Music

Sept 12, 2008, New York, NY—The 13th Annual MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards announced its nominees yesterday. The Best New Reggae Artist category includes four VP recording artists (Etana, Mavado, Busy Signal and Tarrus Riley) as well as Beenie Man.  This year’s MOBO Awards ceremony will take place at London's Wembley Arena on October 15th, 2008. If you want to vote for the Best New Reggae Artist of 2008, please go to MOBO’s website.

Grenadian Artist Brother B has been injured in a car incident over the weekend. The singer has fractured his arm and part waist and is said to be recovering speedly in Grenada.

Carivog International is delighted to be hosting the debut  UK performance of the leading Caribbean R&B soca vocal group, H2O Phlo, on Saturday 20 September 2008.  With many thanks to Caribbean Airlines, the Caribbean based airline, this R&B soca group from Trinidad & Tobago will be performing at the 6th Miss Trinidad & Tobago Pageant and Cultural Show, at the Bloomsbury Theatre (www.thebloomsbury.com), London.

Levy and Bob Frederick for helping to cultivate and pattern his love for music from the tender age of seven. Now known to many as DJ Trixx, he is no stranger to the Entertainment world, having played throughout the United States of America, London, Jamaica and during Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival festivities.

Nike and Olympic sprinter Asafa Powell have teamed up with Reggae label VP Records to create a Nike Sport Music workout featuring the exclusive track, “On The Go (Faster Than Bullet),” by one of the athlete’s favorite artists, Mavado. Called Asafa Powell: Train for Speed, the 35-minute interval workout is coached by Asafa over a reggae/dancehall soundtrack. Among the genre-defining songs included on the mix are some of reggae’s greatest artists of ...

On the 8th of June 1998, Radio Tambrin took to the airwaves and it has been flying high ever since! Prior to Tambrin’s take off it was difficult for the people of Tobago to find out what was actually happening in Tobago. The only sources of information or even community dialogue were the grapevine, the bush telegraph or word-of-mouth.