Feb
19

Melanie Fiona wins Jamaica EME Award, sorry Timeka there's always next year.

After being among the nominees for her first regional honour, Guyanese singer Timeka Marshall last week walked away without the award that would have dubbed her the best new female artiste at the Jamaica Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards EME. But Guyana can still boast of sealing it first awards at the Jamaica EME none-the-less through Melanie Fiona a Canadian-born to Guyanese parents but Guyana can be gratified that some one who prides her self in identifying with her roots Guyana can celebrate. She, along with India Arie, was bestowed with the International friend of Reggae Awards at the EME.

Melanie Fiona recently completed a tour with Kanye West and is fast becoming a talking point in the R&B music circuit.

Marshall lost the ‘Best New Female Artiste’ award to Lisa Hyper. She could not be reached for a comment but Kerwin Bollers, her local manager, said that her being nominated for the award was an honour and that she will remain steadfast in her quest in the land of wood and water to possibly be the breakout Guyanese artiste who wins a Grammy award.

Like many, she was nominated for the Guyana 2009 Accolade music awards and has at least two crystals to her name.

The songbird who hails from Linden was the lone Guyanese among eight Jamaican nominees at the EME for the ‘BEST NEW ARTIST FEMALE.

The award, according to the nominations criteria, is given to an artist whose overall impact during the eligibility year establishes her public identity.

Timeka, who was home in Guyana for a few weeks, has taken a well deserved break and has gone to Trinidad for carnival after recording several songs at the Vizion Sounds studios on some Jamaica produced rhythms.

Bollers said that she will be releasing a few songs in the next couple of weeks and will also commence filming for three new music videos in Guyana and several other Caribbean countries.

The prestigious Excellence in Music and Entertainment (EME) Awards were staged on Thursday February 4, at the Gardens of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Kingston. The other nominees in that category were Gaza Indu, Phyllisia, Raine Seville, Sophia Squire, Gaza Kim.