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Talented young Barbadian artiste, rapper and poet Sivers Tha Third sits down on Lower It Up to chat with us about his upcoming HBCU tour across America, mental health, his new song 'Save Me', his upcoming shows and his aspirations for the future and beyond.

You can hear more of Sivers Tha Third here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/svtiii/dSqc

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On this episode of Lower It Up, we speak to Aprille Thomas, Director of Public Relations and Communications at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), about the 2022 Barbados Food & Rum Festival and what we can expect from this year’s festival. We talk about #FeedTheFuture, the international chefs invited down and all the brand new events taking place for this year’s festival.

We talk to Shontae aka Tae, the winner of the 2022 Crop Over Junior Monarch Competition about her journey towards her win. We also talk to Mr. Kevin Moore from the National Cultural Foundation about his role during the season and all the competitions he worked with and designed for the festival

A brand new season of Lower It Up with a new hostess Megghan headlining the show. and bringing new energy and perspectives. First up on our new season we speak to Quon, the Crop Over 2022 winner of Pic-O-De-Crop Competition discussing his winning track as well as his upcoming music and his views on Pic-O-De-Crop competition and where it's going. We also talk to Cheyne Jones, one half of Water Street Boyz along with Ian Webster aka I Web, who wrote the winning song of this year's Pic-O-De-Crop Competition, Animal Kingdom as well as his views on wider Crop Over Festival and how Water Street Boyz got its name and how it started out.

Another special episode!! We sit down with artiste and produce Robbi Niles, the same producer of our podcast, and Ms. Pan to do a deep dive into the state of the soca musical industry, what we have seen across the 2022 season, its failings, the possible future of the industry and the ways we would like to see it evolve. As a producer, Robbi Niles shares his views and expertise on the matter since he sees things from a different angle than the general public. As an avid partygoer and soca enthusiast, Ms. Pan gives her views on the topic, especially having experienced this season and many more before. Her POV as that of a dedicated soca fan gives an outside viewpoint on how the industry can evolve for the better.

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For a very special one-of-a-kind super chaotic episode, we sit down with Olivia from Hashtag Balance and Ms. Peter Pan to discuss our Crop Over season and do a recap on our entire experience across the festival. We discuss our perspective versus that of Ms. Pan as an avid soca lover and a lover of Crop Over and versus that of Olivia who is not a lover of soca or an ecstatic Crop Over enthusiast #jeneruk. We want to contrast these perspectives as we want to take a balanced and fair look at the season, the first Crop Over since the pandemic began. We discuss all the events of the season, what we enjoyed, what DJs we liked and what we hope to see for next Crop Over. We loved this episode for how raw unfiltered and honest it was. We hope you enjoy it too!

Episode14, our final episode of Lower It Up for Crop Over 2022! We talk with Ms. Donna Barker, Senior Health Promotion Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness all about how to avoid COVD-19 this season, especially reminding you that the virus is not gone and we should all be doing all we can to keep ourselves, our family, our friends and our community safe. Iz a we ting! I protect you, you protect me, we protect each other. We discuss the importance of still following and adhering to protocols and following advice around how to avoid the virus. Ms. Barker also gives us important information about monkeypox, keeping you informed about this new virus and all the correct information about this new virus and how you can avoid it should it spread in Barbados.

We sit down to talk to our new cohost Megghan and find out more about her. Prepare to hear her voice a lot more! We also had a chat with Anthony from Esquire Entertainment, the company behind Bliss all about what people should expect from the event this year, clearing up some rumours, talking about the future of Esquire Entertainment as well as discussing the future of Crop Over and the Barbadian Orange Economy.,

Episode 12 is one of our biggest episodes yet! We are joined by a number of heavy hitter brands for the Crop Over season and titans in the Barbadian entertainment arena: Oh Ship, Rum Punch: Good Evening, Waves and Soca On De Hill. We talk to Dario from Oh Ship about the upcoming event this Sunday 24th and what people can expect. We also talk to Tasia and Megghan from Rum Punch: Good Evening about their first Crop Over event happening on July 31st and all bout what this event promises to patrons. RB & Matty G from the legendary cruise event Waves join us to talk about their sold out Crop Over cruise on Saturday 23rd July, giving us a good feel of the event and how this brand will deliver for Crop Over 2022. Last but most certainly not least, Soca On De Hill closes out the podcast as Rudy from 4D Entertainment tells us all about what we can expect fat the Return to Paradise on August 2nd.

Episode 11 is here! We doubling up this week as we approach the end of the 2022 Crop Over season.

On this episode we talk to Joyann from WMBY Inc. about Crop Over, its future, the direction of the Festival and the way that Crop Over and the Orange Economy can benefit Barbados in a massive way. We also talk to Andwele and Reko Chase from Vibe Nation about their Crop Over 2022 event, Vibe Land: Tales of the Road ( Chapter 3) and what patrons can expect from the event and what they can look forward to in this latest installment. Last but most certainly not least is young artist Tionne Hernandez who talks to us about her musical journey as well as her track 'Slow Wine' for Crop Over 2022.