Calypso Rose, Patra, Shyne and Alan Cavé to be honoured at Caribbean Music Awards in Trinidad
The fourth annual awards move from Brooklyn to the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on 19 September.
NEW YORK, United States. The Caribbean Music Awards (CMA) announced on Tuesday 11 August that Shyne, Patra, Alan Cavé and Calypso Rose will be honoured at its fourth annual awards at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 19 September.
Shyne will receive the Global Ambassador Honour, Calypso Rose the Elite Calypso Honour, Haitian-American singer-songwriter Alan Cavé the Elite Konpa Honour and dancehall icon Patra the Lifetime Achievement Honour.
The honourees
Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, Patra rose to international prominence through her collaboration with Shabba Ranks on “Family Affair”. CMA said her 1993 debut album, “Queen of the Pack”, was the first by a Jamaican female artist to reach No 1 on Billboard’s Reggae Albums chart and was certified gold in the US.
Shyne is being recognised for his evolution from recording artist to cultural leader and advocate for Belize and the Caribbean, including serving as Belize’s Music and Goodwill Ambassador. His 2000 debut on Bad Boy Records reached No 5 on the Billboard 200.
CMA said the Tobago-born Calypso Rose has spent more than six decades shaping the genre and was the first woman to win Trinidad and Tobago’s Road March title.
Known as the “King of Kompa Love”, Cavé has spent more than three decades defining konpa as a member of Zin and as a solo artist, CMA said.
Elite weekend
Presented by Tourism Trinidad Limited, with support from the Tobago Tourism Agency Limited, the Ministry of Trade, Investment and Tourism and Global Trinidad and Tobago, the awards are the centrepiece of the inaugural Caribbean Music Awards Elite Weekend Experience from 18 to 20 September.
The weekend will include a welcome reception, industry programming, fan experiences, an after-party and a steel pan celebration featuring Stars and Steel.
This year’s theme is “Sounds of the Caribbean”. After three years in Brooklyn, the awards are making their international debut in Trinidad and Tobago as part of a mission to celebrate Caribbean music across the region.
