Ce'Cile

In an era where the adjective 'bad' means all things good and awesome, this female artiste has dubbed herself the 'Bad Gyal' of dancehall, and as if to give credence to the phrase, Ce'cile has titled her newest album Bad Gyal.
"I can be the proverbial "bad gyal" lyrically, or I can be an angel," Ce'cile stated, adding that she thinks this album is one of her best efforts to date.

She leaves the island today for the Turks & Caicos Islands, where she will perform on Friday, and then it's off to Europe for a month-long tour to promote the European release of her album.

"This will primarily be a promotional tour where the aim is to get my name and my music out there in a bigger way. Once this is achieved, then we can demand full payment the next time around. This is really just a foundation-setting tour that all artistes who are serious about progress have to go through," she explained.

While in Europe, Ce'cile will perform at the major reggae festivals on that continent. She is booked to appear at Reggae Summer Jam in Cologne and Splash Festival in Leipzig both in Germany; 77 Splash in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Italy's Rototom Sunsplash; the Frauenfeld Open Air Festival in Switzerland; Delta Music Festival in Lisbon, Portugal; Reggae Fest in Bilboa, Spain and several other club and open air events.

Ce'Cile will then head back to the Caribbean for a performance in Guyana on July 26.

And, while her focus with the album is Europe, back at home, she is currently promoting her two singles Ride or Die and So Fly, a combination with the Doctor Beenie Man.

"These are the songs that we are working on now and the response from the fans has been good. They are connecting with them in much the same way that they responded to Waiting," she said.

Ce'Cile recently returned from the United States where she performed at the Big Jam Rock Reggae Fest held at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Also billed for that show were Beenie Man, Mr Vegas and Bar-bee, who met in an accident on her way to the event.

Her next stop was Boston's Club Lido where she received good reviews. "it was quite a show; I gave fans both sides of Ce'cile. All the ladies were singing Waiting . it was like an anthem."

As she recalled, she also performed favorites like Can U Do Di Wuk? and Aint Nutten For Free, but it was her underground song P Good that had the ladies screaming
in agreement.

While in the US, Ce'cile also performed at Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, New York on the same bill as Shaggy, Da'ville and Elephant Man, where again P Good was the song that got the largest crowd reaction.

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