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Guyanese-born artiste Joshua Alexander Elkana releases first song
from Kaieteur News
by GxMedia
…looking to make mark in Canada’s music industry
Joshua Alexander Elkana, a Guyanese who migratedtoCanadalastyear, is looking to make his mark on the Canadian music industry Elkana who goes bythestagename‘Xander’, recently (March 25, 2023) releasedhis firstsong called ‘Lifeline’ During an interview with The Waterfalls, Xander said, “I recorded ‘Lifeline’ a few monthsagowhenIfollowed myfriendtothestudio.Ihad no intentions of recording that night, but my producer started playing the instrumental and I just started singing the chorus ‘lifeline’ and everyone was telling me to go to the mic and put something down. Half an hour later, ‘Lifeline’ wascreated.”

The young artiste shared thatgrowingupinamusical household helped nurture him onto a musical path. Beinganartisteissomething hehadalwaysenvisionedfor himself.
“Mydadwasapartofthe GPFbandasadrummerand my uncle was a clarinet player for GDF Apart from mebeinginspiredbymydad and uncle musically, I spent most of my life in church, where my friends and I would link up every Sunday at6:30amtoplaythedrums, keyboards and use the microphonesforfun,hoping thatoneofuswouldbecome acelebrityoneday,”Xander shared. Having migrated to Canada, Xander shared that h i s t e a m a t F u s e Entertainment, have continued giving him love, support and encouragement, all contributing towards the developmentofhiscraft.
“Fuse Entertainment is a company my friends and I started two months ago We’re a team that offers everything an artist would needtoproduceandpromote music We have a videographer, photographer, musicproduceraswellasan eventorganiser.”

He added that while he haven’t known the members ofFuseEntertainmentalong time, they’re continued support towards him “keeps megoing”andexpressedhis gratitudeforthem.
When asked about what it entailed migrating to Canada and starting a musical career, Xander said, “The sacrifices I needed to make,networking as well as balancing school during the day,studying and spending quality time at the studio at nights.”
Xander shared that his plans for 2023 are to “graduate and drop bangers allyearround.”
He shared that on April 12, he will be releasing his second song called ‘So Beautiful’.
The upcoming artists added, “Most of my friends and some of my family had no idea I was actually going to take music seriously, but so far, I’ve been receiving a few DMs from Guyanese showinglove.”
Follow @xanderthe artiste to keep up the ambitious Guyanese-born artiste and hisnewreleases.Alsofollow @FUSE ENTERTAINM ENT.



