A band vs band showcase curated for lovers of chutney and chutney soca music. That’s what event promoter Randy Glasgow is promising with the advent of “Chutney Brass – The Battle of the Chutney Bands” ...

Internationally-renowned Trinidad-born singer Drupatee, the queen of Indo-Caribbean chutney music, is expanding her territory through an exclusive deal with Fox Fuse, the world’s largest digital music ...

WHAT do you get when you combine Caribbean Hindustani and English, and add layers of the harmonium, dholak, synthesiser, tassa and electric guitar to the mix? Chutney music, of course. As language, ...

“Do you know what it means: ‘Patthar mor kahī ahiyā lehanavā bhuī dole re?’” Trinidadian chutney star Rasika Dindial, better known as D’Rani, asked over the phone. She was quoting the infectious ...

Organizers of the first annual West Indian Music Awards, held last month in Queens, have called the event a success – and the first of many more to come. “I thought the show was a complete success,” ...

A musical stew made up of the deeply flavorful ingredients of the wildly different styles of Soca and Chutney music, which incorporates Hindi lyrics and Indian instruments most typically the dholak, ...

Vir Das, frontman of the comedy rock band Alien Chutney, on music and off-beat lyrics They sing about the ban on Maggie noodles or Game of Thrones or even the sabziwalli ― subjects that are sort of ...

(Trinidad Express) None of the 40 songs carded to perform at the Chutney Soca Monarch semi-final competition last night would have had lyrics glorifying either alcohol or domestic abuse, Southex chief ...

I was amused after reading a letter by Desmond Saul stating that, “Songs can be written in English with the Indian Beat” (08.01.08). His premise is that the majority of Guya-nese do not understand ...

Ashok Ramchunder was also a popular bhajan singer, frequently singing at several temple functions in different towns across South Africa. Johannesburg: Legendary Indian-origin singer Ashok Ramchunder, ...

At first, it appeared to be Bollywood, but gradually it moved to a folk form and then incorporated some elements of a Spanish lambada. The beats were fast, the moves were catchy, and the expression ...