Upstream
One Love Live.
Shake It Up Baby Upstream Live
Upstream Jump In The Line
Upstream Special Guest
Upstream Live I Like To Move It
Upstream Live Maryann
Upstream Live Day O
Wine Yuh Body Altadena Summer Concerts 2024
UPSTREAM - CARIBBEAN MUSIC!
Dapper Dans!
Corporate Event at the City of Carson
Backstage with Upstream at the Sawdust Art Festival!
Wedding Processional/Recessional and Cocktail Hour
Corporate Event - Ventura Beach
We love performing at Disneyland!
Haile Blackman from Upstream
Skirball Cultural Center - Multicultural Day
Congaline!!!!
Trio performing at Brentwood Country Club
Wedding - Processional and Recessional Steel Pans
Summer Concert - Altadena, CA
Art-A-Faire Festival in Laguna Beach
Festival Time in El Cajon!
Summer Concerts!!!!!
Wedding at Disneyland
Outdoor Summer Concert in the Amphitheater
Holiday Video Shoot at Jam in the Van!
Haile Blackman on Lead Vocals!
Holiday Shows are the best!
Outdoor Wedding with a beautiful Bride!
Disneyland Performances are so much fun!
Knott's Berry Farm Summer Nights
The Happiest Place on Earth with our Manager!
Our Quartet!
Quintet having fun! Corporate Event!
Nike Party!
Wedding Trio at it's finest......
Dynamic Duo in the Studio!
Haile Blackman wowing the audience!
Dynamic Duo poolside at the Disney Grand Hotel
We LOVE doing all the Concert and Festivals!
What a great audience!
When the night is done....
Happy Holidays! At the Segerstrom Center for the Arts!
Haile Blackman on Lead Vocals! Bringing it every time!
Happy Holidays from Upstream!
Food & Wine Festival at California Adventure Park!
Happy 4th of July Celebration!
Our Quartet..... we love doing Private Parties and Events!
Upstream and Joy Caribbean Dancers.... Bowers Museum
Overview
The Absolute Best in Caribbean Music....Reggae, Calypso, Soca and Steel Drum Music.
Welcome to the Upstream experience!
Upstream has been spreading their message of love and positivity through their exhilarating Caribbean Music with a multi-talented line up of some of the most experienced and enlightened musicians in their camp. They continue to spread joy to all of the venues, events and clients they perform for.
Bandleader and Lead Singer/Guitarist "Haile Blackman" is originally from The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago and the Son of the Legendary Creator of Soca Music, the late Ras Shorty I.
Upstream invites you to come do the West Indian boogie with them at YOUR next event!
Reviews
6 reviews
Jill R.
July 25, 2022Absolutely Perfect
They were so easy to work with before the event, and our guests absolutely loved them. Would highly recommend.
Hired as: Calypso Band
Upstream
Thank you kindly for such a great review! We had an awesome time performing at your event and loved every single moment! Thank you Jill and your TEAM!
Upstream Music
Kerry G.
July 29, 2024Great Band
We had the best time with Uptown! They were outstanding! Everyone loved them!
Hired as: Caribbean/Island Music, Steel Drum Band
Maggie M.
September 19, 2023Awesome Band- made such an awesome night!
The crew was so professional and received tons of compliments!
Hired as: Beach Music
Upstream
Thank you kindly Maggie!
The Band enjoyed your company event thoroughly and had a great time! Thank you for hiring us and we look forward to doing business in the future. YOU were awesome to work with!
Sandra S.
August 22, 2023Summer party August 19
Group was professional, played to my guests, started and ended as promised. My guests loved them
Hired as: Caribbean/Island Music
Upstream
Thank you Sandra! Your Birthday Party was wonderful and we had the best time ever performing for you and all of your guests! Everyone was dancing and having a great time. We will send you a few pictures that we took once it slows down a little.
It was an absolute delight being a part of your celebration at your home in your beautiful backyard.
Thank you for booking us and we hope to see you at one of our gigs soon! Bring your friends and family also!
Upstream
Shirley B.
November 21, 2022Great band! Good Time!
All the guys in the band including their sound man were great! Very professional and excellent musicians. They played a great selection of songs and the band leader was amazing! Working with Denise who does all the bookings was joy. I would highly recommend this band for your event!
Hired as: Calypso Band
Upstream
Thank you Shirley! We had a great time and you were absolutely awesome to work with! We look forward to many more events with you! Thank you for all of your kindness and giving back to the community! Everyone on your TEAM is wonderful! YOU ROCK!
Booking information
Price range: $1,000 - 30,000
Languages: English, Spanish
Gig length: 60 - 180 minutes
About
UPSTREAM
Welcome to the Upstream experience!
Upstream has been spreading their message of love and positivity through their exhilarating Caribbean Music, namely, Reggae, Calypso, Soca and Steel Drum Music, for quite some time now.
With a multi-talented line up of some of the most experienced and enlightened musicians in their camp, they continue to spread joy to everyone around them.
Bandleader and Lead Singer/Guitarist "Haile Blackman" is originally from The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago and the Son of the Legendary Creator of Soca Music, the late Ras Shorty I. The band boasts a very seasoned and celebrated line up: Steel Drum Extraordinaire “Derek Brewster (Brewstafari)” is also a Trinidad and Tobago native and will tug at your heartstrings with his melodic Steel Drum tones. Daniel Lopilato (Keyboards, Guitar & Background Vocals) Granville Cayetano (Bass, Keyboards & Background Vocals) and Mark Spiller (Drums & Background Vocals) complete the stellar crew. Our current subs are John McKnight (Keyboards, Guitar, Bass & Background Vocals), Einstein Brown (Steel Drums &Lead/ Background Vocals), Clive Ross (Bass & Background Vocals) , Marlon Alegria (Keys & Background Vocals) and Robert (B-Bow) Abraham (Drums & Background Vocals) and Josh Wright (Drums & Background Vocals).
Upstream currently has eight CD’s available. Their discography is as follows: “Upstream”, self-titled CD release in 1995, “Life” released in 2000, “Jump to the Rhythm” in 2001, “To Da Maxx” and “Pick Up Yourself” in 2007 “21st Century Live” in 2013, and most recently “Here, There and Everywhere” and “Steel Drum Session Vol. I” in 2014. Look for a new collection of songs to be released in the near future!
You will not want to miss their exciting live shows coming soon to a venue near you! A great time is guaranteed to be had by all! Do you really want to party? Upstream invites you to come do the West Indian boogie, to their intriguing selection of exciting Reggae, Calypso, Soca, and Steel Pan music. Come join the experience!