Shavsha "Shiiloh" Speedwell-Callum was born and raised in St Vincent and the Grenadines but considers herself a Caribbean baby.
And it is this "Caribbean-ness" that she wants to share with her latest single called Touch. The song was released on January 7 and she said the song is about finding that special dance, that dance that makes you say, "'Wow.'"
"We are coming out of the pandemic, I would like to hope, and everybody knows what it is like to go to a party and find someone you dance with and it is like, 'wow.'
"They understand the movement of your body. You get lost in the music and you literally drown out everyone else and it is just you and the person in the vibe. That is what Touch is describing.
"It is describing connection on the dance floor. The connection is not lasting. It is just for the night but that is okay. That is the experience of a fete," she said.
Touch is Shiiloh's first single although she has been on many stages before.
[caption id="attachment_940312" align="alignnone" width="726"] Shiiloh wants to bring a Caribbean-ness to her music. -[/caption]
Her bio said she was raised in Roseau, Sion Hill, St Vincent, and grew up in a musical home, "where her father spent most of his time writing and performing records as a local calypsonian on the island."
It said in 2002 she entered the Vincy Mas Junior Calypso Monarch and that was where she fell in love with the stage before being discovered by Trinidadian producer, musician and songwriter Kevin "Stadic" Charles.
Her musical style has been birthed from her different experiences on different Caribbean islands.
She said while she was raised in St Vincent, Jamaica was where she developed, musically, while studying and Trinidad and Tobago was where her "seeds are blossoming."
TT is where her music is being released and where she is now rooted, she added.
The 27-year-old-artiste first met Stadic in 2014 at a fellow producer's studio in St Vincent.
"Years later, while I was in Jamaica, I worked on radio for a while. He came to do an interview with Shenseea for a song he did with her and Azaryah, and we met there."
She then sang him some songs and that was how the relationship developed. The two have been working together ever since.
Although there aren't many opportunities for Shiiloh to perform, she and her team are seeking to create their own and tap into virtual opportunities that are out there.
Shiiloh wants to introduce herself and her music not only to a wider TT audience but the region.
"I think sometimes as Caribbean people we are kind of locked into where we are from, without realising we are a region and we are not just Trinidad, St Vincent or Barbados. We are a region."
She added that there are "great songs" coming from her for the rest of the year and there is also an EP she is working on.
[caption id="attachment_940314" align="alignnone" width="683"] Shiiloh's first single is called Touch. She also hopes to release an EP soon. -[/caption]
She and her team are looking at producing a solid body of work
