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CARIBBEAN INSIGHT TV (CITV) programs are cultural documentaries demonstrating the history of West Indians through their musical artistry. CITV's mission is to provide innovative, practical and top-quality products that will serve as a conscious raising vehicle and a cultural organizing tool for Caribbean History.
David Michael Rudder born in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, one of nine children, Rudder spent much of his early life with his grandmother, a devout Baptist.
He began singing with a calypso band at a young age, and in his teens sang backup vocals in a calypso tent run by Lord Kitchener. He is one of the most successful calypsonians of all time.
David Rudder is the first of a new generation of Calypsonians and he’s opening up a whole new way to write, sing, feel and see the thing. His music transcends culture, race, and class.
Long before Rudder established himself in the Calypso arena, he was known as one of the few singers who wrote all his own songs. His popularity flowed from his obvious talent and from the radically different image he cultivated of himself as a singer.
SONG: Bahia Girl
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: Calypso Music
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: The Hammer
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: Bacchanal Lady
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: The Engine Room
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: Hoosay
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: No Restriction
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: The Mad Man Rant
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: Bigger Pimpin
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: Another Day In Paradise
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: High Mas
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: Adrenalin City
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: Ganges and the Nile
ARTIST: David Rudder
SONG: Trini To The Bone
ARTIST: David Rudder
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