Articles - Nothing like dark “chocolate” Rae Anthony

The single “Oh” or “I love you” as the fans call it which has been making headlines and hitting the airwaves lately is coming from none other than Linda “Chocolate” Berthier. The local celebrity; the music artist who is loved by her many fans has always shared a passion for music. She has also released singles such as: “In the way” and “Faith”. Originating from a gospel background the artist has stolen the spotlight once more with her amazing hits and bubbly personality.
Her music has an original flavour and her voice is absolutely amazing. The singer seems to be capable of all genres of music as she has done jazz, reggae, rhythm and blues/ soul music and of course her burning passion; gospel music. The local celebrity has not only been blessed with singing talent; she has pursued acting. She was an actress on the local movie “Nana’s Paradise” where she played the role of a teacher, and a mentor to a student who performed exceedingly well but came from a poor background and also had a family who had problems more than money; as he had a father who was a drunk. The singer and actress aced her role as the acting appeared to be something that came to her quite naturally. She also hosts a weekly family show on Choice TV. (Act II). Apart from being a singer and actress she is also a radio personality.
Her single “Feeling the Vibe” has won “Best Jazz Award” at the Saint Lucia Music Awards. She has also appeared on stage regionally and internationally with artists such as Chevelle Franklin and Isaac Blackman. She recently appeared on the local music video “Rebuild Our World” with other local artists including Claudia Edwards, Ronald Boo Hinkson, Shane Ross, T.C. Brown, Nicole David Mantius and several other local artists. The video which was dedicated to Sabi and family who lost their lives in hurricane Tomas was directed by Colin “Dove” Weekes and written by Lion I; was described as a video that was “touching” “beautiful” and “surreal.”
“Chocolate” spoke to the journalist sharing her joy about her success. “I feel really good about my recent accomplishments and that my single “In the way” is now in the top ten in the United Kingdom. I haven’t checked it this week but for the past few weeks it was in the top ten and went up to number nine and hopefully climbing. It has given me a lot of air play and you tube hits. It jumped from 900 to 1019 in a week.”
       
   She says that Linda and “Chocolate” are two different people. She says that Linda is obsessed about music and Chocolate loves to do back up vocals and a little more than lead vocal. She describes the back up vocals are “soothing”. The aspiring artist said Linda Berthier was born before “Chocolate” was born. She said when she started radio the “then manager” announced her as “Chocolate”. She said that she did not like the name initially but young children and senior people loved it. She said in Trinidad especially they loved it so much that they started to forget her real name; this was the reason why she started to call herself Linda “Chocolate” Berthier.
She spoke about her spiritual life and the passion could be heard in her voice. “I grew up in church but I have not always been the perfect angel. We’re all sinners, we’re all born from sin and we make mistakes but I don’t think I’ll ever turn my back totally on God; I have tried because of circumstances like really big discouragements like when my mom died I was really discouraged but within three months I put my knees down and I wept like a baby because God is my everything and I feel empty without Him. It does not matter what we try to make our selves happy with; money, friends, material things, music, whatever it may be nothing can feel it like God. I think when you develop a really close relationship with God it’s very hard to turn your back. He gives you unspeakable joy and no one can take that away from you.”
The singer is a registered nurse and a recently certified midwife. She says she is looking forward to travelling because she has been getting a lot of invites and she wants to take her music more seriously. She is also looking forward to releasing her album which should be released in a few months.
The singer Linda “Chocolate” Berthier has brought publicity for her home country Saint Lucia and has shown that there is nothing like her: “Chocolate” a sensational unique delight.