BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - IN an effort to promote the upcoming St. Kitts Music Festival, SKNVibes will be conducting live interviews with some of the artistes who are scheduled to perform.
Today, Tuesday, June 23, Pep Radio DJ’s, Kesean Hi-light James and Rajiv ‘DJ Rinch’ Hamilton will interview Regina Belle at 3 p.m.
Listeners also have the opportunity to submit questions they would like the DJs to ask Belle at yardtune@sknvibes.com.
Regina Belle will be performing on the Saturday night of the festival (June 25) along with Hans and the Hillbillies, KC5, Shakki, T-Pain, and KC and The Sunshine band.
Born in New Jersey, Regina Belle’s career dates back to the early days of the 1980s and she received a Grammy for one of her biggest hits ever, ‘A Whole New World’, since her career started.
It was in church where Belle was first discovered for her melodious voice. She sang her first solo in church at age 8, and by age 17 she was the church's star singer.
‘All By Myself’, ‘Passion’, ‘This is Regina’ and ‘Love Forever Shines’ are among the many albums that Belle has had thus far, with singles including ‘If I could’, ‘Baby Come To Me’, Dream in Color’, The Deeper Love’, ‘For The Love of you and ‘I’ve Had Enough’.
In 1991 she was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance with ‘Make It Like It Was’, and in 1994 she was nominated for ‘Record of the Year’ with ‘A Whole New World’ while being nominated again in 1999 for Best Traditional Album with her song ‘Believe in me’. She was also nominated for Best Traditional Album in 2002, but this time it was for ‘This is Regina’.
‘A Whole New World’ won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group in 1994 and she was also a nominee in 1993 for Best Song from a Movie.
