Guyana Where and What 2023-2024 for website_compressed

Music
varied mixture of music: European,
Amerindian, African, Indian and
Caribbean. Long before Trinidad
& Tobago claimed that they were
the originators of chutney music,
Guyanese Urmila Harris’s ‘Benjie
Darling’ was hitting our airwaves back
in the 60’s. Bill Rogers was our Shanto
king and creator of this genre of music.
His son Young Bill Rogers is following
in his footsteps. The late Lord Canary
(over 70 years in the calypso arena) and
King Fighter were feared contenders
in T&T calypso tents. They have all
laid the foundation for the dynamic
resurgence of the Guyanese music
industry we are now experiencing.
Guyanese rock star, Gavin Mendonca,
has been putting a new twist to our
folk music in combination with African
Drummer Chucky and making it very
appealing and popular. He is quite
busy on the local and international
scene, performing at many of our
‘Guyana day’ events in London, New
York, Florida and other international
folk and story-telling festivals.
While Vanita Willie scored 2nd place in
the Trinidad & Tobago Chutney Soca
Monarch-Queen of Chutney Soca
2021.
Prominent Caribbean gospel artiste,
Samuel Medas took the crown for our
2021 Soca Monarch. Adrain Dutchin
won 2023 Soca Monarch with Vinel
Hinds the Junior Soca Monarch and
Bunty Singh Chutney Monarch. Senior
Calypso Monarch for 2023 was Roger
Hinds and Junior Calypso Monarch
Theodora Dennet.
The new initiatives introduced by His
Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali in partnership
with The Ministry of Culture Youth
and Sport with Mr. Charles Ramson
at the helm has seen the introduction
of cricket carnival and several new
events.
These new events have created a
huge platform for the employment
and exposure of talents across the
spectrum from Legends in concert to
Battle of the studios. Cricket Carnival
has created the largest platform for
music in recent times and is set to
create dynamic change in the music
industry.
Our music will have a competitive
edge via tourism purchases and their
attendance at the various events.
I would urge our Guyanese musicians
and performers to take the fullest
advantage of these new initiatives for
monetisation of their talents.
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