12-07-’10 Last Sunday, 11 July, Izaline featured in an edition of the tv-series ‘Eet Smakelijk’ about food and cooking by broadcasting co ‘Llink’.
Together with chef-cook Leon Mazairac, Izaline catches and prepares an iguana, not without help of her family. Although Izaline doesn’t eat it, the soup that is made from this animal is a speciality of the Antilles.
07-07-’10 In an article by Simon Romero that was published in The New York Times the language Papiamentu is described as a Creaole that ‘shows rare signs of vibrancy and official acceptance.’ The article is called ‘A Language Thrives in Its Caribbean Home’ and was published in print on 5 July 2010.
In the article Romero states that Papiamentu is becoming more and more important for the Curaçao society, with examples in literature and music. Next to Chin Behilia, Izaline Calister is one of them and a line of her song ‘Mi Pais’ is being citated. Read the entire article here, or visit the the page on www.nytimes.com.
Clip ‘Mi Pais’
25-10-’09 Izaline’s first videoclip just has been released. The song is called ‘Mi Pais’ (My Country) and tells about Izaline’s love for her sometimes hampered island. It is a track of her latest cd-release, ’Speransa’.
The clip is directed by Gabri Christa and the camera is handled by Dolph van Stapele of Fisheye Media Productions. Izaline would like to thank the Curaçao Tourism Board for making the filming of the clip possible.
20-10-’09 After three nominations, Izaline has now been rewarded with the Edison Award 2009 for the category Jazz and World Music. The jury selected her latest release, Speransa, submitted amongst other albums in the category Jazz and World Music. From a list of recommendations the jury selected three nominees per category, based on their quality and artistic value. The other two nominated cd’s in the category World Music were ‘Aurora’, by Avishai Cohen, and ‘Kronos’ by Cristina Branco. The formal presentation of the Edison awards is on Wednesday November 18, ’09 in Eindhoven (tickets »).
The Edison Award is the oldest music-award in The Netherlands, presented annually since 1960 by the collective Dutch musical industry. With separate awards for a range of music styles; classical, pop and jazz. The prize consists of a statue by sculptor Pieter d’Hont and can be considered equivalent to the American Grammy, the German Echo and the French Victoire awards.
Read an interview with Izaline on NLtracks (Dutch).
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Izaline on iTunes!
Three recent cd's of Izaline are now made available through iTunes. They are Speransa (’09), Kanta Héléle (’06) and Krioyo (’04). Check it out! ».
