Day Three of the 15th Annual World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) was a truly electrifying experience all the way from Tasha P and Swinging Stars in the late afternoon to Triple K Global in the early hours of Monday morning.
Swinging stars surprised patrons when they came on to LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock Anthem’ and the energy from that launched the show into a unique region of brilliance, highlighted by the bands’ classic hits, and while the some members of the band expressed a bit of disappointment at their position in the lineup, they still delivered a stellar performance.
Lead singer Chester ‘Daddy Chess’ Letang said, “The crowd was good. We were a little concerned about performing so early, but the people came out in large numbers [because] Dominicans love their bands, we are patriotic people and we saw people out there with their flags. The turnout was good and I was happy that the people came out to support.”
Next up was Gyptian and the Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall star evoked mixed to positive reactions from the crowd. He had never performed at the festival before and fans were not sure what to expect, but his high-octane act only really seemed to disappoint when he brought out a surprise unknown artist, who then proceeded to attempt to serenade the crowd for 10 minutes with hits from other artists. Even then, as well as when Gyptian began singing again, the crowd sang along.
“Everybody enjoyed themselves. Event Gyptian on stage was a fan of the Dominican crowd because its an overwhelming feeling and a big festival and for me to be a part of it is good. I would always like to come back here and perform,” he stated.
Soca power couple Bunji Garlin and Fay-ann Lyons was the true gems of the festival perhaps delivering the best performance and certainly one of the most charged performances. This was also their first time at the festival and the two are keen to return at the soonest for another engagement with Dominican fans.
Garlin remarked, “I, personally, would really be hoping to come back. We were aware of it, we always heard of it because we do music festivals all around the world. But we’ve always heard of [WCMF] and we know it’s like a rotation. Most times it’s not the same bands from this period going into the next. So it’s not to say that we were looking on and hoping. We were just making sure that if the call came, we were ready to bring something to the people because we love to go to different places and share cultures, exchange cultures and we love what we do. This is our duty; to share what we know and to absorb something that the people know and get that cultural exchange.”
And just when the fans thought it could not get any better, Triple K Global took them on a trip around the world and back, playing songs from a number of genres including Hiphop/R&B, Soca, Dancehall, Latin, European genres and their patented version of Dominica’s Bouyon music.
alot of people enjoyed themseleves to the fullist
People Why do we Dominican like too Bring down Other Dominicans when we are doing something proactive on like some people who are doing evil n all kinda of other things which is not proactive just free em up and help bring they up! motivate them i love both Wck and triple kay i think they are wonderful they other have talented musicians and i’d big em up for that
them bias people it have in dominica stop critising triple kay that is the new band with movements ya they does chant but still make their music move…wck is a very wonderful band they brought dominica forward but they chant to alu dont listen both bands have the same chanting feelings in them triple kay bringing out a new level to bouyon…wck had their prob and they fall and it was all kkk now alot have to say bout the lil band….stop being bias both bands are great bands
@mango swee it looks like rah alone dat wuz wck man……….so wat about cornell,keith,pelam n d rest,didnt day put in hard wrk into the band aslef…i hope u really know wat that happening behind d door eh cuz i doh tink u really know…as u can see rah is all to himself,after wck band it went to raw riddim dat doh wrk out,den he started raw riddim dat doh wrk out……..so tell me y it dont wrk out for rah cuz rah is all for him self..RAH jus mk a big fool of himself on sunday at the festival..triple k never respected RAH n thatz a fact cuz all wat day said about RAH is live on cd…becuz kkk have trouble wit wck band they USING rah bt i hope they realise both the band n rah are lowering there standreds….dat wuznt a trophy on sunday dat wuz a mockrey….
couldnt believe what i was seeing on stage from rah on sunday…recieve the award say thanks and move off stage no bones crushed thats it…but to continue on singing and stuff was a bit unproffessional and lacked reason and sense…
artist has to have interigty at all times…rah did drop a few points downward..got to have some tact rah…i know you but you were definetly way off key with your actions!!
yesssi i see d chinee gettin wyle….well honestly triple kay really perform eh..these guys are entertainers….WCK aluu were on! lukin forward to d new track 4 2k12 carnival…FOTO COPY
triple k band aslef………..dat band is pure rubbish…from d time der jam start is chanting till d jam end…smh..u guys need to start writing n change d lead vocalist of the band.the man voice is very unpleasnt…smh…u guys really need some serious help..and plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz have some respect..i really want to know if is bouyon music u guys sing or if is hip hop music eh…
Boss Respect Dominica Music. With all the foolishness u say they doing to are going round the globe representing Dominica. Criticize constructively not destructively. Off course they can do some work on the lyrics but their riddim is infectious. You want news, i spoke to a number of St. Lucian who were at the WCMF and they say they love KKK vibes.
BENJI ACTING, SINGING ,LOOKING LIKE A MAKAK
for me after fay ann lyons played i left the stadium cause I did not want to listen to triple kay,these guys have no respect in their lyrics,total disrespect and profanity,and that is how they want to promote dominica? pleae,its unacceptable beacause when they just started they didnt use to sound like that now all of a sudden their lyrics can’t survive without one curse one in it
i would like to know how they would feel if one day they have kids and their child say a”daddy i want somebody to wood me like how you does sing in your song” how would they feel
tired of triple kay
all u talkin all u shit about rah made a mistake sunday nite goin on stage with triple kay all u doi no shit that happening behind the scences of the so call ck of present . when rah left the band a few months after the new wck band produce and album called super band there are 3 songs in particular ck was disrespectin the rah sayin he dirty ,take his licks like a man or round two finish him. all those tings them manh say about the man the same rah` the was the heart and soul of wck fame if it wasnt for him them guys that there now would never no ck or shit .also the so call manager and bass player of ck is very dirty to . wen rah had his new band ck manager /bass player use to go to rah band members and bad talk rah saying rah doi good he dis he dat and tried by all cost to keep down rah and he band and stuff for the man not to have no bad to criple his music and seen .rah had no chioce .all u tink that new wck band there easythe are un greatfull. by the waay all the present members which are there came for rah”s raw reddem band so is high time they stop this wickedness to the king of bouyon music.
derrick RAH peters……..boy u mk a bad mistake der on sunday nite……..dem man jus using YOU to get back at ck boyyyy…..dem man never had respect for u,day dissed u so much n say a big man like u…..u by road selling……boyyyy rah,rah,i go pray for u my brother cuz i tink day give u something to drink…….smh…
Rah needs to grow up and show respect for all bouyon bands. Rah is no king of bouyon because he thinks is he alone that is bouyon. His foolish comments while performing with KKK was way out of place for a big man over fifty years old.
Dat is stupid to say. Your’s is de first grudge stuff i hear in ref to anything Festival. A musician can sing with any group he pleases, like the boyy from Kassav sing with another group…i doe hear any Martiniqian hot under de collar like you. Stop that and Learn to sing den.
yea so wen allu in allu skimpy for carnival allu doe mind dat but when seasoned performers doing there thing allu talking
ARE U GUYS SERIOUS? ONE THING ITS TYPICAL DOMINICANS TO BRING DOWN THEIR OWN PEOPLE AS ALWAYS. WHEN JAH CURE CAME LAST YEAR AND REMOVED HIS SHIRT ON THE STAGE NONE OF YALL COMPLAINED. WHEN TREY SONGS, TYRESE, RICK ROSS, USHER ETC…GO SHIRTLESS YOU WOMEN GO CRAZY AND YOU MEN JUST DREAM AND SAY “I WISH I HAD A BODY LIKE THIS”. NONE OF YALL CRITISIZE, YALL JUST GIVE POSITIVE REMARKS AND YET STILL WHEN OUR VERY OWN DOES THE SAME YALL JUST START TO CRITISIZE. YOU ALL JUST MAKE ME SICKKKKKKKK…IF YOU CRITISIZE ONE, CRITISIZE ALL….NOT BCUZ IS A DOMINICAN…DOMINICANS ON A WHOLE DOES JUST KEEP THEIR PEOPLE DOWN AND TRY EVERYTHING TO SEE THEM STAY DOWN. THATS Y I ADMIRE THE SPANISH, HAITIANS, SERIANS ETC…THEY LOOK OUT FOR THEIR PEOPLE.TAKE EXAMPLE FROM THEM AND LEARN.
first thing first by the time triple k said dat they dont want to be aired live on d radio they should be removed from the festival cuz that wuz total disrespect for dominicans especially those living overseas. ….if these guys said dat they are dominicans n they want to push dominica to the next level welllll,hmmmmmmm u guys are sick…second thing is that mr derrick rah peters got alot of love for u..bt triple k band didnt had any respect for u,jus becuz they have beef wit wck band they use to get back at wck band…mr peters u should kno plenty beter dan dat…….triple k band disrespected u sooooo much now u der jumping on stage wit dem..smh mr peters…AND IS TIME THAT TRIPLE K BAND TO HAVE SOME RESPECT,TO MUCH UNDSENT LANGUAGES ESPECIALLY AT THERE JAMS……..AND PLZ GET REED OF DAT LEAD VOCALIST BECUZ FROM TIME DIS GUY JOIN DIS TIME,TRIPLE K BECAME A TOTAL SHIT…BRING BACK THE ZOUK TRIPLE EH……………TRUST ME AS A DOMINICANS AM REALLY SHAME TO SAY DAT DIS IS A DOMINICAN BAND………
i agree man…. Rah should have neva done that..from time i saw that i lost respect for Rah ehh….totally… original WCK fella onstage singin under a Triple kAy and trying disrespect ur former band awa wii…
I agree with u on all u say especially bout kkk lead singer….all which comes from his mouth is pure rubbishn nothing sensible, the band was much better without him, I dont know wen last i heard the band actually sing a song….jus chanting pure rubbish, the two other singers aself so silly , they jus let Benji shove dem aside and put them in the back as Back up singers….silly boys, kkk so no the distasteful, nastiness they goin to sing that they asked not to be aired…..The lead singer need BRACES or INVISALINE….Y dont he check an Orthonntist?
Do you think that we will ever again get the kind or quality of bouyon songs we got back in the mid-90s, from CK, Sernade, PIK, and the likes, shortly after Bouyon was “created”? Right now, CK 2011 seems to be struggling to play CK old-school bouyon songs. Almost sounds like some band of school boys learing the songs. Granted Rah, Cornel and Martindale are no longer with the CK Bouyon army. But!!! Will say no more for now.
rubbish u talking
WCK must try stop competing with kkk and jud do dere thing…..kkk is pure rubbish….
you all need to stop this crap of critising, yes they need to make their own songs now, yes they need to get a lil more voice training, but at least it is young people making a difference in our nation, if they were on the streets selling drugs you all would be singing another song, instead of crutising take a pen and paper and write songs for them.
if the man wants to remove his shirt let him do it, it is a form of entertainment you may not like it someone else will, stop the harsh and egative talking, if it was an international artiste thatw as removing his shirt you all would not say nothing, leave the guys alone..
they actually awarded 2 people on that night, but yet no mention was made about that, in Dominica we only see the bad and not the good
good performance triple k on Sunday that was a tremendous performance in taking us on a trip around the world, a band that can sing in different languages from Africa right back to the caribbean!!!!!!!
u well like to see tazzy shirtless………….
kkk aim is not to sell drugs but sell SEX….i once heard one off the band memebers say n i quote “THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CK & KKK JAM IS IN KKK WEN U DANCING U FEEL LIKE F*****G BUT WEN U IN CK ALL U FEEL LIKE DOIN IS JUS DANCIN”….
lol lol i just love the comments on DNO, the first time i went to a triple kay ‘jam’ the shirtless dude had me confused. if it was supposed to be a part of the act i didnt get it – at all. strupes. i dont know about triple kay yeah we are all dominicans and its all about peace and love and unity according to the lead singer in one of his songs (who has the most horibble voice i’ve ever heard, dont know why he thinks hes so sexy lol) but WCK is my band!!!
amen
Dominica we got a world product, and a world stage lets all help to preserve and better market the creole festival,so it can become much more economical to our nation.listening via the net it appeared to be a great sucess. Hats off to the organizers, Artists,stage handlers,DbS,Q95, kari, and all those who attended from home and aboard it was a great event.One bone of contention that Bouyon music will not get us unto the international stage, too much noise and no realy story or lyric.Already other Caribbean bands have taken the beat slower the tempo create English lyric, and its much more enjoyable.Bouyou fans some thing to think about.
I was not at this year’s festival however I listened to the show via Q95 and the quality of the broadcast was magnificent. Let me first congratulate Jjeff Joe for a job brilliantly done. I had been waiting for a long time to see Jeff Joe come back with the type of performance that we remembered from the true and old Grammacks. I remember looking at Grammacks when I was kid and this remains an indelible memory. Those days our bands played some serious music , there was strong vocals and good musicianship. Today with the exception of a few bands the quality of music, the musicianship is lacking .
I always lament about the fact that our musicians (young ones) through 15 years of exposure to international and professional musicians and yet the quality of music and performance is atrocious.
We recognize that the language barrier had been a tremendous set back for our cadence music however it was not because of the lack of musicianship and quality. Today we adopt Bouyon music, my god why not work towards product enhancement. While I do understand that bands like Triple K and WCK are catering to contemporary times in Dominica , the musicians owe it to themselves to develop their talent and skills to the best they can. The only reason Grammacks, Exile did what they did was the musicians strived for high level of excellence; Kassav was great because the musicians individually are great professional musicians. I would suggest that musicians learn to play their instrument and become proficient instrumentalists. The vocalists – Oh “geese” learn to sing as your voice is an instrument. If triple K is what we promote then the voacalists need to enroll in a program that would help improve their vocals – I often wonder whether the guy is actual chanting or just talking but then he does the same thing on every song so I can only conclude that he is “ singing”. The same goes with the WCK vocalists.
If our upcoming musicians shoot for excellence in individual musicianship I guarantee that every other aspect of this Bouyon music will come alive in benifitials way. I am most disgusted by this noise and dischordant music that we call Dominican. We use to be the Meca of music in the Caribbean; we the reason why guys like shorti would come to dominica to explore music ; we are the reason George decimus and Edwourd were able to concoct the sweet and memorable zouke music that Kassav has served us over those years.
well said! i agree with you 100%
i will say it again we have good musicans that can make us proud.there was an ALL STAR Band that backup solo artists one year and that go down well.there are great Dominican bands out there in the international,please try and incooperate them in the programe,we need to showcase our own, don’t forget them because they out there, ‘that wendy woman’ sty plays for , we need to hear her too.
am too young to know all what you presented but thanks for the insight. I do hope the musicians take your advice. I have gotten from Serenade cds from the past and man am impressed, I wonder why is that band no longer around. It would have been nice to hear them play their zouk, compas and bouyon at the festival…..ah I hope they will regroup and play next year.
Two thumps up my brother. Well said. I love it.You know who you are. Big Up.
they talkin bout how creole fest was great but some idiots dre commenting bout a man on kkk n some negative thoughts shattte man…..creole festival was da blast damb sum dominicans…..cheers to da freaking fest money well spent
Alot of artists take off their shirt while performing. Its called entertainment people. I did not hear anyone complaining when Jah Cure took off his shirt last year.
I MUST SAY THAT FAYAN N FRIENDS ROCKED BIG TIME..THESE GUYS WHEERE ELECTIC..SWINGING STARS NEVER DISSAPOINT BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL…GYPTIAN WAS OK..SORTA DISSPOINTING AND TRIPLE KAY PLAYED OK…SUPRISINGLY.
nasio fontaine next year
When Nasio gets a better promoter he will be there. Try to get in contact with Nasio and I guarantee you will get ZERO response. What kind of a$$ness is that? Please! I love Nasio and his soulful reggae but he needs to give his promoter the old heave-ho!
I think triple need to beging singing songs and not junk to corrupt the young people minds. I honestly never get that bouyon think anyway, pure junk. CK had some ok songs in time of rar and conel them, but now more shit. Triple K is about 10 times worst than CK now and CK is still very bad.
Gyptian was just sh**, this man just wasn’t good
Mango Sweet, I would like you to post this comment under show reviews for Wyclef Jean, Jah Cure, Frankie Vincent (The haitian president) Shurwayne Winchester, Christopher Martin, Kess and the numerous other artists who remove their shirts on stage during performance. Are you saying that they are promoting “Mal-kasay-ism” in the musical artforms of Reggae, R&B, Compas and Soca? It may not be what you like but its an element show-business that highlights the passion with which these artists perform. It may not be suited for every performance (by the way he has not taken off his shirt for many of the most recent events including CITP) but the tearing of the shirt at WCMF to me symbolized the breaking away from the colonial imprisonment depicted by the waist-coats and ties they came out with and said “Let me loose, Im black, beautiful and proud”
Wait, although I support your comments isn’t the Haitian President Sweet Mickey not Franky Vincent? LOL
Anonymous….i agree with you fully when you say the triple K band needs to actually compose songs…. i been saying it from day one and i kept saying it during there performance and i will keep saying it and although i think they are a good band i think that’s what separates them from being a top band they have great musical arrangements (instruments,drum machines etc.)but the lyrical value is not up to par at least to me …we really need some vocals(real singing of songs)not a chant of two phrases over and over and say its a song… but that’s just my opinion
why does that Triple Kay lead vocalist think that for every performance he has to go shirtless? WOTLESS!!
That’S what we as a nation are portraying to the rest of the the world? That Bouyon has become a case of “mal-kasay-ism”?
you can say that again … even on one of their album covers he was shirtless … disgusting
and besides that the lead “vocalist” needs to go!!! what an embarassment to those who can sing!!!!!!! and tirple k needs to ACTUALLY COMPOSE SONGS BON DIAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i totally argee with you,its about time they start making songs and not chants and throw back for ck who isn’t even studyin them benji needs to pack his self tazi i wont even comment
who don’t like it well sleep by it
I’m not seeing the pic but maybe the man is hot?! LOLOL
Hott!! Not dem Triple K fellas!!! ‘tal!
As far as I am concerned, I would never waist my hard earned cash on anything “tripple s**t”. And I still hear their band manager talking of how professional that wotless band is! What an embarassment!!!
kkk is a waste….. wud neva pay money to hear benji chant for me….. kkk has made bouyon into some kind of male cheer-leading group….
yu chating shit!!!! so what the american hip hop stars potraying when they remove there shirt on BET awards that is much! much! more bigger than our lil creol music festival. u and all the other are just chating a bunch of BS always there to chat another dominican down i wonder if i put you on stage you would not even be able to sing one verse get a freaking job
I DOH KNO WHO FOOL TAZZIE AND TELL HIM HE GOT A GORGEOUS BODY NUH….OH PLZZZZZZZZZZ
ONE THING I MUST SAY IS DAT FANATIK IS MISSING AT THE FEST….THE PERSON IN CHARGE OFF THE FEST IS A DAMN HATER….FANATIK IS THE BEST BAND FOR NOW, VERSATILE BAND, CAN PERFORM AT ANY FUNCTION, BEST KEYBOARDPLAYER IN THE CARIBBEAN IN THAT BAND, DONT KNO Y THIS BAND IS REFUSED…..