Carib Music Group is Proud to Represent Krosfyah on our Roster of Artists.

Krosfyah is simply the Best Caribbean Musical Artists of all time & Soca has never been so cool! Combat boots, baggy attire, brightly colored bandanas adorning funky dreads and colored fros, Krosfyah epitomizes coolness. Combined with infectious melodies, high-energy performances and pulsating rhythms that speak a language only one's hips comprehend, Krosfyah has reinvented soca as we know it.

For the past fifteen years, Krosfyah has been touring the world inducing fans across three continents into a soca frenzy! Yet despite the group's sophomore CD's (Ultimate Party - Pump Me Up) sales (totaling over 300,000 units to date without the assistance of a major label), the guys remain humble. As Edwin Yearwood, principal songwriter for Krosfyah indicates, “We are just a bunch of island guys who love to play music.”And play music is exactly what they do. Whether entertaining 200 or 25,000, Krosfyah always delivers an energized performance!

The evolution of Krosfyah from playing covers for tourists on the Barbados hotel circuit to touring the world and performing their original music for dignitaries like Nelson Mandela occurred over a span of seven years. Few critics ever doubted the potential of Krosfyah, but most never imagined this level of success, in such a short space of time.

In 1994, Krosfyah released their debut album, “Ultimate Party”, which propelled the group from obscurity to the most popular Soca band in the World and in Barbados, won them the coveted "Band of the Year" title.

In 1995, the group released “Ultimate Party-Pump Me Up”. Not only did this album produce the hit song, "Pump Me Up", which became the national anthem for the youth of Barbados but it traveled across the seas to Canada where it achieved the coveted Gold status in January of 1997. As you read, it continues to receive excellent sales and reviews throughout the Caribbean, South America, the USA and Europe, while still finding its way into new global markets. The album bestowed unprecedented honors upon its lead vocalist Edwin Yearwood: "Party Monarch", "Road Monarch Champion" and "Calypso King" in 1995. The triple-crown win by one artist would mark the first and only time to date, in the history of the Barbados Annual Crop Over Festival, that such a feat has ever been accomplished.

In 1996, the success of Krosfyah's third album, “Aim Hig”, led to more awards. The album also produced the hit song, "Wet Me", which dominated the music chart in the neighboring island of Trinidad and Tobago. 1997 brought forth a six track cd, entitled “Fyah Riddims”, 3 tunes from that Album had a good run, those being Road Block, Highway Robbery & Redemption of Me. In Christmas of 1997 a 6 track album entitled “Fyahside Christmas”, with favorites such as “My Sweet Lord”, “No Christmas Without You”, “Jah Son”, “End of the Rope” and “Celebration”.

During 1998, Krosfyah surfaced from the studio with a new album, “Hot Zone” and a new co-lead vocalist, Ray Armstrong. Hot Zone, like all of its predecessors, produced hit songs such as “Oil Pumping”, “Calor” & “Appetite”, which enabled the band to tour across the United States and Europe performing at music showcases and festivals.

As if not to be stopped, Krosfyah released yet another album “krosfyah.com” in 1999 with hits like “Agony” (which saw Edwin Yearwood crowned 1999 Party Monarch for the third time), “Ragga Beenie, Forkin”, “Be-sa-me” and ”Sexy Body”, to name a few.

The year 2000 brought “The Best of Krosfyah”. This compilation of hits from the past also included two new tracks & continues to demonstrate Krosfyah's musical ingenuity.

The return to Crop Over for Krosfyah has indeed proven to be one of their best decisions ever. Following the trend of the past years, Krosfyah released yet another pulsating, award winning album. "Kool Under Fire", the name of the album is a fitting title for this ever-dynamic band. The success of this album includes the Barbados 2001 Road March tune, “Sak Pasé”, which was sung by Edwin and the effervescent Khiomal Nurse, who also joined the band that same year. “Emancipation” (another skillfully penned and appropriately titled masterpiece which reflects on our freedom), and some spanish flavor in “Plenty Amor”. These songs will certainly add to the continuation of the group's success.

One would agree that in everything there will be good and there will be bad. However, success comes when you realize amidst it all when you enter in “Lock Down”. Krosfyah's 2002 album is certainly a testimony of will power to rise to the top. The album features the Barbados “Tune of the Crop” third place song entitled “Road Jam”, along with fast pace hits, the likes of “Fire Man” and “Ride It” and cool titles “Satisfaction” and “Ling Tong”.

Krosfyah's versatility continues to be evident even in their album titles. “Enchanted”, simple but thought-provoking is the title of the 2003 album. The flavor is cool, refreshing and totally Krosfyah (still down-to-earth for their fans and supporters). One song in particular “Family” was specifically written for their faithful supporters, especially those who frequent the message board on Krosfyah's website. Other songs include “French Kiss” featuring a French flavoured melody and a ragga-soca number called “Sorry”. “Sorry” in particular is one of the best songs of their career, as it is clearly apparent that they are getting better as time goes on!

“Zero Tolerance”, that's the 2004 album title, which clearly speaks out against, music piracy, drugs and violence. This was definitely the stance which the band and Edwin Yearwood took all the way to the Party Monarch Finals, of which Edwin won for the 5th time, with a song entitled “Invasion”, one of the many popular tunes off the album. With other hits such as “Strong Bac” and “Pressure” by Khiomal, “Keep Rolling It” and the sweet melody of “Sugarcane”, which placed 2nd in the People's Monarch Final. This album is yet another classic example of pure musicianship.

For their 15th Anniversary, December 31st, 2004, the band brought out yet another classic masterpiece, “The Best of Krosfyah Vol. 2”, with the increased presence of Soca in the International marketplace and the genre entered into the Grammy Awards from 2006, the best is yet to come from this band!

While it is true that Krosfyah is “Just a bunch of islanders who love to play music”, Krosfyah's players (Edwin Yearwood, Anthony Bailey, Khiomal Nurse, Morris Cassell, Corey Jordan, Neil Burnett, Rian Clarke, Felix Forde, Michael Agard, Andrew Weekes, Ronald Taylor, Aynsley Greaves, Carlton Yearwood & Darron Grant) each add a unique ingredient to their Magical Music.

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