This year's edition of the International Soca Awards is dedicated to the ladies in the industry. 2009 marks year 7 and the theme of Lucky Seven seems rather fitting as the ceremony has been a success over the years, gaining increasing recognition and prestige. Seven draws reference to the diatonic scale in music which is made up of seven pitches- again bringing the focus back to the music.


There are so many women in Soca now doing their thing: Alison Hinds, Destra Garcia, Claudette Peters, Harella Georges, FayAnn Lyons-Alvarez, Denise Belfon, Patrice Roberts, Zoelah, Ms.Alysha, Calypso Rose, Tizzy just to name a few. Can't wait to see which artists are honored at the show. And some might beg to differ but I think that luck does play a part in the success of an artist. I mean look at Patrice I think she is very lucky to have a link with Machel, she has the talent yes, but having him in her corner just catapulted her career. Same with Alison Hinds. As luck would have it she got to sing with a local group as a teenager and the rest is history. Obviously hard work, dedication, good producers, stage presence all combine to impact their success. Take a look at my three favorite female Soca artists Destra,Denise, and Alison (in no particular order-some would say in order of bumpa though.lol) performing "Obsessive Winers" at International Soca Monarch 2009.



Currently, several islands are bidding for the iSA 2009 ceremony. Anyone looking for updates can log on to socaawards.com. SAO (Soca Awards Organization) launched their new website on June 15th 2009. So far there isn't much, but voting is scheduled to start June 22nd. So log on and vote for your favotites!

Dis "Boy" is just too hot!

Machel Montano won a total of 8 Soca Awards in the following categories: Male Soca Performer of the Year, Overall Male Soca Artist of the Year, Favorite Up-tempo Soca Male (Jumbie)Best Soca Music Video of the Year (Jumbie), Soca Artist Album/CD of the Year for Book of Angels. Best Raga Soca Collaboration (with Vybz Kartel) and Best Soca Collaboration Up-tempo (with Patrice Robets). He also received the Soca Awards Organization Trustees Award.

Special mention must be made of Tizzy of Antigua who won in the Female Soca Performer of the Year and Best New Female Soca Artist with her hot track Expose!

The awards were held on Sunday September 2nd at Rum Jungle in New York.

Photo courtesy of http://www.machelmontano.com/