Popular West Indian Artistes

Bhaskaranand Sharma was called Bhaskar when he came to Canada in 1976. He was one of the first Guyanese to get an ICCR Vocal Music Scholarship by the Government of India to study at the Bhartiya Kala Kendra. He wrote The Sangeet Alankar Indian Music exams in 1975 in Delhi, India. Bhaskar studied under the […]

Bharath Boochoon was born and raised in La Fortune Woodland, South Trinidad. At school he showed a keen interest in singing Bhajans and playing the Dholak. Bharath still remembers and sing numerous Bhajans he learnt from Mr. Deoraj Seunarine, a teacher at Woodland Hindu School where he attended. At the age of 9 his father

Baal John, a renowned figure in East-Indian culture and music, was born in Claxton Bay, Trinidad, to Sonny and Bhagwandai John. His musical journey began early, even after his family relocated to La Fortune, Woodland, when he was just six. By the tender age of eight, Baal was already singing, initially captivated by the heartfelt

Ashwini Kupchand, born in the Republic of Guyana to Pandit Kupchand and Shreemati Mohanie Etwaroo, began his musical journey at the tender age of eight, singing in the Mandir in Vreed-en-Hoop. Despite never receiving formal music training, his natural talent and passion for singing were evident early on. As a teenager, he performed freelance with

Born in La Fortune, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, Amarnath Patasar stands as one of the Caribbean’s most distinguished mandolin players and musicians. Hailing from a revered lineage of musical talent, including being the younger brother of the renowned sitar virtuoso Mungal Patasar and renowned Bhajan singers Harry Patasar and Latchmi Patasar, Amarnath’s profound connection