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Mada Nile - St. Croix Virgin Islands Roots Reggae Artist
November 24, 2007

MADA NILE
REAL INSPIRATION

By: supah
From Our Nov - Dec 2007 Issue

Anyone who wants to know where the culture in reggae music has gone, I would say, it’s in St.Croix. Our Crucian artists have taken their movement far beyond the shores of the Virgin Islands by captivating many international audiences with their universal message. Recently, I sat down with Mada Nile to find out about her career. At the time Mada Nile was in the studio, and paused from recording to talk to us.

CORE: Greetings, thanks for taking the time to speak with us, we know you’re busy, what are you up to these days?

Mada Nile: Blessings; give thanks to the Most High for the opportunities to perform these works. Well among other things Mada Nile just performed at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, in California this past June. It was huge!

CORE: Sierra Nevada is one of the biggest annual festivals, how did you do?

Mada Nile: It was phenomenal, the vibes was right, everything was lined up properly, I gave a great performance. They have a performance rating at the end of the show, and out of 37 performers, I was rated #4. Coming from St.Croix, and performing on the same stage as some of the icons of the industry, I felt proud.

CORE: How did the artist Mada Nile come about?

Mada Nile: Well I could remember building small lyrics in school and performing them at lunchtime and after school, I was even in a all-girl group we used to call ourselves “Defense Girls”. I took it serious when I started toasting on Doghart Sounds.

CORE: What gives Mada Nile inspiration to create the music?

Mada Nile: My inspiration comes from everything around me, for example, being that I was diagnosed with laryngitis at the age of 9, I had to learn to project my vocals from my abdomen just to speak, that constant practice is the reason I can project my voice the way I do.

Plus the loss of my parents made my outlook on things more focused.

CORE: Tell us about your new cd.

Mada Nile: I like everything on it. I worked with 6 different producers on this one; who are Batch, Katalyst of A-team, Drop, O.D.C.Records, Gange, and the late Eddy Breeza, its well put together.

CORE: So is there anything we can look forward to from Mada Nile in the near future?

Mada Nile: Yes right now I’m doing some stuff with I-Grade Records and you should hear something soon.

CORE: Which do you prefer: recording or performing?

Mada Nile: Well, I’ll tell you I really prefer to perform because I love to feel the vibes I recieve from the audience.”

CORE: Tell us about one of your best performances.

Mada Nile: It was a promotion held here in St.Croix called Lava Ground, I performed with Red-I Band.

CORE: Whats Mada Nile’s long term goals?

Mada Nile: My long term goals are to be unique and the realization that the sky is the limit.

CORE: Anything you’ll like to say to the people of the Virgin Islands?

Mada Nile: Yes my meditation is more directed to the younger females in our communities of the Virgin Islands. I would like to challenge them to try harder in raising their children. Regain your religion, if it was positive in your time then work with it.

Stay focused on the children’s education and input positive social behaviors so they can model themselves also for upfull living.

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