Plenty 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleNon-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...
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