ELLA ANDALL HER SPIRIT IS MUZIK FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO DECADESTHE MOST POWERFUL VOICE COMING OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN BELONGS TO ELLA ANDALL. AND YET SO LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THIS LEGENDARY SONGSTRESS,ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES. ELLA ANDALL WAS BORN IN GRENADA BUT BEGAN HER PROFESSIONAL SINGING CAREER IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. INDEED THE NEW MUSICAL ERA OF SOKA PROVIDED FOR THE IDEAL PLATFORM FOR ELLA TO ADDRESS THE WORLD. HISTORY WILL REVEAL THAT ELLA ANDALL WAS THE VERY FIRST WOMAN TO GIVE VOICE TO THE SOUND OFSOKA.DURING THAT TIME SHE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MUSICAL COLLECTIVE CALLED THE VIBRATIONS INTERNATIONAL,WORKING ALONGSIDE THE UNDISPUTED GODFATHER OF SOKA...SHORTY I (Formerly LORD SHORTY). AT THIS STAGE OF HER CAREER SHE ALREADY HAD AN EXTENSIVE REPERTOIRE PACKED WITH A NUMBER OF HIT SONGS...INCLUDING; Waiting For You,Touch Me In The Morning,Second Fiddle,Different People,and the exciting SOKA version of EDDY GRANTs Hello Africa.THE LATTER WAS A NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN,SHE ALSO DID A DUET WITH GUYANAs JOHNNY BRAFF TITLED Same Time,Same Place. IT WAS ALSO DURING THIS TIME THAT ELLA ANDALL TOURED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN AND NORTH AMERICA.HER DYNAMIC AND ELECTRIFYING STAGE PRESENCE COMBINED WITH HER GRACE AND STUNNING BEAUTY CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES ANYWHERE SHE PERFORMED. IN 1976 ELLA ANDALL BASED HER MUSICAL ADVANCE IN MONTREAL,CANADA,SHE CHARMED AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT CLUBS AND DANCEHALL CIRCUITS,AS WELL AS COLLEGES AND SUMMER FESTIVALS. HER TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN 1981 WAS HERALDED BY THE RELEASE OF A NEW HIT SINGLE Black Woman.THE SUCCESS OF THIS SINGLE ALSO MARKED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN ELLA ANDALLs CAREER...THAT OF A WRITER/COMPOSER AND PRODUCER.ANOTHER POWERFUL DUET FOLLOWED AND THE SONG Stay Giving PraiseWITH CALYPSONIAN Black Stalin TOPPED THE REGIONAL CHARTS.ELLA CAREFULLY AVOIDED THE STRESS OF CALYPSO COMPETITIONS, AND YET TO CALYPSO LOVERS SHE IS CONSIDERED de QUEEN INDEED ,ELLA CONCENTRATED HER EFFORT AND ENERGY IN THE FIELD OF AFRICAN FOLK TRADITIONS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TUTORING A NUMBER OF YOUNG AND SENSITIVE SINGERS THROUGHOUT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION IN ADDITION TO THIS ELLA ANDALL HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE EMERGENCE OF YET ANOTHER CALYPSO IDIOM CALLED RAPSO (The Poetry/Rap of Calypso),HAVING WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE Network Rapso Riddum Band.THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THE MODERN AFRICAN SONG AND FOLK TRADITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ELLA ANDALL. SHE CONTINUED HER RECORDING CAREER WITH YET ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ALBUM...Bring Down de Power,AND WAS SELECTED FOR SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES AT THE CARIBBEAN SONG FESTIVAL AND NATIONAL MUSIC AWARDS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.ELLA ALSO VISITED ENGLAND AND ALSO REPRESENTED TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AT THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CARIBBEAN ARTS IN ROME ITALY(Where She Also Made TV Appearances).SHE RETURNED HOME AND CONTINUED HER RECORDING CAREER WITH THE ALBUM TITLED MY SPIRIT IS MUSIC, WHICH FEATURED FOUR (4)HIT SONGS ON THE REGIONALCHARTS.SHE HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE PRESIDENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOR HER VOCAL ABILITY DURING AN HONOUR PERFORMANCE AT QUEENs HALL. ELLA ANDALL HAS ALSO BEEN A FINALIST AT THE NATIONAL CALYPSO COMPETION MORE THAN ONCE AND THE NATIONAL SOCA MONARCH FINALS AS WELL. ELLA HAS ALSO EXTENDED HER CAREER IN THE FIELD OF MUSICAL DRAMA,APPEARING IN LATE GERALDINE OCONNORs VERSION OF HANDELs MESSIAH WHICH WAS CALLED Carnival Messiah,and SHE WAS ALSO A HEADLINER IN THE PLAY CALLED YAA ASENTEWAA WHICH TOURED IN ENGLAND AND GHANA AS WELL.Ms.ELLA AS SHE IS FONDLY CALLED WAS ALSO THER ALONGSIDE EMANCIPATION CELEBRATIONS PIONEER, THE LATE LANCELOT LAYNE IN HIS QUEST TO MAKE OUR NATION RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO REMEMBER AND HONOUR ALL OF OUR ANCESTORS.TO THIS DAY ELLA ANDALLs INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO EMANCIPATION DAY PROCESSION IS STILL VERY APPARENT. QUEEN ELLA ANDALL NOW HAS TEN..YES (10) CDs (Albums) RECORDED,THE NAMES OF THESE ALBUMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1)Ms Ella 2)Healing Fire 3)Moforibale Esu(eshu) 4)Oriki Ogun 5)Sango Baba Wa(shango) 6)Osun Bamise(oshun) 7)Osain Ade 8)Iba Yemoja 9)Orisa NI Ma Sin(orisha) 10)Oya ELLA ANDALL IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC AND EXCEPTIONAL MUSICAL TALENTS IN THE WORLD TODAY... A VOCAL POWERHOUSE;THE LEGENDARY QUEEN OF SONG IN THE CARIBBEAN... ELLA ANDALL IS AVAILABLE FOR WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCES ALONG WITH HER BAND. FOR BOOKINGS CALL: +1-868-642-8970 or +1-868-374-8065 Email:efuwape@gmail ALL CDs ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM US.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 21:45:39 +0000
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