Coming straight to you out of Tortola BVI, Nature's Little Secret is,
Lincoln Ward. It’s been a long journey for this young performer,
growing up in a household with a strong musical influence made it
certain that he would become a musician. At about the age of 8, his
mother a piano instructor encouraged him to begin piano lessons. His
father's influence as a guitarist gave him an extra incentive to want to
be as good. At age 10, Lincoln was introduced to the trombone and
continued his musical endeavors throughout high school and
university, playing in numerous concert, jazz bands and chorals. Upon
the completion of high school, he then saw it fit to explore his greatest
of all instruments (his voice) and started co-majoring in voice for his
freshman and sophomore years in university. At the start of his third
year double majoring in music and computer science Lincoln found it
extremely difficult especially with dreams of becoming a
singer/producer and decided to focus on one degree concentration.
This did not stop Lincoln from producing/ writing and engineering
for himself or other artists on campus and in the community.
At the age of 20 Lincoln graduated with his bachelors’ degree in
computer science in the spring of 2005. One year later, September 2006
Lincoln released his first solo project throughout the Virgin Islands
and some parts of New York in which he received great reviews from
Djs and fans. Less than a month of this album’s release Lincoln was
faced with the tragic death of his manager “Bernard Skelton Green”
and was again forced to do it all on his own. As a producer, Engineer,
song writer and striving Artist it was already demanding but
determined to make his mark in the music industry Lincoln took on
the task of managing himself. Immediately plans were being
instituted to shoot his first music video for single “Soakin Wet” which
had been released world wide to over 800 Djs on international record
pools. During the month of November Lincoln was able to
successfully shoot the music video for singles “Soakin Wet” and
“Slowly me and you” directed by Donavan Lambert of New York.
Soon after Lincoln sought assistance form Virgin Island record
label Tri-Storm Entertainment who held a No. 1 position on the
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Sales Charts, that year by artist
M-Tina and also noted for artist Maurice’s accomplishments being
featured on two major movie Soundtracks ("Derailed,", and The
Protector). In January of 2007 Lincoln was adopted as the newest
member of the Tri-storm Entertainment family.
Immediately the “Soakin Wet” music video was submitted to
entertainment stations through out the Caribbean, such as Hype TV,
R.E. TV, Carib V TV (Jamaica), Synergy TV (Trinidad), and Karib Link
TV (Miami) and the most noted “Tempo” which was endorsed by
Viacom’s MTV. Tempo is viewed in over 21 countries through the
Caribbean and has an estimated viewing audience of over 2 million to
date. On March 19th 2007 “Soakin Wet” Debuted on MTV’s Tempo
and soon after enter the Cross Caribbean Count down in the number
8 position. “Soakin Wet” went on to spend 13 weeks on the charts and
hit the number 1 spot making Lincoln the first Virgin Islander to
reach the top of the Tempo Caribbean charts. After the release of
“Soakin Wet” on ITUNES and over 20 other digital stores distributed
by CD baby in August 2007 the single went onto create waves through
the Caribbean, Canada and Hawaii radio and video countdowns,
entering the top ten in both Canada and Hawaii in
November/December 2007. Shortly after the success of “Soakin Wet”
in the Caribbean circuit Lincoln’s second video was released and
confirmed his existence in the industry. “Slowly me and You” released
on Tempo in September 2007 which followed a similar path to its
predecessor “Soakin Wet” and hit the countdown within 2 weeks of
its release and climbed the charts peeking at number 3 and spending a
total of 10 weeks on the Cross Caribbean Countdown which proved
that the Caribbean would take notice to the new comer with his fresh
new sound of R&B mixed with a smooth twist of the Caribbean’s
Island flavor.
Lincoln’s success on the video and radio charts has merited him
performances, in Nevis, Dominica, St Vincent, and St Croix’s Tempo
Turns 2 as a surprise guest performer which confirmed his stardom
and was called back for two consecutive shows before the end of the
year. Opening for reggae artists Pressure, Munga Honorable and
Alaine on December 26th and closing out the year with a bang at the
New Year’s celebrity party hosted by actress Vivica Fox.
In January 2008 Lincoln’s third commercial single “Lay you
down” featuring Kamau was released under Millennium
Entertainment’s Caribbean Superstars Compilation Album which was
released world wide and features many of the year’s hits from other
Caribbean artists.
The journey continues in 2008 for Lincoln and his team Tri-storm
Entertainment rivaling the majors without a deal securing radio play
through the Caribbean, Europe, Canada and slowly capturing the
USA. Lincoln’s third Music video “The One” is set to be released in
April, 2008 as well as his new mix tape which will be distributed
digitally. For more information about Lincoln Ward Log onto
www.lincolnward.com, www.myspace.com/lincolnward, www.
myspace.com/tristorm, or for bookings email bookings@lincolnward.
com, lincolnward@gmail.com or tristormusvi@yahoo.com.