Non-stop action and fun this weekend
Boogsie and Etienne in Pan • Brass • Soca: JAM DOWNApart from this evening’s A Noble Cause at Queen’s Hall, the weekend’s other mega event is tomorrow evening’s Pan • Brass • Soca: JAM DOWN being...
View ArticleFrom Point Fortin to Woodbrook
Fun in the nation’s cultural capital Tens of thousands of fun-seeking people from home and abroad descended on the Borough of Point Fortin last weekend for the J’Ouvert and Pan on the Move events. From...
View ArticleMusic music everywhere ...at home and abroad
Champion in the spotlightThousands of pan lovers converged on Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook, last Sunday for the premiere of the Live Music District, produced by the Ministry of Trade and Industry and...
View ArticlePower to the people
Tomorrow marks the 48th anniversary of the April 21, 1970 State of Emergency declaration by the Eric Williams-led government in response to the Black Power Movement.Having being spawned in far off...
View ArticleA voice blessed by God
To get my pores and the hair on my arms raised when you sing, and evoking an impulsive urge to stand and applaud whenever you sing, means you can really sing and I compare your voice with some of the...
View ArticleFrom Kaiso to Point Fortin Mas
Mas and pan goes to Point FortinExpect lots of action on the first weekend of May when the annual Point Fortin Borough Day Festival is held. As usual, the two-week festival will be a cornucopia of all...
View ArticleTonight it’s Heather’s turn at Kaiso Blues Cafe
Calypso queen Heather Mac Intosh is hosting her first ever concert appearance, Hues of Heather, at Kaiso Blues Cafe, Newtown tonight, at 9 pm. She will have an all star band led by Michael “Ming” Low...
View ArticleJazz is in the air
What police can do Last Saturday, what was progressing as a well-produced and extremely enjoyable musical treat ended on a sour note as Jazz Artists on the Greens came to an abrupt end at 10.15...
View ArticleBig post for a Trinidadian
Justin Sobion, a St Mary’s College alumnus and son of late Attorney General/Minister of Legal Affairs Keith Sobion, was appointed as an Associate Human Rights Officer in the Office of the President of...
View ArticleJazzing it up this weekend
Water and steel at PlazaEvery seat in Fiesta Plaza, MovieTowne, was occupied last Saturday night when Caribbean Steelband Connextion (CSC) Ensemble performed at the free productions staged on...
View ArticleJ’Ouvert paints the Ivory Coast
Even as mega movie Black Panther fuels Pan Africanism worldwide, T&T continues to influence culture in Africa. Last Saturday morning, people lined the streets of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory...
View ArticleHistory-making pan side goes to MovieTowne
Tomorrow Fiesta Plaza at MovieTowne, Portof- Spain, will explode with sweet music as it welcomes the dynamic and incredibly versatile musicians of Caribbean Steelpan Connextion Ensemble (CSC).Based in...
View ArticlePlenty Mauvais Langue at Little Carib
Without any sponsorship or corporate funding, Cindy Ann Boisson successfully staged one of the better stage productions I have witnessed for this year. Going by the stage name Cin Cin, the...
View ArticleA weekend of music, colour
Everybody Loves Raymond tomorrow nightLast Friday, I made a monumental error by stating that Everybody Loves Raymond (ELR) would have been held last Saturday at the Centre of Excellence. So wrong was I...
View ArticleDesperadoes looks ahead with new energy
There is a new burst of energy in the panyard of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra as the band relishes its successes of Carnival 2018. The band placed third in this year’s National Panorama (Large)...
View ArticleEverybody loves Raymond
Tomorrow is special day for lovers of chutney, soca and crossover music when the 2018 edition of Everybody Loves Raymond (ELR) take places at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, at 8.30 pm. This...
View ArticleTalk Tent was no laughing matter
Late comedian John Agitation must have smiled from beyond last weekend when Keensdee Productions staged the 35th anniversary of Talk Tent at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on Friday to Sunday, and the...
View ArticleLet there be peace
Time to change the changeI borrowed this article’s headline from 2018 National Calypso Monarch Helon Francis’ winning composition Change as Pulse extends congratulations to all the champions of...
View ArticleIt’s Carnival weekend
Everybody is a star at Fatima........more fete this weekendIt is finally here, the final weekend of the reign of the Merry Monarch for 2018.Thus far, though short and hectic, it has been a clean and...
View ArticleCalypso Fiesta to draw thousands to Skinner Park
Music, especially pan music, continues to be the balm to curb crime and violence. Last weekend’s National Panorama semi-finals, held at Victoria Square (Small Bands) and at the Queen’s Park Savannah...
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