Sistah Joyce holds her own @ BVI Spring Fest
The first night of the BVI Spring Fest got off to a late start but eventually the crowd came to support the event which went into the wee hours of Saturday March 28, 2015 on the beach at Quito’s in Cane Garden Bay.
Earlier in the night, daughter of Virgin Gorda Sistah Joyce worked the stage with a number of reggae and love ballads and her sound was impressive as was the accompanying sound system.
She belted out her compositions such as ‘Love Portion’ and ‘Sistah Smokey’ to the delight of the small crowd as it was still early in the night. One would have never guessed that Sistah Joyce is the reigning Calypso Monarch in the way she sang soul music and reggae. Though it was yet early, the persons there appreciated her performance.
After a break for some time, it was time for Ghost to hit the stage. Known mainly for his covers of love songs and other soulful music, Ghost over the years has put his mark on a number of hits and persons would have his version of certain songs imprinted in their memory.
International artistes take crowd into the morning
Ghost opened his performance to a cover of James Blunt’s ‘You're Beautiful’. This was followed by Celine Dion’s ‘If Walls Could Talk’. He also belted out notes from Jason Mraz ‘I'm Yours and Bruno Mars’ ‘I Should have Brought You Flowers’ and Paul Simon’s ‘Call me Al’. He left one of his most well-known originals for last – ‘Love You’ to which the crowd went wild.
After a lengthy period, Onyan and his entourage took to the stage at 2.45 am. Some of the tunes they belted were their version of Juan Tanamera and their hit from the early 2000s ‘If Loving You is Wrong I Don't Want to be Right’.
They also covered some soca music out of Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados including tunes from Bajan band Krossfyah and also from Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires, Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff.
They also performed their original ‘Kick Een She Back Doh’ to the delight of the audience.
As the night grew later the crowd got bigger and Onyan had them captivated during his performance which was wide ranging in genre.
The band was still performing at 4:20 am when this news site left the scene.
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