Wanye Benjamin (Mr. Benji N2O)and Clint Henderson were born on the 10th and 13th of June respectively. They want YOU to come to Krazy Koconuts in Dominica tomorrow night to celebrate their birthdays. Performing on stage will be Triple K Band International (of which Benji is a lead singer), Esclav and Colton T. DJs on the 1s and 2s are Mr. Mystic, and DJ Midian, with host Kairi FM's DJ Halo Boy. I'm definitely gonna be in the house...Hope to see you there!
Check out this funny video Yohan AKA Puskey of Esclav Band, did to promote the show....
Just heard from a friend that former Calypso King of Dominica Dennison "King Dice" Joseph has been arrested.Allegedly, over an altercation at the market this morning involving an officer of the law. His house was searched, drugs were discovered. He along with others were placed into custody.
Wow. I had seen Dennison at the last lap at Crazy Coconuts TripleKay/MFRJam. He was hanging with fellow Klockerz members S.K.I.NN.Yaka Shadowflow, and Sky Dimex. They were having a time. I was at the market too, but left before this 'incident' occured.
I hope that police followed proper procedure in their actions, and I hope that in due time we can find out the truenature of the incident on both sides. I know many consider Dice a bad role model and already tongues were wagging since he decided not to defend his crown.
I was not there so as far as I am concerned, he is innocent until proven guilty.
Developing......
UPDATE: I was told he was charged with Obstruction of Justice. He intervened in a dispute between a policeman and a young man. That sounds like the Dice I know. He does get a bad rap because he is so opinionated, but he abhors injustice, and so do I. So I guess this should be on local news tomorrow which as far as I am told is when he will go to court.
So Mr. Slaughter (formerly known as Dawg-E-Slaughter) came to Dominica in Christmas for Bouyon Slam and look rain. It just rained and rained all night. And the next evening weather nice. Sweet breeze flowing, temperature just right. That's Dominica for you. Anyways the show got cancelled. He did show up on the Canefield playing field the day after Bouyon Slam was to take place and did a likkle ting. MFR and Triple Kay were jamming that day. And here is a pic of me and Mr. Slaughter after his performance.
He's coming back Dominica. Friday Jan. 30th is the big day. So make sure you are there at the Crazy Banana (formely Green Grasshopper)
Dominica's music industry gets much needed copyright workshop
On October 4th AMP held a workshop at the Fort Young Hotel to brief musicias, entertainers, lawyers, the police force and anyone who had an interest in the industry about copyright and the structure of the music industry. The guest speaker was Lloyd Stanbury, an entertainment lawyer from Jamaica who can count people like Cecile as clients, he helped to create the Reggae Academy organizers of the Reggae Awards.
The info given by him and Mark Marie of AMP was extremely informative. Artists at the event included, King Dice, Hunter, Daddy Chess, De Bobb, Cornell Phillip, Ophelia Marie (Dominica's Lady of Song and wife of Mark Marie), Maxine Alleyne, Triple Kay band. Promoters like Maggz, and More Sewo guys were there too, Pat Aron incredible writer to many a calypsonian was also present, and the police and media were in attendance too.
Go to www.numusiczone.com to check out Triple Kay Band’s new album Colors. I went to their band launch on October 4th and man o man was I impressed! Fete run from 11pm to 6:30 in de morning. MFR (Music For Real) Band was off the chain-extremely entertaining. Peter Ram definitely took care of the ladies. Dwayne Stephenson got maaaadddd love. Imagine when he started singing August Town he left the stage and the crowd sang de chuune, allu. I missed Caribbean Vibes but they are a great reggae band. Klockerz Crew had a mini reunion Dice, Skinny, Clint, Benji did their thing. It was pure niceness. So all these Dominican artists have music on this site so go there and check ‘em out!!!!







