Artist description King Cosmos is a solo artist. He performs with a live 8-10 piece calypso band, or from tracks on his performance CDs. He performs mainly original calypso/soca material, but also does cover versions of other artists' material. His original material may also have Latin and Creole influences.

Music Style Calypso/Soca, Caribbean and Latin flavoured dance music.

Musical Influences Sam Cooke, Mighty Sparrow, Freank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Santana, Various Rap artists, David Rudder, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Lovette, Bob Marley and more.

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Artist History King Cosmos is originally from Trinidad, W.I., but is now a Canadian citizen. He has been composing and singing calypso music for the past 17 years. He is also an accomplished stage, film and tv. actor. DIS ONE HOT is his third indie project. The two previous ones were 10B (HALF BREED) and CULTURE SHOCK. King Cosmos is one of the founders of the calypso/soca movement in Canada. On several occasions he participated in the annual Canadian Calypso Monarch competition, held in July, coinciding with the Caribana season. He won the title in 1995, but has not competed since. He has performed (sung) at major Toronto venues such as Harbourfront, The Bamboo, The Sheraton Hotel, The Westin Harbourcastle, and The Island Club at Ontario Place. This artist also won Best Calypso/Soca CD for 1998/99 at the Canadian Reggae Music Awards earlier this year.

Group Members King Cosmos is a solo atrist. He worrks with calypso bands for live gigs. He also performs backed up by CD tracks.

Instruments King Cosmos plays guitar, keyboards and percussion.

Albums 10B (HALF BREED) on cassette; CULTURE SHOCK on vinyl

Press Reviews " Cosmos is new ' Calypso Monarch '" - Share Newspaper. " Winning Calypso song has ... beat at Caribana festival " - The Financial Post. " ... here's a T.O. artist that shows some promise " - METRO WORD. " COSMOS AT POETIC BEST WITH "CHRISTIE" - Pride. " But as a performer, he is determined not to be "culturally ghettoized" - THE CARIBBEAN CAMERA.

Additional Info King Cosmos is also an actor who works in television, stage, radio and screen. He is a member of CAEA and ACTRA.

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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