Two lead singers of the Shakti StringS Orchestra – Steven Ramphal and Roger Bowen – have teamed up to record “Tequila”. This new song has been creating some buzz since it was released a week ago.
The song was written by Steven Ramphal and recorded in the Bunty Singh Studio.
The young Ramphal was born on December 25, 1992, in Suriname and at age four, the family migrated to Guyana.
He is a young and multilatented individual who loves cooking and spending time with family. He is married to the young and beautiful Allana Premdas Ramphal and has a son named Matthew Dean Ramphal.
His musical journey began at age six when his uncle, Rohan Rooplall, who loves playing the keyboard, would sit in afternoon playing, with the youngster sitting beside him, humming and trying to sing every song he played.
He dreamed of becoming a young singer and it was at age 18 his dreams became reality when he was offered the job of being one of the lead singers in the Shakti Strings International Band. “Being on stage made me feel like i was not only accomplishing my dreams but it was me showing my friends and family that nothing is impossible,” he told Guyana Times Entertainment.
He first performed in Canal Number One, on the West Bank of Demerara, at a Banks DIH event where he was announced as the youngest front liner for the Shakti Strings Band. He recalled being very nervous for the first 10 minutes of his performance.
But after the third song, all the fear went away after seeing how everyone loved the way he sang and how he performed. He recalled that as he was finishing up his performance and about to walk off the stage, the crowd began calling his name, requesting that the young singer return to the stage to give a little more.
It was then he realised he needed to do more for the fans he made. In 2012 he recorded his first hit single “Gyul please Go”, which opened a gateway to his name being made in the music industry. Ramphal then recorded multiple singles such as “All De Gyuls”, “Same Game”, “Playa Days”, “Wedding Ring”, and his most memorable and emotion song “Let’s Make A Change”.
Meanwhile, Roger Bowen is no stranger to the music industry. He participated in the Carib Soca Monarch competition on several occasions and is a soca singer for the Shakti Strings Orchrstra.
