Live Performance Video (712)
DON'T STOP THE CARNIVAL [OLATUNJI: TELL ROWLEY DOH STOP THE CARNIVAL!!!]
This was a GREAT CONCEPT -- but he BOTCHED THE GLOBAL APPROACH!!!! And the RECORDING of the LEAD VOCALIST was a little LESS THAN AMATEUR!!! WE SO TALENTED!!! Read more…
Kyron Akal Pan Music LIVE @ Steel Pan Trust Concert Series
In this episode of the Steel Pan Trust Concert Series, Kyron Akal and friends are going to entertain you with a unique performance for the next two hours via our #youtube & #facebook pages.
Read more…So RUBADIRI VICTOR feels that he could just CALL UP NICKI MINAJ and CARDI B and tell them that TRINIDAD is promoting a VIRTUAL CARNIVAL -- SIGN HERE and WE HAVE A DEAL ...
THAT IS IGNORANCE contained within A SMALL ISLAND.
LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
TRINIDAD IS REAL MAMAGUY, OUI!!
That is like me calling up TOM BRADY and telling him that I want to sign him to a contract to PLAY AMERICAN FOOTBALL in TRINIDAD!!!
REAL IGNORANCE!!
Read more…The CALYPSO VERSION of PAN BY STORM sure is a SWEET MELODY -- it would be nice to hear a STEELBAND PLAY IT RIGHT ... George Victory who composed the song should have DONE THE VOCALS too!!!
I can actually hear THIS SONG (in my head) being played by A GOOD STEELBAND ...
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I never related to this song but I met a CLUB OWNER from LA and he told me that if you ever want to get people on the DANCE FLOOR -- PLAY THIS SONG!!! I still don't get it but 1.7 million views ...
... is 1.7 million views!!! And you have to RESPECT THAT!!!
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ODW: You have to be a CALYPSO LOVER to fully appreciate THIS SCENE in MOKO JUMBIE -- given that background, this is one of the BEST MOVIE SCENES I have ever seen (Hollywood, Turkey, Europe, Wherever)
Go to 29:00 minutes in the MOVIE!!! At this point in the plot development the two central characters are getting prepared for and anticipating their date later on that night .... AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!!
Read more…I went all over THE INTERNET looking for ONE DECENT PAN VERSION of "RAINORAMA" and could not find ONE to suit my standard -- that is a shame ...
So I had to settle for THIS VERSION!!! She tries hard but she does not have the DEPTH OF TONE and sense of MOCKERY to DELIVER THE LYRICS -- but I have to give her CREDIT for GOOD DICTION!!!
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I like CALYPSOS that begin IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION ... save all the long SETUPS because that turn into the PAYOFF LINE and dumps into THE CHORUS comes so quickly -- there is NO TIME TO WASTE ...
Here are THREE CALYPSOS that begin right in THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION ...
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An examination of Steelpan Production - Archives Of Ontario
Ontario Canada - This documentary by Claire Prieto and Roger McTair examines steel drum production, education, performance and cultural influence in Ontario in the 1970s and 1980s. It follows the stories of men and women who work with steel drums in
Read more…After WHEN STEEL TALKS put up the "AFRICAN ROOTS OF TANGO" documentary it really sent me SEARCHING ... so maybe CALYPSO CAME FROM COSTA RICA?
THAT DOCUMENTARY was really educational beyond THE TANGO TING -- LONG STORY!!! I have been searching and searching since then.
EVERYBODY should see that DOCUMENTARY ... it shook me in the same way that reading "THE LOSS OF EL DORADO" did decades ago
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