Episode 221 | Eddie Charles

We're joined today by Traffik lead singer, Eddie Charles. Eddie is the last man standing from the era of the brass band lead singers. Eddie has brought big band Traffik back on the road and he tells us about his gigs for the 2025 season. We got into the difference between today's artists singing with backing tracks vs using his own vocals and back up singers. Of course we had to ask him about classic songs like No Evidence, Let me Go, Musical Healing and him being the original big links man and the fact that he was performing in boxers long before Benjai. Eddie speaks on the era of the ground fete and his experiences in fetes like Wasa, Licensing, Flour, Fire, Customs and clears the air on what really caused Machel to pull away from Brass Festival and start the Alternative Concept. While he might be known to some of us as Traffik's lead singer, some of the youths among us might know him more as a soca parang artist and you might be surprised to find out when he started singing parang. The stories are priceless & you won't want to miss this one. Enjoy!!