Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)

For the First World War leader, see Horatio Kitchener

Lord Kitchener (April 18, 1922 - February 11, 2000) was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians. Born Aldwyn Roberts in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, Kitchener's success began after he moved to England and soon became massively popular there. His fame continued throughout the 1950s, when calypso achieved international success. Later, though, he moved towards Soca, a related style, and continued recording until his death.

His most famous songs include:

  • Rain-o-rama (also the name he gave to his home in Trinidad)
  • Pan in A Minor
  • Sugar Bum Bum (noted as one of the first Soca songs)

He is buried in the Santa Rosa Cemetery in Arima, Trinidad.


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He is buried in the Santa Rosa Cemetery in Arima, Trinidad. Albums. His most famous songs include:. Singles. Later, though, he moved towards Soca, a related style, and continued recording until his death. [1] (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/mar/15itunes.html) Sarah has also sold an estimated 30 million albums world wide. His fame continued throughout the 1950s, when calypso achieved international success. McLachlan's song "The Path of Thorns" was the 50,000,000th song downloaded from Apple's iTunes Music Store.

Born Aldwyn Roberts in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, Kitchener's success began after he moved to England and soon became massively popular there. On a number of occasions, McLachlan has also found herself in the news for other reasons:. Lord Kitchener (April 18, 1922 - February 11, 2000) was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians. It ran for 4 hours and aired live on CTV across Canada. For the First World War leader, see Horatio Kitchener. The show was the brainchild of Sarah McLachlan's manager, Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk. Sugar Bum Bum (noted as one of the first Soca songs). The show also featured a performance by the Sarah McLachlan Musical Outreach Choir & Percussion Ensemble; a children's choir and percussion band from the Vancouver outreach program that Sarah provides funding for. The concert was titled One World: The Concert for Tsunami Relief, and raised approximately $3.6 million for several Canadian aid agencies working in South and South-East Asia.

Pan in A Minor. On January 29th Sarah was a headliner for a benefit concert in Vancouver along with other Canadian superstars such as Avril Lavigne. Rain-o-rama (also the name he gave to his home in Trinidad). In early 2005 McLachlan took part in a star-studded Tsunami disaster relief telethon on NBC. She had already completed three-quarters of the Afterglow record production. Sarah gave birth to a daughter, named India, on April 6, 2002, in Vancouver.

During Sarah's hiatus in her recording career, she lost her mother to cancer in December, 2001, while Sarah herself was pregnant. McLachlan also funds an outreach program in Vancouver providing music education for inner city children. In 1999, she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her successful recording career, her role in Lilith Fair, and the charitable donations she made to women's shelters across Canada. Through her career, she has also received many other awards, primarily in recognition of her efforts in launching Lilith Fair.

Known for the emotional sound of her ballads, some of her popular songs include "Angel," "Building a Mystery," "Adia," "Possession," and "I Will Remember You." Her best selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won multiple Grammy Awards and four Juno Awards (Canada's equivalent to the Grammy's). She returned to public life and touring with her 2003 album release, Afterglow, although she has no current plans to resurrect Lilith Fair. She participated along with four other Canadian artists, Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, Barenaked Ladies and Chantal Kreviazuk. She did, however, participate in the 2002 British Columbia Cancer Foundation Benefit Concert in memory of cancer victim Michele Bourbonnais.

Lilith Fair debuted in Vancouver that same year, after which McLachlan began an extended period away from recording or touring. On February 7, 1997, she married Ashwin Sood, her longtime drummer, in Negril, Jamaica. She was awarded the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award in 1998 for advancing the careers of women in music. Sarah has been extensively profiled by media including cover stories for Rolling Stone, Time magazine and Entertainment Weekly.

It was the most successful all-female music festival in history, one of the biggest music festivals of the 90's, and helped launch the careers of several well known female artists. The Sarah-founded Lilith Fair tour brought together 2 million people over its 3 year history and raised more than $7 million for charities. Over the next two years, it quietly became Sarah's international breakthrough as well, scaling the charts in a number of countries and setting the stage for 1997's Surfacing, which debuted at the top of the charts amid the hype around Lilith Fair. 1993's Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was an immediate smash hit in Canada.

Her 1991 album, Solace, was her mainstream breakthrough in Canada, spawning the hit singles "The Path of Thorns (Terms)" and "Into the Fire". There she recorded the first of her albums, Touch, in 1988, which received both critical and commercial success and included the hit song "Vox". The signing prompted McLachlan to move to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was signed before she had penned a single song.

In 1988, she was the first artist signed by the independent Canadian record label Nettwerk. Her high school yearbook claimed that she was "destined to become a famous rock star.". When she was just 17 years old, she fronted a new wave band, October Game. As a child, she took voice lessons, along with studies in classical piano and guitar.

Sarah McLachlan was born and adopted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is widely recognized for founding Lilith Fair, a tour which showcased female musicians in the late 1990s. Sarah Ann McLachlan (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Afterglow Live (2004)-audio CD plus DVD.

Live Acoustic (2004). Afterglow (2003). Remixed (2001) [US Release in (2003)]. Mirrorball (1999).

Surfacing (1997). Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff (1996). The Freedom Sessions (1994) - one of the first enhanced CDs ever released, combining music with CD-ROM material. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993).

Live EP (1992). Solace (1991). Touch [Reissue] (1989). Touch (1988).

World on Fire (2004). Stupid (2004). Fallen (2003). Angel (1999).

Adia (1998). Sweet Surrender (1998). Building a Mystery (1997). I Will Remember You (1995).

Good Enough (1994). Hold On (1994). Possession (1993). Drawn to the Rhythm (1992).

Into the Fire (1991). The Path of Thorns (Terms) (1991). Steaming (1990). Vox (1988).

Link (http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicSarahMcLachlan/home_trial.html). The judge in this suit ultimately ruled in McLachlan's favour. Finally, in 1999, McLachlan and Nettwerk were sued by Darryl Neudorf, a Vancouver musician (and onetime member of 54-40) who alleged that he had made a significant and uncredited contribution to the songwriting on Touch. President Bill Clinton, when her song "Do What You Have To Do" was cited in Kenneth Starr's report as the subject of a letter from Lewinsky to Clinton.

In 1998, McLachlan found herself vicariously connected to the Monica Lewinsky scandal surrounding former U.S. This lawsuit never came to trial, however, as the plaintiff committed suicide before the trial began. In 1994, she was sued by Uwe Vandrei, an obsessed fan from Ottawa, Ontario, who alleged that his letters to her had been the basis of her hit single "Possession".