Edwin and Krosfyah performing

Here’s something that would be of interest to Krosfyah fans especially people like FyahKros
Here’s a chance for you to be the Star you always wanted to be but were afraid as you were a scardy cat
Krosfyah is now looking for EXTRAS for a new music video, Edwin’s new release for 2008 “Nah missing me”.
So you cannot miss this…
Shoot day: Sunday June 29
Location: Ocean front restaurant - Coral Reef Hotel - St James
Call time: 5 PM

You will get Food & drinks plus1 Ticket for a Krosfyah Crop Over party
 

The theme of the video is bringing the “World” to a Krosfyah party.
They are providing some ethnic costumes, fabrics and accessories Size SMALL and MEDIUM.KrosFyah will appreciate your contribution in bringing any costume, uniform, ethnic outfit or accessories that you will feel comfortable using.
To give you an idea of the costumes and character they are looking for, here is a list:
- Priest, nuns, bride, bride’s maid, groom
- Nurse, doctors, surgeon
- Indian, African, Arabs, Jewish, Muslim, Mexican, Tunisian, Sikhs, Hindi, Masai, Hawaiian, Asian…
- Construction worker, mechanic, postman,chef, waiter, maid, driver, bellboy, military, pilot, flight attendant, US marine, soldier, sailor, fireman, police officer…
- Bad boy, cowboy, business people, posh woman, Geisha…
- Pompom girl, footballer, referee, athletes, ballerina, equestrian, snowboarder…

I feel that I will be going as a “Bad Boy-ce!”
You get it? It’s a joke, I took Bad Boy and added on “ce” and…Look don’t worry bout it.

Boyce will look forward to seeing you at the Krosfyah video shoot on June 29th 2008.
 Drop Krosfyah an email at fyah@caribsurf.com with your name, contact number and size and you could be the next big video star…
 

See the man dance…

The man is dancing a jig

why is the man dancing a jig?

Because He is happy and gay

He is a calypsonian/tent manager/ kadooment band leader/ gay rights activist

That’s why he is so flipping happy? Let’s examine why…

For the first time in recent cultural history
Government subsidies and prize monies to Kadooment bands, calypso tents and Calypsonians have been increased.
 
Yeah, you might say that has been done before but the difference is it has not been preceded by cultural industries having to “holding the country to ransom”.

Usually increases are the results of a bitterly fought battle between NCF and Batman, I know because Boyce has been involved many of these skirmishes over the years.

Now we are fortunate enough that we have an administration that recognizes the financial challenges that face our industry and with out threat have responded and increased their funding.

So the man above dances his gig as a Kadooment Band leader, Tent manager and calypsonian he is happy, but how is he happy as a gay activist?

They are now marrying gay couples in California!! whoopee does it get better than that….?!

 

MACHEL the HD man

“The government will feature only 100% Bajan talent at our Crop Over national events”.

That’s what I thought I heard government say but then I am fairly slow. I should know because I went on public record as supporting this position both on this blog and on TV.(I looked beautiful on TV)
Next thing yuh know trinidian Machel Montano came down here to launch a kadooment band and superseded that statement casually dropping a remark “I will be back for cohobblopot”.

“Yeah right” Boyce said, “Obviously no one told him what the authorities had said”. 
Low and behold at a press conference announcing the government was now doing cohobblopot themselves who was sitting at the head table being presented as a headliner none other than the same Machel Montano, ok then.
That’s what you call an entertainer with clout!
When I grow up I  want to be like Machel.
Maybe Machel is a Bajan and we don’t know, maybe he has a Barbados passport.
Or maybe he just has power that’s what happens when you have HD.
I  am going to have too go down to Trinidad and issue an edict stating I must be a headliner at one of their national shows and see what happens.
If there is true caricom reciprocation our government needs to now broker a deal where our Alison or Edwin will be a headliner at one of the Trinidadian national calypso events, I am not talking about just entering a competition I MEAN AS A HEADLINER!
 
Oh yeah, and they must get paid $60,000 bds dollars too which is like 2 million tt.

It is father’s day and you know what I hate?

That greeting that circulates around fathers day that goes “Happy Fathers Day to Fathers and too Mothers who are fathers”.
That does get me so sick then, now when it is Mothers Day you don’t hear happy Mothers day to mothers and fathers who are mothers.
Its is just happy mothers day and that’s it.

Now I am not under emphasizing the role of single mothers in society, with out women doing more than their part to raise the children when the wuckless fathers go long where would we be.
But at the end of the day you are not a father this is evident by the fact you do not have the necessary equipment. You HAVE to be a man to be a father…
They are a few fathers who play the role of both parents too that still doesn’t mean them can call them self’s mothers.

So unless you now of women out there who are planning to get a sex operation and be modified to have both a penis and a vagina, desist from saying Happy Fathers day to women alright, it is crap and should be against some law.  

I would like to go on to talk about all the big fuss they have for Mothers day and they is always a special show on for you to take your mummy too and for fathers day there is none, if you want to take out dad its “de theatre (cinema) and that’s dat.

At this point I will stop least my mother hears about this post and puts some lashes in my ass.
But in closing allow me to reiterate HAPPY FATHERS DAY and that’s it…

I gone, my Sunday Fathers Day lunch is ready! And its not just bakes either….

Small section of the big crowd at Cavalcade last night…

The Banks Cable and Wireless Cavalcades to end all Cavalcades happened at the National Stadium car park last night, well this morning really, as the event finished around 1 am.

Prime Minister David Thompson was there, Minister of Culture Blackette, all 22 parish ambassadors and about 12,000 people.

It was people like peas all over the place occupying every vantage point, in some cases all the vantage points where gone and people were just in mass supporting vendors who were doing a brisk trade. (including bakes)

I am always amazed at that myopic that line of thought that Bajan only come out to see foreign acts when I see the proliferation of people liked who flocked to last night’s cavalcade and there was NO FOREIGN ACTS IN SIGHT.

We had excellent performances from kimberley Inniss, Timmy, Lil Rick, Peter Ram who was a show stopper with his African song.

Lana Storm a young performer who puts out a dynamic wuck up presentation, Shorty Rock another young performer with potential, Adrian Clarke Contone with his popular “Hard Times” tune, 2008 sensation Stabby the Guard and to wrap it all up Hypa Dog and his real real son Underdog.

You must also compliment Alf who has been doing an excellent M.C job on a majority of the cavalcades he has come to eptomise the essence of the event with his unique style.

Would like to thank the National Cultural Foundation for giving me and my Supreme Team Jan, Keisha, Merle and Sherri the opportunity to work with and contribute to the overwhelming success of the Banks Cable and Wireless Cavalcades for 2008. 

Like Rick Hypa Dog with his Son the Underdog on stage at Cavalcade this morning, an excellent way for them to celebrate “Father’s Day”

2008 Sensation “Stabby the Guard” making his official Crop Over debut at the Cavalcade last night

Here is khiomal performing last night, he did a special cameo appearance with Mikey, but the photo of two of them is pretty blurred, to hell with it, I will publish it any ways….

I told you it was blurry, but you “hard ears”

I would also like to thank the entertainers people like Rameses Browne, Alison Hinds, ALL the performers who embraced the Cavalcades and gave support to my involvement.

Starting with the Cavalcade media launch the entertainers were there showing their support special mention to Big Tar of Spin Pooch ink for his endorsement as well…

Happy Fathers Dayagain,  Father boyce Voice is leaving the computer

 

 

If ing this song was to get play unedited on the radio, what would happen?

This is the inro for the first calypso Boyce voice is publishing for the season, a song that makes out Darron to be sort of slow, but i will get back to that.

Here is Rameses Browne’s contribution for Crop Over 2008 entitled IF/Hard man.

This song has been edited by Starcom Network radio station because of its offensive and seditious intent! Those by the way are my words I am not really sure offically  why they have a problem with it, maybe you can listen and tell me.

My point is in order for the song to be broadcasted over the airwaves the offensive utterence had to be edited and that unbroadcastable wording was “ING”.

So you hear Ramases singing “everybody IF and did the “ING” is edited out, since when is “ING” a dirty word? That is not even a word, Maybe I should talk to Dennis and Ronnie from Starcom radio and find out what problems the have with the ‘ING” maybe its something they saw on Sesame Street when they were kids that tramatized them.

IF “ING” you were to play this song on the radio compared to the other stuff that we hear would the world end and people die? You click and listen to the unedited version of the song on Boyce Voice and judge for your self…..

As for Darron Grant the producer of song being slow, it appears that Ramases got Darron to do 2 songs but only paid for one…. listen too “IF/ Hardman

Me in Church beside Norman Barrow of A&B Music

I am where you should be on Sunday morning, not where I always am but should be, that is in church.

I have made the long trek down to St Lucy Parish Church to participate in the Crop over 2008 thanks giving service.
Minister of Culture Blackette, NCF Chairman Knight, Senator and Culture P.S Sandiford, NCF CEO and staff every one is here.

Rev Goodridge Preaching

The preacher presiding is the Rev Curtis Goodridge he gave quite an engrossing sermon which I am sure captivated the government officials present. Especially when he said the Ncf should take some of the money it makes from Crop Over and give a bonus to the sugar workers, if Ncf people were sleeping that would have woken them up.
The sermon was concise and effective but they had you singing a million hymns, of which I enjoyed one, the one “Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life” that song hard!
Here’s a word of caution health wise, this church uses incense in its worship which while aromatically pleasing to some could present a challenge to those with breathing afflictions aka asthma.  

I enjoyed the Crop Over poem presented by the children and the performance of Sister Marshall who encouraged us to “walk holy”.

Sister Marshall singing “Walk Holy” I almost got up and danced  

All in all it was interesting religious event and I want to thank St Lucy Parish church for tolerating Crop Over “sinners” like me into their fold.

In closing please note that when it was broadcasted on CBC TV later that evening and I seemed to be texting on my phone in all the shots, it was because I was writing this post for you sinful lot, May the lord bless you and have a good day.

“Tight” sounding choir of St Lucy Parish Church

 

 

 

 

 

I have been observing with keen interest the furor over the government’s statement of being committed to Bajan talent for Crop Over.

Government stated that they could not allow a situation to occur where foreign acts would be brought here to headline our premiere Crop Over events over local acts. So what the ass is the matter with that? That is a government policy we should applaud and as artistes we should be jumping with joy when we hear it.

I know you will start saying “Boyce you working with the NCF doing Cavalcades now and you supporting them” . That is not true, my position was always the same.

The Boyce position was well ventilated in several posts I wrote in 2007 including a famous Open the gates my ass where I cursed the previous administration over not only having a Trinidad act headlining our Party Monarch show but a radio ad with the Trini inviting us to our own Bajan national event.

Also last year the previous government had their ass royally kicked whem they had a Cohobblopot which featured Jamaican, Mr. Vegas causing the event to be scorned by the public who chose to attend the competitive 100% Bajan event “Euphoria” instead.

So without any reservation we need to applaud and endorse the stated government policy to highlight our Bajan entertainers during our Crop over season.

The 2008 Soca Awards list of Honoree Recipients and Nominees

Boyce Voice presents the list of Honoree Recipients and Nominees for the 6th Annual International Soca Awards officially announced earlier this week -

This year’s awards will be held at the St. Kitts Marriott Center under the kind patronage of the Honorable Minister of State for Tourism, Sports and Culture, Senator Richard “Ricky” Skerritt. This red carpet, star studded gala will bring Soca entertainers and Soca lovers from all across the world together to pay accolade to those deserving of the honor.

SAO Lifetime/ Achievement Award McLean “King Short Shirt” Emmanuel
SAO Hall of Fame Ellie Matt
SAO Legend Award Winston “Gypsy” Peters
SAO Technical Award Eddie Grant and Leston Paul

SAO Trustees Award Ignatius “De Invader” Tisson

Best New Female Soca Artist

• SHEKERA
• JULIETTE MILLS
• MARIE ANNE
• KIMBERLY DOPSON
• ZOELAH

Best New Male Soca Artist

• Sizwe C
• KAMAU
• DON TRENT
• PROBLUM CHILD
• SKHI

Female Soca Vocalist of the Year

• GO DOWN BY LIMA CALBIO
• CHEATERS BY MARIE ANNE
• LOVE OF MY LIFE BY NADIA BATSON
• MO WUK BY PATRICE ROBERTS
• GO DOWN LOW BY ZOELAH

Male Soca Vocalist of the Year

• IT FEELS LIKE AM HOME AGAIN BY EDWIN YEARWOOD
• FIRE BY KEVIN LYTTLE
• NEVER LEAVE YA BY KERWIN DU BOIS
• CARNIVAL PLEASE STAY BY SHURWYNE WINCHESTER
• ME & YOU BY DON TRENT

Female Soca Performer of the Year

• NNIKI FRANCIS
• DESTRA
• FAYE-ANN LYONS
• TIZZY
• ZOELAH

Male Soca Performer of the Year

• BUNJI GARLIN
• EDWIN YEREWOOD
• MACHEL MONTANO
• RIKKY T
• LIL RICK

Soca Duo or Group of the Year

• 2NTRIGUE
• 3 CANAL
• 3 SUNS
• LUNI SPARKS & ELECTRIFY

Soca Song Writer of the Year

• KERNEL ROBERTS & MACHEL MONTANO - (UNCONDITIOAL LOVE, BLAZE D TRAIL, MAKE LOVE)
• KERWIN DU BOIS - (BREATHLESS, NEVER LEAVE YA, GYAL FARM)
• NADIA BATSON - (MIND YUH BUSINESS, LOVE OF MY LIFE, CONFUSION)
• FAYE-ANN LYONS - (GET ON, ROAD CALL, WHO STANDING)
• BERBICE - (TRAFFIC, WATER, CARIBBEAN GIRL)

Best Soca Collaboration Grove

• PROBLEM CHILD & JADINE - SECRET AGENT
• KERWIN DU BOIS & SHAL MACHEL - GYAL FARM
• JAMESY P. & CECILLE - DO ME BABY
• MR. VEGAS ft. DESTRA - ON THE FLOOR
• MACHEL MOTANO ft DAVID RUDDER - OIL & MUSIC

Best Soca Collaboration up Tempo

• SHURWAYNE WINCHESTER & JONNY KING - WHOLE DAY
• PATCH & DA MA$TAMIND - DE TAIL GONE
• MACHEL MOTANO & MIGHTY SPARROW - CONGO MAN
• DESTRA & SEAN PAUL - FREE IT UP
• LUNI SPARKS & ELECTRIFY

Over All Female Soca Artist of the Year

• DESTRA
• FAYE-ANN LYONS
• NADIA BATSON
• NNIKI FRANCIS
• ZOELAH

Over All Male Soca Artists of the Year

• KERWIN DU BOIS
• BERBICE
• MACHEL MONTANO
• RIKKY T.
• MR. DALE
International Soca DJ of the year

• BACK TO BASICS
• DJ SPICE
• MISS BOOMARANG
• DR. JAY
• SOCA TWINS

Best Soca Compilation Album/CD of the Year

• DE RED BOYZ PRESENTS - SOCA BONFIRE - VARIOUS
• BEST OF THE BEST - SOCA HITS 08
• SOCA .758.
• SOCA GOLD - VARIOUS ARTISTS 1 2008
• THE REAL DEAL - STRAIGHT FROM BIM

Best Soca Compilation Rhythm

• SLU RIDDIM
• BANJO RIDDIM
• BARBER SHOP RIDDIM
• GYAL TOUCH RIDDIM
• RESPONSE RIDDIM

Soca Humor of the Year

• PHONE CARD - (REPLY) BY SILVER
• DE TAIL GORN BY PATCH & DA MA$TAMIND
• STRANGE NAME BY BLACKIE
• PHONE CARD BY CRAZY
• RAMCONPONG BY PETER RAM, CONTONE & PONG

Favorite Groove Soca - Female

• GO DOWN LOW BY ZOELAH
• SADDLE BY DESTRA
• MO WUK BY PATRICE ROBERTS
• KICK IT OFF BY TIZZY
• WUKKING UP BY PATRICE ROBERTS

Favorite Groove Soca - Male

• WHINNING SEASON BY MACHEL MONTANO
• OUT ON DE ROAD BY ZAN
• SOKA JUNKIE BY MR. DALE
• NAUGHTY SHAUTY BY SMALL AXE BAND E.K
• PARTY ANIMAL BY PROBLEM CHILD

Favorite up Tempo Soca - Female

• GET ON BY FAYE-ANN LYONS
• LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION BY CLAUDETTE PETERS
• MAS BY NNIKI FRANCIS
• MY POSSE BY NADIA BATSON
• FLY AWAY BY ZOELAH

Favorite up Tempo Soca - Male

• BREATHLESS BY BLACXX
• PRESSURE BOOM BY RICKY T.
• TRAFFIC BY BERBICE
• BOOM BAM BAM BY GRAND MASTER FT. SMILEY
• FIREY BY BUNJI

Soca Artist Album/CD of the year

• WATER BY BERBICE
• UNSTOPPABLE BY CRAZY
• WORK OF ART BY JAMSEY P.
• CARIBBEAN GIRL BY NADIA BATSON
• FLAME ON BY MACHEL MONTANO

Soca Song of the Year

• GET ON BY FAYE-ANN LYONS
• SOKA JUNKIE BY MR. DALE
• PRESSURE BOOM BY RICKY T.
• GYAL FARM BY KERWIN DU BOIS & SHAL MACHEL
• PARTY ANIMAL BY PROBLEM CHILD

Favorite Soca Info Website

• www.tropicalfete.com
• www.toronto-lime.com
• www.bajanfuhlife.com
• www.socaordie.com
• www.trinijunglejuice.com

(Editor’s note; is’nt Boyce Voice missing from here?)

Over All Soca Band of the Year

• RED HOT FLAMES
• EDWIN YEARWOOD & KROSFYAH
• SMALL AXE BAND
• NU VIBES BAND
• MACHEL MONTANO HD
SOCA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

• RED BOYZ - (BAND ON FIRE, ME & YOU, CHIPPIN’)
• KASEY PILLIPS - (ROBOMAN, MY POSSE, MIND YUH BUSSINESS)
• PARRY JACK - (AH NOT GOING, BASHMENT FREAKS, DO ME BABY)
• NEIL BERNARD - (GET ON, HAVING AH TIME, PELE PELE PA)
• KERWIN DU BOIS - (BREATHLESS, 2 DAYS, GYAL FARM)

Best Soca Music Video

• ROLIN‘- BLAZIN’ D TRAL MEDLEY BY MACHEL MONTANO & PATRICE ROBERTS
• SOKA JUNKIE BY MR. DALE
• DESIRE BY SKHI
• PUMPIN‘ BY PETER RAM
• CAN’T WAIT BY LIL RICK
• PASSA PASSA BY CASEY
• WINE DOWN LOW BY DEVON MATTHEWS
• STRANGE NAME BY BLACKIE
• MONIKA – SOCA ELVIS
• THINK IT OVER -TERRY SEALES

Best Soca Re-Mix Collaboration

• PATRICE ROBERTS ft MACKA DIAMOND - WUKKIN’ UP REMIX
• FARM P ft KERWIN DU BOIS - SEXY CHOCOLATE GIRLS - REMIX
• PETER RAM ft AIDNIA - PUMPIN REMIX
• FARMER NAPPY ft ANHONY B. - CHIPPIN’ REMIX
• RICKY T. ft. MR. VEGAS - PRESSURE BOOM (REMIX)

Best Dj Soca Mix CD of the Year

• DJ MIX BY THREEKS SOUND BERLIN
• SOCA FEEIN” 2008 pt2 BY DJ REE
• 2008 XPLOSION MIX 2 BY DJ STEPHEN
• WE GOT THE FLAVOR BY LeXXXus SOUND & CENSORED
• 2008 SOCA MIX VOLUME 1 BY DJ SPICE
• 2008 SOCA MIX BY DJ CHOICE-ONE MD
• UNITE DE SOCA 2008 MIX Pt 1 BY MISS BOOMARANG
• ADDICTED 2 SOCA BY SOCA TWINS
• 2008 GROOVY SOCA MIX EXCLUSIVE BY JESTER X-CALIBER SMASH SQUAD DJ’s

Over All Soca Chutney Artist of the Year

• HUNTER
• RIKKI JAI
• DE HITMAN
• RAVI B
• RAYMOND RARNAIN

Over All Soca Chutney Band of the Year

• DIL E NADAAN
• GEMINI BAND
• JMC TRIVENI
• KRAMA BAND
• SUPER TONES BAND

Soca Chutney Song of the Year

• FIRE WATER BY DE HITMAN
• INTOXICATED BY RAYMOND RARNAIN
• BRING IT BY HUNTER
• AKLA RUM IS MEH LOVER BY RAVI B
• MONIKA – SOCA ELVIS

Favorite Soca Online Radio

• WWW.THEFRONTLINERADIO.COM
• WWW.RADIOBAJAN.COM
• WWW.SOCA919.COM
• WWW.WACKRADIO901FM.COM

SOCA ROAD MIX OF THE YEAR

• FARMER NAPPY - CHIPPIN’ (ROAD MIX)
• KERWIN DUBIOS & SHAL - GAL FARM (ROAD MIX)
• LEHGO ME RIDDIM - RICKY T - PRESSURE BOOM (ROAD MIX)
• FAYE-ANN LYONS - GET ON ROAD MIX
• ROY CAPE ALL STARS FT. BLAXX – BREATHLESS (ROAD MIX)

Best Soca Chutney Collaboration of the year

• HUNTER & BUNJI GARLIN - I WANT MEH Rum (RE MIX
• D HITMAN & BUNJI GARLIN - BRING D RUM
• D’HITMAN & BLAZER DAN - BHANGRA PARTY
• DIL - E - NADAN Ft. BUNJI GARLIN - BAND ON FIRE
• RIKKI JAI & SHAWN NOEL - PAGAL

“An eerie silence” that is how the current calm non contentious Crop Over we have been having so far was describe in the Nation newspaper this week. The writer of the letter was a man called Larry Tull.

Its amazing that a word like eerie should be used to describe what really is a desirable situation.
Let’s look at some other pertinent points which were made in that letter that I would like to address.
Larry asked two very valid questions,

1 How is it that the tent managers association Batman who for years caused controversy every Crop Over asking for increases to the tent subvention is not requesting a a hike this year and making a big stink to get it.

2 How come now Peter Boyce Company coordinating Cavalcades they are no longer a problem when before the same Boyce asked for Cavalcades to be discontinued because they affected the tents.

Point 1; I cannot address as that speaks directly to the Barbados Association of Tent Managers (Batman) and I am not authorized to articulate on their behalf.

Response to 2; this is a good point Larry made and a valid question, this I can address.
I do not recall saying Cavalcades should be discontinued, my position was that when the tents opened Cavalcades being a free event would have a negative effect on the patronage of the tents.
Notice how ever the Cavalcades started on 9th May and finish on 14th June, most tents open around mid to the ending of June hence they would be not be affected.

Under the previous administration the Cavalcades had all sort of underlying objectives, they wanted to judge calypsonians they insisted that people to do new music ONLY. Those objectives sought to infringed on activities that were exclusively the domain of tents and would have threatened their existence.
I was at a meeting this year where some ass attempted to present that position that Cavalcades should be used to judge calypsonians for Party Monarch and I opposed it because my position remained that should be left exclusively to the tents.

On the new music issue, I always thought that the previous administration was shooting themselves in their foot insisting that persons on Cavalcades MUST do new songs.
Yes if your song 2008 song is ready we want you to perform it other wise do one of your old hits. Bajans love their old music the overwhelming success of the St lucy Vintage Back in Time Cavalcade is evidence of that.
The Banks Cable and Wireless Cavalcades 2008 have been successful because they have been utilizing effective new music AND old music as well.
The purpose of the Cavalcades is to set the correct ambiance and get the people in the mood for Crop Over 2008 so that when the tents open people would be more motivated to attend them.
In closing let us hope the contented calm that Larry describes as an eerie silence continues until then Boyce Voice will fade to exactly that….    An eerie silence…….