gym to meet Peter Boyce?

They are scores of people looking to curse me or lick me up for something I wrote on Boyce Voice and Ronnie would have had a sold out show..
wait till I see show producers Ronnie Morris then and that one Russel Ruck!! and I will be seeing them when I attend the Barbados Music Awards this Sunday, looking forward to seeing you there as well…

P.S; Did I mention Boyce Voice was nominated for a BMA award? I have my acceptance speech done write, If I don’t win, I have another kind of speech which will make the gym a most colourful place to be…

Shontelle Performing with Natahlee in Bacchanal Time 2005

“Shontelligence” is the name of the album. Shontelle is the name of the girl. Ms Shontelle Layne is the name of the next Bajan artiste being positioned to make it big in the international music scene with her soon to be released album “Shontelligence”.

That is a damn interesting name for an album which was titled to reflect her intelligence and musical ability. Shontelle is being managed by Evan Rogers of Syndicated Rhythm Productions who introduced Rihanna to the world. Local Bajan manager Sonia Mullins of Starchild still remains involved in Shontelle’s management process which shows that she is not forgetting her roots.

Just two years ago we (Madd) had Shontelle performing with Bacchanal Time Calypso tent with Natahlee doing the song “colours”, so we would like to believe we discovered her first. Shontelle will now have the opportunity to be “proud to be a Bajan and represent her nation” just like the lyrics from the song “Colours” she wrote and performed in Bacchanal Time.

Today we present another song that Shontelle wrote but Alison Hinds performed that has been redone, Here’s Shontelle and Rihanna and this guy group (can u guess who they are?) performing “Roll”

Heres me and 2006 winner Blood at BMA awards last year

Boyce Voice presents the full list of Nominees in the 2008 Barbados Music Awards,uncut and unedited.Read it and weap or read and celebrate.
Thanks to all those who voted and nominated Boyce Voice for an award!

Best Ragga- Soca Single- Male-

Don Trent- Me & You

Mr. Dale- Soca Junkie

Edwin Yearwood- Feels Like

L’il Rick- Conch

Peter Ram- Pumpin’

Best Ragga-Soca Single Female

Alison Hinds- Caution

Kimberley Inniss & Keann- Sweat

Tara & Natahlee- I Ain’t Lookin’

Best Soca Single

Khiomal & Mikey- Bashment Bacchanal

L’il Rick- Caan Wait

Edwin Yearwood- I Wanna Be

Best Social Commentary

Ronnie Clarke- De Bell

TC- I Is A Bajan

Blood- Calypso Owes You Nothing

Kid Site- Ah Frighten

Red Plastic Bag- Bajans Can’t See

Best Soca Album (Solo, Duo or Group)

Jabae- Flames

Alison Hinds- Soca Queen

Krosfyah- Fire Proof

Best Reggae Single

Phillip 7- Beautiful Surprise- (Reggae Mix)

J-Co- Simply Beautiful

Vizion- Girl I Need You

David Kirton- Green Camouflage

Buggy- The Way It Is

Best Soca Compilation

Monsta Piece- Return Of The Monsta

Red Boyz- Soca Bonfire

Soca Tite Choonz

Best Non- Soca Compilation

Good Vybz- Various Artistes

Hit Island Vol. 1

Reggae Baje Vol. II

Reggae Artiste of the Year

Hotta Flames

Kirk Brown

Buggy

David Kirton

Vizion

Best Rock / Alternative Artist

Phillip 7

Massala

Kite

Best Jazz Album

Marissa Lindsay

Arturo Tappin

Terry Arthur

Andre Woodvine

Ricky Brathwaite

Best Jazz Artiste

Rosemary Phillips

Arturo Tappin

Marissa Lindsay

Andre Woodvine

Terry Arthur

Gospel Artiste

Enobong

KDB

Kareen Clarke

Rap / Hip-Hop Artiste

Trezay

Ruby Tech

Billy Kincaid

LXG

Danny Reid

Best Rap / Hip-Hop Single

Ruby Tech & Damian Marvay- Reasons

Billy Kincaid- Champions

LXG- Jah Live

Pop / R&B Artiste of the Year

J-Co

Rihanna

Hal Linton

Best Pop / R&B Single

Rihanna- Don’t Stop The Music

Rihanna-Umbrella

J-Co- Dance With Me

Best Soca Collaboration

Mikey & Lorenzo- Clap

Tarah & Natahlee- I Ain’t Looking

Malcolm X, Rameses, Styles P.- Dat Booty

Kimberley Inniss & Keann- Sweat

Khiomal & Mikey- Bashment Bacchanal

Best Non- Soca Collaboration

Kite & Billy Kincaid

Ruby Tech. & Damian Marvay- Reasons

LXG Featuring Ambionx

Band of the Year

Red Alarm

Krosfyah

Massala

Kite

Nexcyx

Producer of the Year

Red Boyz

Dale “Mr. Dale” Rudder

Deepu Panjwani

KB Sharp

Peter Coppin

Instrumentallist of the Year

Nicholas Brancer

Terry Arthur

Arturo Tappin

Ricky Brathwaite

Andre Woodvine

BMA Media Award- Print / Internet

Khalil Goodman- Advocate Newspaper

Andrea King- Nation Newspaper

Peter Boyce- Boyce Voice

Nad Cyrus- Kadooment.com

Yvette Best- Nation Newspaper

BMA Media Award- Radio / Television

Admiral Nelson

Hurricane

Teshia Hinds

Boomtribe

Malcolm X

Best New Artiste

Nard

Vizion

Phillip 7

Best Music Video- Male

Phillip 7- Beautiful Surprise

Biggie Irie- Nah Going Home

David Kirton- Green Camouflage

Best Music Video- Female

Rihanna- Shut Up And Drive

Ayana John- Guns & Roses

Rihanna- Umbrella

Songwriter of the Year

Dale “Mr. Dale” Rudder

J-Co

David Kirton

Engineer

Deepu Panjwani

Andrew Denny

Peter Coppin

Song of the Year

Mr. Dale- Soca Junkie

Rihanna- Umbrella

J-Co- Simply Beautiful

David Kirton- Green Camouflage

Kimberley Inniss & Keann- Sweat

Album of the Year

Monsta Piece- Return of the Monsta

Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad

J-Co- We Working

Red Boyz- Soca Bonfire

David Kirton- Time For Change

Entertainer of the Year – Female

Rihanna

Alison Hinds

Kimberley Inniss

Entertainer of the Year- Male

Edwin Yearwood

Mr. Dale

L’il Rick

David Kirton

Biggie Irie

Living Legend Awards-

Mr. Vic Brewster

Mr. Vic Fernandez

Lifetime Achievement Awards-

Mr. Dorsie Boyce

Mr. Norman Barrow

Award of Merit

Sheryll Hackett

Cornerstone Awards

Tamara Marshall

Mark Lorde

Troubadors

Tony “Poser Grazettes”

Derrick Wilkie

Sach Moore

David Burnett

Andre Woodvine

Andy Williams

John Roett

Mike Grovesvenor

Doris Provencal

International Lifetime Achievement Award

Machel Montano (Trinidad & Tobago)

Boyce Voice would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all Barbados Music Awards nominees, Corner Stones and special awardees.

Have you seen the proliferation of pictures which have inundated the web with our Bajan International superstar Rihanna and her little doggie? The doggie’s name is DJ.
Rihanna does love her little doggie*and takes it every where she goes…

Whether in the supermarket or the spa, Rihanna makes sure her dog is always within reach so she can cuddle and stroke it to her hearts content.

I wonder if it is a Bajan doggie or an American one? Does it bark with an accent or what? Some people feel that Rihanna would now prefer an American doggie but I think regardless that a Bajan doggie would be Rihanna’s first choice.

Here’s a picture of Rihanna kissing her little doggie. Don’t you love a woman who loves to kiss her dog? I know I do! A girl who kisses her doggie can’t be all bad.

At least Rihanna chooses to walk around with a dog and not a cat. Some women like cats, Ellen DeGeneres recently gave up her dog in favor of her cats, we all know why Ellen would do that. But not Robin Fenty, she is a dog lover.

When ever Rihanna calls her dog it comes…
Just the sound of Rihanna calling DJ’s name gets him coming…
Can you blame him? If Rihanna was to call my name I would run and come too…

Why does Rihanna choose to keep company with a small dog instead of those big ugly ones? I am sure a rich girl like her could have had any big dog she wanted. But Rihanna is a smart girl she realises a little doggie goes a long way….!
*Bushism Language