SAN­DRA L BLOOD

Ray­mond Ram­nar­ine is prepar­ing to de­liv­er his most heart­felt per­for­mance when A Love Sto­ry takes cen­tre stage on April 26 at the Cen­tre of Ex­cel­lence, Ma­coya.

Staged by Rafi Mo­hammed in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Kuchela En­ter­tain­ment, the con­cert will cel­e­brate ro­mance, rhythm and cul­tur­al ex­pres­sion. It will fea­ture a blend of Bol­ly­wood nos­tal­gia, so­ca en­er­gy, chut­ney pow­er and Caribbean soul.

Ram­nar­ine, lead singer of Dil-E-Nadan, said he’s pulling out all the stops this year. The theme, A Love Sto­ry, is in­spired by his life­long dream of unit­ing peo­ple through the uni­ver­sal lan­guage of mu­sic.

“This is about more than the mu­sic,” he said.

“It’s about the emo­tion, the mem­o­ries, and the mo­ments we all share. I want peo­ple to come out and feel the love, whether through a melody, a lyric, or just the en­er­gy in the room.”

This year’s show is be­ing held in April for the first time out of re­spect for var­i­ous re­li­gious ob­ser­vances, in­clud­ing Ra­madan, Eid, Navra­tri, Hanu­man Jayan­ti, and East­er.

The night will al­so fea­ture in­ter­na­tion­al guest star San­jay Jod­ha from the Nether­lands, per­form­ing his chart-top­ping hit Ra­hein Na Ra­hein Hum. Known for his vel­vety voice and mas­tery of vin­tage Bol­ly­wood melodies, Jod­ha will join Ray­mond for what promis­es to be an un­for­get­table col­lab­o­ra­tion.

“This con­cert is the re­al­i­sa­tion of our fa­ther’s dream to take Dil-E-Nadan to the high­est heights,” Ram­nar­ine said.

“Our band is young, pas­sion­ate and ful­ly com­mit­ted to pre­serv­ing our cul­ture while evolv­ing its sound. This is our love sto­ry to the peo­ple.”

For fur­ther de­tails, call 638-1171 or 798-1576. For up­dates, so­cial me­dia: @ray­mon­dram­nar­ine.