Music Matters: The Caribbean Edition
Music business conversations with hosts Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Nigel A. Campbell focused on the Caribbean.
Episode 49: The Soca Sessions 2025: Bunji Garlin
Laura and Nigel chat with soca music's lyrical wordsmith, Bunji Garlin, who pushes the envelope of what...
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Laura and Nigel speak with the composer of the 2025 T&T Carnival Road March, Pardy, Andre Jeffers about...
EscucharEpisode 47: The Soca Sessions 2025: Joshua Regrello
Laura and Nigel welcome Joshua Regrello, De Panman to his thousands of fans on social media, who represents...
EscucharEpisode 46: The Soca Sessions 2025: Michael Tano Montano
Laura and Nigel are back after a long hiatus. They begin the year with the Soca Sessions Interviews...
EscucharEpisode 46: The Soca Session 2025: Michael Tano Montano
Laura and Nigel are back after a long hiatus. They begin the year with the Soca Sessions Interviews...
EscucharEpisode 45: Investing In Caribbean-based Music Festivals
Laura and Nigel host a panel at the MusicTT RVRB X Conference in Trinidad on Festivals as the new investment...
EscucharEpisode 44: Globalisation and Commercialisation of Caribbean Music
Laura and Nigel welcome UK-born Barbadian emeritus professor of Recording Industry, author and consultant...
EscucharEpisode 43: Valuing Caribbean Music: The Jamaica Example
Laura and Nigel have a conversation with Donovan Watkis of World Music Views about how his push to chart...
EscucharEpisode 42: Memoir, Management, Machel Montano
Laura and Nigel have a conversation with Elizabeth Lady Montano, mother of Caribbean music superstar,...
EscucharEpisode 41: The Post-Pandemic Future of Caribbean Festivals and Music
Laura and Nigel have a conversation where they ponder the future of the Caribbean music industry after...
EscucharEpisode 40: Breaking Caribbean Music in America: What Needs to be Done?
Laura and Nigel speak with Caribbean-American music executive Nolan Baynes on the ins and outs of the...
EscucharEpisode 39: Caribbean Music Across the Pond: A Conversation with Seani B
Laura and Nigel speak with BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ and selector Seani B about his prominent role in putting...
EscucharEpisode 38: Hard Truths: A Conversation on soca with Jaiga TC
Laura And Nigel speak with soca entrepreneur and facilitator, Terron Callender, JAIGA TC, on the way...
EscucharEpisode 37: A new season, a new beginning for the Caribbean music industry
Laura and Nigel begin the fourth season of the podcast with a conversation on the outlook and some of...
EscucharEpisode 36: Soca begins GRAMMY Best Global Performance contention
Laura and Nigel speak with soca producer Kasey Phillips and former Grammy Awards genre manager Marlon...
EscucharEpisode 35: Licensing and global collaborations, Braveboy to the World
Laura and Nigel speak to Trinidad and Tobago EDM andhip hop artist and songwriter Braveboy about his...
EscucharEpisode 34: What's Chrending? A Music business Conversation with Fay-Ann Lyons Alvarez
Laura and Nigel chat with soca star and music entrepreneur, Fay-Ann Lyons Alvarez on her music career,...
EscucharEpisode 33: Digital Innovation in the Caribbean Music Industry
Laura and Nigel have a conversation on the implications of the small steps in innovation happening in...
EscucharEpisode 32: The Role of Video in the Promotion of Soca Music
Laura and Nigel chat with Navindra Harbukhan of NH Productions TT on the role of video in the promotion...
EscucharEpisode 31: Caribbean Music Industry Conversations
Laura and Nigel speak with Jamaican music industry lawyer and entrepreneur, Lloyd Stanbury on the Jamaican...
EscucharEpisode 30: A Conversation with Destra Garcia
Laura and Nigel continue in The Soca Sessions with a fun-filled yet open chat with the Queen of Bacchanal,...
EscucharEpisode 29: A Conversation with Kerwin Du Bois
Laura and Nigel continue in The Soca Sessions with an intriguing chat with Toronto-based singer, composer...
EscucharEpisode 28: Soca Sessions with Erphaan Alves
Laura and Nigel chat with Trinidadian soca artiste, Erphaan Alves, who for the past five years, has...
EscucharEpisode 27: Soca Sessions with Problem Child
Laura and Nigel chat with St. Vincent-born, US-based soca performer and prolific composer, Problem Child...
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