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Lil Bitts
Lil Bitts (born Shivonne Liesl-Anne Churche, 31 October 1984) is a soca musician from Trinidad and Tobago. She is best known for her hits "Bump", "Crush" and "Hold Meh". Biography Lil Bitts began singing Social Commentary at the age of nine, leaving Sacred Heart Girls RC School with the title of " Calypso Monarch" in 1996. She played the tenor steel pan with Woodtrin Steel Orchestra (1998-1999) when they won the National Junior Panorama Competition and a finalist in the National Calypso Juniors in 1999. After taking second place at the Inter Calypso School Competition in 2001, she began the move from Social Commentary to soca music, coming fifth at the National Junior Soca Monarch Competition later that year. Her self-penned song "Esta Fiesta" on the Christmas Riddum won Best Soca Parang of 2005. "Crush", written by Kernal Roberts, enabled her to make her debut into the International Soca Monarch Competition 2006. She was a finalist in the Groovy Soca category in 2010 with "Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soca Music
Soca music is a genre of music defined by Lord Shorty, its inventor, as the "Soul of Calypso", which has influences of African and East Indian rhythms. It was originally spelt "sokah" by its inventor but through an error in a local newspaper when reporting on the new music it was erroneously spelt "soca"; Lord Shorty confirmed the error but chose to leave it that way to avoid confusion. It is a genre of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s and developed into a range of styles during the 1980s and after. Soca was initially developed by Lord Shorty in an effort to revive traditional calypso, the popularity of which had been flagging amongst younger generations in Trinidad due to the rise in popularity of reggae from Jamaica and soul and funk from the United States. Soca is an offshoot of Calypso/ Kaiso, with influences from East Indian rhythms and hooks. Soca has evolved since the 1980s primarily through musicians from various Anglophone Caribbean co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
