The Bahamas

The Bahamas

The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...

• The Baha Men
• Ronnie Butler
  Ronnie Butler
  Ronnie Butler is a famous Bahamian calypso and rake n scrape entertainer and singer. Butler is referred to as "The Godfather of Bahamian Music" and his career spans more than five decades....
  
  
• Exuma
  Exuma (musician)
  Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey, who recorded as Exuma was a Bahamian musician, known for his almost unclassifiable music; a strong mixture of carnival, junkanoo, calypso and ballad. In his early days in New York's Greenwich Village, Tony McKay performed in small clubs and bars...
  
  
• "King" Eric Gibson
  Eric Gibson
  "King" Eric Gibson is a Bahamian musician and entrepreneur. He is also the semiofficial Ambassador of Bahamian Goodwill.Gibson was born on the small island of Acklins to a musical family, although he didn't pursue music until his adulthood...
  
  
• Joseph Spence

Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

• Alison Hinds
  Alison Hinds
  Alison Hinds is a Bajan female soca artist based in the Caribbean island of Barbados. She is one of the most popular soca singers in the world and has been given the nickname the "Queen of Soca".-Biography:...
  
  
• Ray Armstrong
• Arturo Tappin
  Arturo Tappin
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• Dennis Bovell
  Dennis Bovell
  Dennis Bovell is a reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard'....
  
  
• Cavite Chorale
  Cavite Chorale
  The Cavite Chorale is the Caribbean's premiere chorale singing group. In existence since 1973, Cavite has been producing beautiful music from the Caribbean and beyond to please audiences within the Caribbean and around the world as well....
  
  
• Draytons Two
  Draytons Two
  The Draytons Two were a popular Barbadian spouge band of the 1970s, and were known for their own unique style of syncretic style, spouge, known as raw spouge. Raw Spouge is also a Draytons Two album....
  
  
• Flexi
  Flexi
  Flexi may refer to:* The flexi disc, a type of vinyl phonograph record* The "Flexi truck", a type of Forklift truck* Flexible-fuel vehicles* Flexitarianism, a semi-vegetarian diet* Flextime plans, a working arrangement with variable schedules...
  
  
• Grynner
  Grynner
  Grynner is a popular calypsonian from Barbados. Like his compatriot Mighty Gabby, his songs often feature political and social commentary. He has been named the Barbados Crop Over Road March "Tune of the Crop" winner seven times .-External links:* ] site]* *...
  
  
• Krosfyah
  Krosfyah
  Krosfyah is a Soca band from the Caribbean island of Barbados.They are best known for their hits "Road Jam", "Pump Me Up", and "Sak Passe". Formed in 1989 by Edwin Yearwood, Krosfyah is one of the most known and successful Soca bands of the Caribbean....
  
  
• Lord Radio
  Lord Radio & the Bimshire Boys
  Lord Radio & the Bimshire Boys were a Barbadian calypso band who helped to pioneer the Barbadian calypso scene in the 1950s and 60s. The name Bimshire comes from a Bajan dialect term for Barbados. Members of this band...
  
  
• Gabby
  Mighty Gabby
  Anthony "Mighty Gabby" Carter is a legendary Barbadian calypsonian and a Cultural Ambassador for the island of Barbados. He is the youngest calypsonian to win the calypso crown in Barbados at age 19 in 1968 and went on to win the Calypso king title again in 1969, 1976, 1985, 1999, 2000 and again...
  
  
• Jackie Opel
  Jackie Opel
  Born Dalton Sinclair Bishop in Bridgetown, Barbados, Jackie Opel possessed a rich, powerful voice with a high octave range. He was known as the "Jackie Wilson of Jamaica", and was a gifted dancer....
  
  
• Panta
  PANTA
  PANTA Systems was founded in 2002 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California with offices in Austin, Texas and Pune. PANTA manufactured and sold Data Warehouse Appliances until 2007...
  
  
• Rayvon
  Rayvon
  Rayvon is a Barbadian reggae singer, known for his work with Shaggy.-Singles:*1992 "Big Up" *1994 "No Guns, No Murder" Hi.*1995 "In The Summertime" #5 UK...
  
  
• Red Plastic Bag
  Red Plastic Bag
  Stedson Wiltshire, better known by the sobriquet of Red Plastic Bag, RPB, or merely Bag, is a calypsonian from Barbados. He has won the Barbadian calypso monarch competition a record nine times. Hailing from the eastern, rural Barbadian parish of Saint Philip, RPB became one of few performers from...
  
  
• Rihanna
  Rihanna
  Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
  
  
• Royal Barbados Police Band
  Royal Barbados Police Band
  The Royal Barbados Police Band has been a prominent musical group in Barbados since its foundation in 1889 and is one of the oldest police bands in the world...
  
  
• Rupee
  Rupee (musician)
  Rupert Clarke , best known by his stage name Rupee, is a soca musician from Barbados. He was born in military barracks in Germany to a German mother and a Bajan father, who was serving in the British armed forces at the time. He later migrated to Barbados...
  
  
• Sauvage
  Sauvage
  Sauvage, French for savage may refer to:as a surname:* Adrien Sauvage , an English fashion designer, director and photographer of Ghanaian desent* Catherine Sauvage , a French singer and actress...
  
  
• Schofield Pilgrim
  Schofield Pilgrim
  Schofield Pilgrim was a Barbadian jazz group of the late 20th century, most notable for helping to pioneer the calypso jazz genre. They collaborated with American jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker....
  
  
• Shontelle
  Shontelle
  Shontelle Layne , known professionally as Shontelle, is a Barbadian singer, and songwriter. She released her debut album Shontelligence in November 2008. Her sophomore album, No Gravity, was released in September 2010...
  
  
• The Merrymen
  The Merrymen
  The Merrymen, sometimes written as The MerryMen, are a popular calypso band from Barbados.The Merrymen's career spans five decades, from the early 1960s to the 2000s...
  
  

Dominica

Dominica

Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...

• Exile One
  Exile One
  Exile One is a legendary musical group of the 1970s from Dominica based in Guadeloupe. Gordon Henderson is the leader and founder of the famous musical group "Exile One" and the one who coined the name "Cadence-lypso" for a genre of music that revolutionized modern creole music worldwide....
  
  
• Grammacks
  Grammacks
  Grammacks was a 1970s musical group from Dominica.-Biography:The band was started in a village on the west coast called St. Joseph. The band was formed by Anthony "Curvin" Serrant, guitar Anthony "Tepam" George, bass Elon "Bollo" Rodniy drums and keyboard player McDonald "Mckie" Prosper. Jeff...
  
  
• Lazo
  Lazo (musician)
  Lazo is a Reggae musician from Dominica. He is from Castle Bruce, Dominica. He also holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Toronto....
  
  
• Swingin' Stars
  The Swinging Stars
  The Swinging Stars were an early popular band from Dominica, formed in 1959 in the Virgin Lane/Turkey Lane area. They were originally known as the Swinging Teens and changed their name in 1961. Their first major show was at the 1960 calypso competition at Carnival, and they continued to gain fans...
  
  
• The Gaylords
  The Gaylords (Dominican band)
  The Gay Lords of Dominica were a popular Carnival band from Dominica from 1966 to 1974.-Members:Members included founder members Greg Breaker who is now the lead vocalist with Hot Chocolate, now using the sobriquet of Billy Brown), Clayton 'Baby Julie' Guiste , Crispin Seaman, Dennis Joseph and...
  
  
• The Wizzard
  The Wizzard
  The Wizzard is a popular calypso musician from Dominica. He began performed in church as a young man, then competed in the carnival calypso tent in 1988, placing second. In 1989, he won the competition with "Feed My Brother" and "Young an' Restless"; that year, he also placed second at the...
  
  
• Windward Caribbean Kulture
  Windward Caribbean Kulture
  The WCK Band was formed in 1988 in Dominica. The band played a blend of 'cadence-lypso' and Dominican 'Jing ping', which would later be labelled bouyon, a genre which they are credited with creating.-Discography:...
  
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Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...

• Jaunty
• Nicole David
  Nicole David
  Nicole David is a soca music artist from Saint Lucia. She is referred to as "St. Lucia's Queen of Soca" and was a member of soca band DN5. She is now a member of the big band Spectacle as their lead vocalist.-Carnival competition record:...
  
  
• Spectacle
  Spectacle
  In general, spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Middle English from c. 1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from Old French spectacle, itself a reflection of the Latin spectaculum "a show" from spectare "to view,...
  
  
• TEM Total Earth Movement
• Menaka
  Menaka
  In Hindu mythology, Menaka is considered one of the most beautiful of the heavenly Apsaras.She was sent by Indra, the king of the Devas, to break the severe penance undertaken by Vishwamitra. She successfully incited Vishwamitra's lust and passion when he saw her swimming naked in a lake near a...
  
  

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

• Beckett
• Kevin Lyttle
  Kevin Lyttle
  Kevin Lyttle is a soca artist hailing from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, who had a worldwide hit with the interpellative soca ballad "Turn Me On", which was recorded by Lyttle and the dancehall artist Spragga Benz.-Career:Previously, Lyttle had subsisted on day jobs, such as customs officer...
  
  
• Mattafix
  Mattafix
  Mattafix are a UK duo, made up of Marlon Roudette and Preetesh Hirji. Their sound is a fusion of hip hop/rap, R&B, reggae, dancehall, blues, jazz, soul and world...
  
  
• New Direction
  New Direction
  "New Direction" is a song by British pop group S Club Juniors, released as the third single from their debut album Together.Released on 7 October 2002, The song reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart, being their third consecutive release to do so....
  
  

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

• André Tanker
  André Tanker
  André Michael Tanker was a Trinidad and Tobago musician and composer.-Person:...
  
  
• Anslem Douglas
  Anslem Douglas
  Anslem Douglas is a musician and composer from Trinidad and Tobago, most famous for the hit single "Who Let the Dogs Out?"- Biography :Anslem Douglas first became interested in music watching folk performers at the local community center in his native village of La Romain, in Trinidad...
  
  
• Marlon Asher
  Marlon Asher
  Marlon Asher is a Trinidadian reggae singer from Enterprise, Chaguanas. His first hit was "Ganja Farmer" and later went on to release three more popular reggae songs, his latest being "Fit and Strong".Marlon Asher grew up in Enterprise Street, Chaguanas...
  
  
• Atilla the Hun
  Attila the Hun (calypsonian)
  Attila the Hun , was a calypsonian from Trinidad.-Person:Atilla the Hun began singing in 1911 and was at his most prominent in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of the pioneers in spreading awareness of calypso beyond its birthplace in Trinidad and Tobago...
  
  
• Atlantik
  Atlantik (band)
  Atlantik styled with a "k" instead of "c" is a music band based in the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The band which has a music style influenced from ballads, chutney, folk, pop, R&B, reggae, soca, and world beat genres, is one of the more prominent bands in the country of Trinidad and Tobago...
  
  
• Babla & Kanchan
  Babla & Kanchan
  Babla & Kanchan were an Indian husband-wife musical group best known for work in the chutney music and Desi music genres. They performed together for forty years until Kanchan died in 2004...
  
  
• Billy Ocean
  Billy Ocean
  Billy Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...
  
  
• Beenie Man
  Beenie Man
  Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...
  
  
• Black Stalin
  Black Stalin
  Black Stalin is a leading calypsonian.Born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, to George and Elcina Calliste ,He is one of four children. Stalin began singing calypso in 1959, but did not join a calypso tent until 1962 when he joined the Southern Brigade...
  
  
• "Boogsie" Sharpe/Earl Brooks
  Lennox Sharpe
  Lennox "Boogsie" Sharpe is a successful and popular composer and arranger of Steelpan music.-Person:Sharpe began his career with Starlift where he worked as a co-arranger with Ray Holman...
  
  
• Bunji Garlin
  Bunji Garlin
  Bunji Garlin July 14, 1978 is a Reggae Soca artist from Trinidad and Tobago. His real name is Ian Alvarez. He is of saint Lucian and Venezuelan descent. He married fellow Soca artist Fay-Ann Lyons on December 23, 2006, daughter of legendary Soca singer Superblue...
  
  
• Calypso Rose
  Calypso Rose
  McArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis, better known as Calypso Rose is a Tobagonian calypsonian.She began writing songs at the age of 15, and has written over 800 songs. In 1966 she wrote the song Fire in Me Wire, which has since become a calypso anthem...
  
  
• Chalkdust
  Chalkdust
  Hollis Urban Lester Liverpool, better known as Chalkdust is a leading calypsonian from Trinidad and Tobago. He has been singing calypso since 1967 and has recorded over 300 calypsos....
  
  
• Charles D. Lewis
  Charles D. Lewis
  Charles D. Lewis is a Barbadian songwriter, recording artist, bassist, engineer, and producer.-Career:Charles is best known for his writing and performance of Soca Dance, released in Europe in 1990. It was number one for seven weeks in France & Belgium, gaining Gold Records in both countries...
  
  
• Crazy
  Crazy (calypsonian)
  Edwin Ayoung is better known as Crazy is a Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian.Ayoung was born to Chinese Trinidadian father and a Venezuelan mother. Often called the "Loveable Lunatic of Soca", he is artistically underrated in his native land but one of the most commercially successful artists on...
  
  
• David Rudder
  David Rudder
  David Michael Rudder is a calypsonian from Trinidad.-Career:David Rudder is one of the top calypsonians of all time. In 1977, he joined Charlie's Roots, one of the top bands in Trinidad and Tobago. He spent many years as one of the vocalists with the band...
  
  
• Denise Belfon
  Denise Belfon
  Denise "Saucy Wow" Belfon is a Soca, Contemporary R&B, and Gospel singer, songwriter, and dancer.-Early years:...
  
  
• Denyse Plummer
  Denyse Plummer
  Denyse Plummer is a calypso singer from Trinidad and Tobago. The 1954-born blue-eyed daughter of a white father and black mother, she initially faced significant prejudice in a genre traditionally seen as Afro-Caribbean, but was eventually recognized as a leading calypso performer.Before entering...
  
  
• Destra Garcia
  Destra Garcia
  Destra Garcia is a Soca singer and songwriter based in Trinidad and Tobago. Destra is noted for her high energy performances, harmonious vocal skill and eccentric fashion style...
  
  
• Drupatee Ramgoonai
  Drupatee Ramgoonai
  Drupatee Ramgoonai is a Trinidadian chutney and chutney soca musician from Penal. She had her biggest hit in 1988 when her " Mr. Bissessar" was a Road March contender.Drupatee Ramgoonai was born in Penal, Trinidad...
  
  
• Haddaway
  Haddaway
  Nestor Alexander Haddaway , better known by his stage name Haddaway, is a Trinidadian-German singer. He is most famous for his worldwide 1993 hit, "What Is Love".- Early life :...
  
  
• Heather Headley
  Heather Headley
  Heather Headley is a Trinidadian-American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has won one Tony Award and one Grammy Award.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Heeralal Rampartap
  Heeralal Rampartap
  Heeralal Rampartap is an Indo-Trinidadian entertainer. He has repeatedly produced hits and has won numerous awards both locally and internationally. He is a three-time International Chutney Soca Monarch — in 1997, 2003 and 2005 — and the National Chutney Monarch of 2002 and 2003...
  
  
• Ken Greene
  Ken Greene
  Ken Edward Greene is a former professional American football player who played safety for the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Chargers ....
  
  
• KMC
  Ken Marlon Charles (KMC)
  Ken Marlon Charles a.k.a KMC is a soca artist from Trinidad. Famous for hits like "Soul on Fire", "Soca Bashment" and "Bashment to Carnival" KMC is signed to the US-based record label Sequence Records. Considered to be one of Trinidad's top soca artists, KMC has over sixteen years experience in...
  
  
• Lennox Mohammed
  Lennox Mohammed
  Lennox "Bobby" Mohammed is a musician and pannist from Trinidad.-Person:Lennox Mohammed grew up in San Fernando and visited the Presentation College. He was a founding member of the Gondoliers Steelband...
  
  
• Lionel Belasco
  Lionel Belasco
  Lionel Belasco was a prominent pianist, composer and bandleader, best known for his calypso recordings. According to various sources, he was born either in Barbados or in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; he grew up in Trinidad, the son of an Afro-Caribbean mother and a Sephardic Jewish father...
  
  
• Lord Beginner
  Lord Beginner
  Lord Beginner from Port-of-Spain in Trinidad was a popular exponent of the Caribbean musical form Calypso.-Person:...
  
  
• Lord Invader
  Lord Invader
  Lord Invader was a prominent calypsonian with a very distinctive, gravelly voice....
  
  
• Lord Kitchener
  Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)
  Aldwyn Roberts , better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener , was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians. He was the son of a blacksmith, Stephen, and homemaker, Albertha.-Life:...
  
  
• Lord Melody
  Lord Melody
  Lord Melody was a popular calypsonian, best known for singles such as the self-deprecating "Boo Boo Man", "Shame & Scandal", "Jonah and the Bake", "Juanita" and "Rastaman Be Careful"...
  
  
• Lord mouse and the kalypso katz
  Lord mouse and the kalypso katz
  Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz are a calypso band based in Berlin, Germany. Starting as an active band in 2008, their music is produced independently, with help from Cannery Row Records of Berlin, Jump Up! records of Chicago, Illinois, and Zamzama Productions of Paris, France.-Biography:The main...
  
  
• Maximus Dan
  Maximus Dan
  Maximus Dan is a soca / dancehall musician. He is also known by his former stage name Maga Dan....
  
  
• Mighty Shadow
  Mighty Shadow
  Winston Bailey , better known by his stage name The Mighty Shadow or Shadow, is a calypsonian from Trinidad and Tobago. Bailey was born in Belmont, a suburb of Port of Spain in Trinidad, but grew up in Les Coteaux, Tobago with his grandparents...
  
  
• Mighty Sparrow
  Mighty Sparrow
  Mighty Sparrow or Birdie is a calypso singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Known as the "Calypso King of the World," he is one of the most well-known and successful calypsonians...
  
  
• Mighty Spoiler
  Mighty Spoiler
  Mighty Spoiler, born Theophilus Philip , was a Trinidadian calypsonian.Spoiler's career began in 1946 at the House of Lords Tent, and he soon became one of the most popular calypso singers, known for hits like "Bedbug", "Magistrate Try Himself", "Picking Sense out of Nonsense", "Royal Wedding" and...
  
  
• Phase II Pan Groove
  Phase II Pan Groove
  -Band:Based in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Phase II is one of the leading steelbands in Trinidad and Tobago. Most closely associated with arranger and composer Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, Phase II was the first band to win a Panorama title playing an original composition. In 2005 they won the Panorama...
  
  
• Ras Shorty I
  Ras Shorty I
  Ras Shorty I was a soca musician, known as the Father of Soca and The Love Man.He was born Garfield Blackman in Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago, and rose to fame as Lord Shorty with his 1963 hit "Clock and Dagger" and took on the name Ras Shorty .He started out writing songs and performing in the...
  
  
• Rikki Jai
  Rikki Jai
  Rikki Jai is an Trinidadian chutney-soca artiste born Samraj Jaimungal in Friendship Village, San Fernando.-Career:Jai's 1988 debut single Sumintra told the tale of an Indo-Trinidadian woman from Debe who informed her boyfriend of her preference for soca over the music of Indian artist Lata...
  
  
• Roaring Lion
  Roaring Lion
  Roaring Lion was a calypsonian...
  
  
• Adesh Samaroo
  Adesh Samaroo
  Adesh Samaroo is a Trinidadian chutney soca singer born in Tacarigua in central Trinidad. He gained notice on the local scene in late 2002 with his song "Rum Till I Die" from the album of the same name....
  
  
• Jit Samaroo
  Jit Samaroo
  -Life and Merits:Jit Samaroo was born in Surrey, Trinidad, the seventh of 13 children in a family of east Indian origin.At age 10, he joined the short-lived Village Boys pan round the neck side...
  
  
• Hazel Scott
  Hazel Scott
  Hazel Dorothy Scott was an internationally known, American jazz and classical pianist and singer.-Early years and education:...
  
  
• Shurwayne Winchester
  Shurwayne Winchester
  Shurwayne Winchester is a soca musician from Trinidad and Tobago, who has twice won the Road March title.-Biography:He was born and raised on Tobago. At the age of 12, he entered the competition arena, consistently making yearly contributions that impressed and propelled him to advanced stages...
  
  
• Sugar Aloes
  Sugar Aloes
  Sugar Aloes aka Michael Anthony Osuana is a prominent Calypsonian hailing from Trinidad and Tobago. Singing local hits such as "Party Time" and parang favorite "Juanita" Aloes has amassed a fan base of at least three generations of Trinidadians and calypso lovers region-wide...
  
  
• Sundar Popo
  Sundar Popo
  Sundar Popo was a Chutney musician from Trinidad and Tobago. He popularised Chutney music, beginning with his 1970 hit Nana and Nani.-Biography:...
  
  
• Superblue
  Superblue
  Austin Lyons , better known as Superblue, Super Blue, and Blueboy, is a Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian, soca musician, ICON and lyricist.-Person:...
  
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• Xtatik
  Xtatik
  Xtatik is a locally and well-known Trinidad and Tobago soca band led by Machel Montano.-History:The band evolved from Panasonic Express, which was formed in 1984 in Port of Spain...
  
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  Machel Montano
  Machel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
  
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• Rakesh Yankaran
  Rakesh Yankaran
  Rakesh Yankaran, nicknamed "The Raja" is an award-winning chutney musician from Trinidad and Tobago. He is the son of classical Indian musician Isaac Yankaran and brother of chutney musician Anand Yankaran....