Shurwayne Winchester

Shurwayne Winchester
Born
Shurwayne Winchester

(1974-02-08) 8 February 1974 (age 52)
OriginScarborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
GenreSoca
OccupationsMusician, producer, Song-writer
InstrumentVocals
Years active1996–present
Formerly ofY.O.U.- Yes One Unit
Websitewww.shurwayne.com

Shurwayne Winchester is a Tobagonian soca musician from The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, who has twice won the Road March title.

Biography

He was born on 8 February 1974 and was raised in Tobago. When he was 12, he began competing in local calypso competitions, and consistently placed within the top three. In 1990, he began competing against veteran performers, including Calypso Queen Denyse Plummer and Calypso Monarchs Cro Cro and Luta.

Winchester has won numerous Calypso Monarch and Road March titles. In 2004, having already made a name for himself with tracks such as "Baby Love" and "Under My Spell", he won the Road March title in 2004 with "The Band Coming". In 2005 he won again with "Dead or Alive".

In 2006 when he won both the Power and Groovy soca Monarch titles with "Can't Wait" and "Don't Stop". He won awards for "Songwriter of the Year", "Song of the Year" (for "Dead or Alive") and "Groovy Soca of the Year" (for "Don’t Stop", his collaboration with Shawn Noel) at the 8th annual Copyright Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago (COTT) awards in 2006.

In 2008 he formed his own band, Y.O.U. (Yes One Unit). Winchester collaborated with Maxi Priest on "Make It Yours" and with Serani on "All I Need".[citation needed]

Discography

Collaborations

References

  1. ↑ Moe, Cherisse (2009) "Shurwayne turns up the heat at Bois Cano", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 18 July 2009, retrieved 2010-10-31
  2. ↑ Meschino (2005) "Soca Battles Pirates Of The Caribbean", Billboard, 19 March 2005, retrieved 2010-10-31
  3. ↑ Rampersad, Joan (2006) "Shurwayne, the star of the night", Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday, 4 November 2006, retrieved 2010-10-31.