For almost two decades, VP Records has been bringing the annual Soca Gold series to the masses. The top-selling compilation has been the ultimate carnival soundtrack from Caribbean islands. On May 21, Soca Gold 2013 will unleash the genre’s freshest party anthems including one of Trinidad & Tobago’s biggest tunes of the year with Bunji Garlin’s “Differentology,” [...]
A timeless time was enjoyed by all attending the Timeless concert, starring reggae icon Maxi Priest and soca sensation KES The Band, on Sunday, March 31 in Manhattan, New York. Presented by New York City’s haute nightlife tastemakers Big & Strong and Tryst Experience, this rare fusion of reggae and soca took centerstage at the [...]
Reggae icon Maxi Priest and soca powerhouse KES The Band unite on stage for the aptly titled Timeless concert, a musical celebration this Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. Presented by New York City’s haute nightlife tastemakers Big & Strong and The Tryst Group, this extraordinary concert takes centerstage at the ultrachic performance venue Stage 48 [...]
Kes the Band recently debuted their official music video for their single, “Tuesday on the Rocks.” Produced by Bambino Musik and Justin “Jus Bus” Nation on the Gyal Season Riddim, “Tuesday on the Rocks” is one of those songs you play just to groove through the day. Check out the Shaun Escayg-directed music video for [...]
In celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Soca Monarch competition this year’s edition of the Carnival Friday event will be a gala affair complete with a grand after-party. This year’s big winners of the power soca and groovy soca competitions will be taking home cash prizes of $2 million and $1million, respectively. Chairman of [...]
King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, will headline the Escape 2 festival in Abu Dhabi on December 6. The Grammy Award-winning artiste will work alongside DJ Squeeze from Jamaica and DJ CP from Miami at the show, which will be held at the Abu Dhabi City Golf Club. The Jamaican-themed festival, dubbed the “ultimate dance [...]
The highly anticipated video for Kes The Band’s breezily sexy single, “My Love,” has hit cyber world! My Love is filled with tropical flavoring married with an international appeal and a healthy dose of island beauties too! Check out the Shane D. Hosein-directed video for Kes the Band’s “My Love” below:
Well…keep waiting…cause I have something better coming to talk about soon. *BIG WINK* But in the meantime…in the Olympic spirit, check out the patriotic tune by Machel Montano, sponsored by the Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development (and paid for by the government) - “Going For Gold” below: I would say this though… With all [...]
Guyanese songstress, Timeka Marshall is working assiduously to get to the top in the music industry. Currently, she’s based in Jamaica where she does all of her recording. For the past year, Timeka has been recording a number of tracks, so much so, that she has decided to create her very own YouTube channel to [...]
Before his performance at the SpeakEasy Club in California, Soca heart throb, Kees Deffienthaller decided to explore Venice beach but couldn’t help but some love….the Soca way! Check out the video of Kees singing to new fans on Venice beach below: RELATED STORIES: Kes The Band rocks St. Maarten Carnival’s ‘1 Red Nation’ [...]
Just days before its annual Carnival celebration, the beautiful island of St. Maarten was set ablaze by a fiery contingent of talented international musical acts. Adding to the melting pot of this year’s festivities was regional crowd pleaser, Kes The Band, which headlined the highly anticipated “1 Red Nation” concert at the Carnival Village in [...]
Known for their groovy soca hits like Wotless and Stress Away, Kes the Band returns with another official music video, this time switching up the pace completely for, “Take Me Away.” In what is a perfect fit for the band, the Take Me Away ballad coupled with such a heart-tugging and heart-wrenching video, shows how [...]
Special thanks to our family over at Metro magazine that tweeted these pictures. But as you can remember, JAYBLESSED.com exclusively told you of Kes the Band’s Kees Dieffenthaller’s wedding to his girlfriend of 11 years, Teri Leigh Bovell. Well, after such a long courtship, Kees and Teri finally exchanged marital vows on Friday March 16th, [...]
The nomination list has finally been released for this year’s 31st International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA), which will be held on July 5th in Washington Park, Chicago. Reggae crooner Tarrus Riley leads the pack with three nominations in the categories Most Cultural/Educational Entertainer, Best Male Vocalist and the coveted Bob Marley Award for [...]
Congratulations to Soca star Kees Dieffenthaller, who wed his longtime girlfriend Teri Leigh Bovell in an ultra private wedding on Friday March 16th. Kes and Teri have been a couple for 11 years and have finally, officially, upgraded their love affair in the presence of God and their families to now be husband and wife. [...]
We’ve been hearing buzz for quite some time that Kees Dieffenthaller, lead singer of Caribbean group, Kes the Band and his long time girlfriend, Teri Leigh Bovell will tie the knot soon. Apparently after many date changes, the couple and their families, finally have a concrete date for the “secret” nuptials. REVIEW: Soca stars deliver [...]
On March 9th, Caribbean nationals flocked the Best Buy Theater for the first major Soca concert in New York for 2012, KES ALL IN. Amongst those gathered in the crowd was Kes the Band’s die hard fan, “Empress” (that’s what we will call her). Well…LORD HAVE MERCY….I saw it when it took place, but I [...]
History will be made tonight in Times Square when the soca of now and the classic calypso and soca of yesteryear make their debut performance on the Best Buy Theater stage for KES ALL IN. Headlining act Kes the Band are expected to deliver a heart pumping, waist rolling collection of their music including hits [...]
On Friday February 24, the first in the series of Bacchanal Fridays started off in top soca fashion with thousands of patrons gyrating the night away at the new and more spacious Mas Camp, now at Stadium North, with the ‘Future Shock’ theme resonating all around. This “Lift Off” party began with musical mastery from [...]
Exclusive information reaching the desks of JAYBLESSED.com has confirmed that superstar Trinidadian group, Kes the Band, will be performing live in New York City on March 9th. Kes the Band is expected to deliver a stupefying show at New York City’s finest concert venue, the Best Buy Theater in Times Square. The excitement is on, [...]
With all systems in place to give away a brand new vehicle courtesy Toyota Trinidad Limited, organizers of this year’s Army Fete experience are expecting an outpouring of patrons from all walks of life this coming Friday night. Safety, a word that consistently pops up in any conversation about the fete, is being beefed up [...]
Kes the Band went out of this world with the creative “Alice in Wonderland” Carnival-esque official music video for their 2012 hit “Stress Away.” Directed by Ryan C. Khan and produced by Simon Baptiste and Carolyn Pasea, this video has to be one of the BEST video concepts and executions we’ve seen in years, setting [...]
In one of the most historic collaborations between Soca and Hip Hop, Kes the Band has teamed up with the big dog himself, Snoop Dogg for the official “Stress Away Remix.” Kes was quoted on his Facebook fanpage saying, “Let’s take soca music to the world by working together. This isn’t about us… it’s about [...]
The results for the Digicel International Power Soca Monarch and Play Whe Groovy Soca Monarch finalists are in. Did your favorite artiste make the cut? Play Whe Groovy Soca Monarch Finalists 1. Kees Dieffenthaller -(Defending Monarch) 2. Destra Garcia 3. Dexter Stewart – Blaxx 4. Erphaan Alves 5. JW & Blaze 6. Kerwin Du Bois [...]