Master mixer: Aaron “Voice” St Louis mixes music at his studio on Santa Cruz Old Road, San Juan on Friday evening. Photo by Sureash Cholai
KRISTI-MARIE MADRAY
Two-time International Soca Monarch Aaron “Voice” St Louis hopes his song Year for Love will turn youths away from crime.
St Louis’ hit may be soca but it is commentary in the style of any veteran calypsonian.
“A Year for Love came about because I wasn’t feeling too good coming down last year. With all the crime taking place, I decided to write a song about love, a song for the youths,” St Louis said in an interview at his studio in his San Juan hometown on Friday evening.
“Usually, I write the first thing which comes to mind. When I heard the Upendo Riddim I wanted to write a ‘jam’ song because of the zouk element in it. That was my first thought, but I thought, ‘Let me write something meaningful.’”
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