Hashtag: #MusicVideos
Music Video: UK-Based Bento Releases “Go Up”
Just in time for summer, Bermudian recording artist Matthew Bento — who goes by the mononym Bento — has released a scorching new tune titled “Go Up” which is accompanied by an official music video. Currently residing in London and having completed his education at Point Blank Music College in music production & engineering... Read more of this article
Music Video: Buzby Releases “Groupie Love”
KaVon Busby, a 17-year-old up-and-coming performer who goes by the stage name Buzby, recently uploaded his new music video “Groupie Love” which hightlights his rapping skills — as well as some of the picturesque tourist spots in Dockyard. Buzby told Bernews he has been rapping for four years now and recently visited a studio in Atlanta... Read more of this article
Video: Keenan Bailey’s “My God Is Awesome”
Keenan Bailey — one half of the teenage musical duo HNK — has released a new music video to accompany his cover version of the inspirational song “My God Is Awesome.” Berkeley Institute student Mr. Bailey originally recorded and uploaded the song on the Internet in January — and when it received more than a thousand views,... Read more of this article
Teen Singers HNK Release 11-Song Mixtape
Bermuda teen singing sensations HNK yesterday [May 1] launched a new 11-song mixtape — available here – as well as a new video to accompany their original composition “Lost In Your Eyes.” Berkeley Institute students Hollie Hassell and Keenan Bailey — also known by his stage name Keenan Exodia — recorded the material... Read more of this article
Music Video: Zenji San’s “Die By The Gun”
Bermuda singer Zenji San has uploaded a new official video for “Die By The Gun”, his musical appeal for an end to violent crime on the island. Produced by Special Delivery Music, the track was recorded and mixed by Noreco Burgess of Vengeance Music and the video was shot and edited by Fotogenik Photography. Zenji Ingham — aka Zenji... Read more of this article
DemBiez Uploads Rosie Mae Cover Of “Stay”
Bermuda production company Dembiez this week [Apr. 1] uploaded teen singing sensation Rosie Mae’s cover of Rihanna’s “Stay.” DemBiez was officially launched last December when teenagers Shomari Warner, Cahlii Smith, Jumar Hayward and Coshaun Evans discovered they had a talent for creating and writing music together. Mr. Warner... Read more of this article
Video: Hootie & The Blowfish Bermuda Song
After the phenomenal success of their debut album “Cracked Rear View” in 1994 — it sold 16 million copies and spawned four hit singles — the band Hootie & The Blowfish retreated to Bermuda to work on their follow-up release “Fairweather Johnson”, saluting the tranquility they found on the island in a track titled... Read more of this article
Video: Mishka, Buffett On “Ocean Is My Potion”
The title track of Bermuda singer/songwriter Mishka’s new EP, “Ocean Is My Potion” – featuring legendary American performer Jimmy Buffett — recently topped the Billboard reggae charts. Mr. Buffett, whose songs have made him synonomous with a laid-back island lifestyle, first met Mishka when he was only four years old. Mishka... Read more of this article
Reggae/World Musician Shimshai To Peform
Seattle-based American reggae/world/folk artist Shimshai will be performing at the Spirit House in Devonshire on Saturday [Mar. 30]. Doors open at 7.30 pm and the show gets underway at 8pm. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased at Sankofa in Chancery Lane or from the Yoga Centre on Victoria Street. For further information, please call 505-5073 or email... Read more of this article
DemBiez Unveil Ambitious Music Plans
Call them Bermuda’s teen recording titans — production company DemBiez was officially launched last December when Shomari Warner, Cahlii Smith, Jumar Hayward and Coshaun Evans discovered they had a talent for creating and writing music together. Mr. Warner — who is currently studying sound engineering at Fanshawe College in London,... Read more of this article
Video: Nova Announces Live On-Line Show
Bermuda’s alternative rock star Heather Nova will be celebrating the coming of spring with a live on-line request show for her Facebook fans on Memorial Day [May 27]. To help her build a fan-created set list for the event, she is asking members of the Facebook community to vote for their favorite songs, per album, per week, during a special... Read more of this article
Music Video: “Cut The Lights” By Yaun Lee
Yaun Lee has released his latest music video “Cut the Lights,” which delivers a musical message about physical and emotional abuse. Born and raised in Bermuda, Lee now lives in London, UK and the video was filmed in South London. The song [writing, production, performance] and video were all done by Lee, and the song is available for download... Read more of this article
Music Video: HNK Covers Hayes’ “Wanted”
Teen musical duo Hollie Hassell and Keenan Bailey — who go by the name HNK [Hollie 'n' Keenan] — have uploaded a new video of their cover version of country artist Hunter Hayes’ hit “Wanted.” Grammy-nominated “Wanted” was released in March 2012 as the second single from Hunter Hayes’ self-titled début... Read more of this article
Island Ignited Bee Gees’ Musical “Fever”
The lyrics to one of their 1976 hits ran “What you doin’ on your back/You should be dancing, yeah/Dancing, yeah …” and the following year the entire world was doing just that when three songs written by the superstar Gibb brothers in Bermuda topped the international music charts. “Stayin’ Alive”, the Bee Gees’... Read more of this article
Video: Tommy Outerbridge’s “Mr. Bluebird Blue”
The Bermuda Audubon Society is flying high following the success of its Bluebird Nest Box Workshop held yesterday [Mar. 3] at Aberfeldy Nurseries in Paget. With March marking the beginning of nesting season for the critically endangered native Bermuda bird, Society president Andrew Dobson [pictured here with three young workshop participants] outlined... Read more of this article
Video: Dancing In The Streets Of Hamilton, 1959
He was perhaps best known as the high-stepping lasso dancer Will Parker in the 1955 film version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!” — but Hollywood and Broadway hoofer Gene Nelson also capered his way down the streets of Hamilton and onto the deck of the luxury liner “Queen of Bermuda” in a 1959 NBC... Read more of this article
