Kerida is a Guyanese artist that has emerged from the Caribbean world to make feel-good music. She sings all types of music with her family band, Dyno Soundz, and enjoys mixing the genres of music she's passionate about, in her original music. Such as blending R&B/Soul sounds with a touch from her Caribbean roots.
Kerida is a singer, songwriter, and performer born in Georgetown, Guyana. She grew up in a musical family. Her father John Alli was the owner and manager of El Sadiek & De Sugarcake Girls Band in Guyana. Shabana, Kerida' s mom, was the lead female keyboardist in the band, and also one of the Sugarcake Girls.
Kerida started performing on stage at the age of 5. Kerida's childhood was no ordinary childhood. While attending school and achieving outstanding grades, Kerida was also touring and performing with the El Sadiek band. Kerida performed at small concerts and large stadiums in Guyana, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname with the El Sadiek band. She performed covers and also her original songs “Sweet Chutney” and “Papa yo Drunk” written and produced by her father.
Kerida and her family immigrated to the U.S in 2006. It was an exciting time for Kerida who in addition to going to school, and making music with her family started modeling and eventually got a certificate from the Barbizon Modeling School.
Life took a tragic turn for Kerida and her family in June 2008 when her dear and beloved father John Alli was executed while on duty. Life would never be the same for Kerida and her family. After her father' s death, Kerida at the tender age of 10 took a break from music. Kerida, her two sisters, and mom Shabana had the most difficult times of their lives coping with the loss of their dad and husband.
Four years later, her uncle, Sheik Ally who was also a singer with the El Sadiek band, was performing with the Dyno Band in Queens, New York and invited Kerida and Shabana to the show. It was a great show where Kerida and Shabana felt the music vibes and knew at that time that they needed to get back into the music scene. They met the owner Leonard, did a few shows with the Dyno Band and the chemistry was so good that Kerida is now the Lead Singer of Dyno Band. Dyno Band is now a family Band owned and managed by Leonard for the last five years, they have performed in various venues in New York, New Jersey, St. Martin, and Canada.
Kerida has relocated to Central Florida and continues to work on her music career. She believes that there is always room for improvement, and she is determined to keep pursuing her goals. Kerida is a young and talented artist and her love for music is great, she will continue producing, recording and performing original songs and covers songs requested by her fans.
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John Alli performing at Pegasus Hotel, Guyana.
Kerida performing in Suriname at age 6.
