BAJAN SUN
Bajan Sun Magazine
SEPT 2014
RICKY STOUTE
H
ailing from Bridgetown, Barbados RnB and soul
his weaknesses in both art-forms, until he could marry the
singer Ricky Stoute was six years old when he stood
two
with
feelings
from
his
soul.
for the first time on stage and is in the Caribbean already a
superstar. As he would have us know, he transitioned into
Ricky being an ardent lover and performer of all genres of
what he calls a double threat by the age of 17, incorporating
music including Jazz; Soul; RnB; Reggae and Soca, views
both singing and dancing into his performances. Always
music as universal and something that should be expressed
passionate about dancing, Ricky never had much interest in
regardless of the genre. More interestingly, Ricky has
being a singer. When he was a child, he thought singing was
performed in front of crowds reaching close to 10,000
hilarious. He found the sound which escaped from his
persons in cities/ countries such as Greece, London,
mouth sounded strange. However, that quickly changed
Amsterdam, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa,
having been admonished by his dad to stop making fun, try
Spain, Paris, Latvia and India among others. When asked,
to understand the art-form and you will have a better
‘Which performances/songs you see as a crowd favorite?’
understanding and appreciation for it. So said, so done, later
Ricky simply stated that this depends on the crowd, and the
on, Ricky as everyone calls him, found that singing was just
generation. He said that everyone has a different taste in
like dancing but with sound, so he focused on strengthening
music, so it’s hard to be specific.
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