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Gorillaz release surprise new EP ‘Meanwhile’, celebrating Notting Hill Carnival - featuring the steelpan

The three-track EP features AJ Tracey, Jelani Blackman and Alicaì Harley

by Will Richards

Gorillaz live. CREDIT: Luke Dyson

The EP’s title track was previewed at the band’s recent sold out shows at The O2 in London, one of which was attended sol

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Ah doh know how THIS CALYPSO get into my head this morning but I have been singing it all day ... SUCK MEH SOCOUYANT

.. in terms of LYRICAL STRUCTURE and TENSION and RELEASE and REVERSAL (PLUS MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT) ... this is one of the best calypsos I have ever enjoyed. When CRAZY was out here, every time he get ready to go on stage I would run up to him and say

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Mighty Sparrow LIVE from Restart Stages at Lincoln Center

Mighty Sparrow, the twentieth century's most famous performer of Calypso music, comes to #RestartStages! Light a candle and hold it up as the Trinidadian Calypso King and inimitable vocalist and storyteller brings the Caribbean Island fire to Linco

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When AL-WARI say dey go get dey "MOTHER OF ALL CARNIVAL" ... well dey start to JUMP AROUND TIL DEY FALL DOWN ON THE GROUND ... doh dey didn't know if it was OFFICIAL ...man they start TURNING BEAST...

IN THE STREET ...

If this is not one of the GREATEST CALYPSOS EVER WRITTEN -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS!!!

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Nishal B - Guyana Girls Prapa (2021 Chutney Soca) ... after watching THIS VIDEO ah WANT TO MOVE TO GUYANA ...LORD AH LOVE CHUTNEY!!!

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One of the best lyrical introductions I have ever heard in ANY CALYPSO -- thinking of Winston Soso's contribution to CALYPSO

In the heat of the jam

She want to go home

She say all meh family gone

We go be alone

Just as we reach

She take off she costume and put on she robe ...

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DEM MARIONETTES UNDERSTAND THE SONG (PAN BY STORM) -- DEM IS REAL TRINIDADIANS!!!

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Atlanta-based Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation launches Cultural Connect program

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES, June 8, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation (CACAF) celebrates Caribbean American Heritage Month with the launch of the Cultural Connect Program in partnership with the

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I feel that I could arrange THIS CALYPSO better than BOBBY MOHAMMED and DUVONE STEWART and AQUIL ARRINDELL and BOOGSIE SHARPE and DEM TOBAGO ARRANGERS ... because I AM A REAL TRINIDADIAN!!!

Ah listen to ALL KINDA MUSIC -- but I REALLY LOVE CALYPSO MUSIC (and "WE KINDA MUSIC") THE BEST. And for years on THIS FORUM I have complained about the INABILITY of STEELBANDS to really deliver CALYPSO MUSIC ON PAN the way I WANT TO HEAR IT ... beca

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As a CALYPSO LOVER, I LIKE CRAZY!!! And right now I am in a PARTY MOOD -- I come out to JAM ... when ah say ah PARTY MOOD ah mean JUMP UP AND RAISE YUH HAND ... ME AND GREGORY LINDSAY!!!

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PAMBERI STEEL ORCHESTRA - "Posse" arranged by Godwin Bowen (1989)

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This is TOO COMPLICATED for the PAN MAN COMMUNITY -- but I am doing it, anyway. BYE BYE MR. TRINIDAD PAN MAN PIE ... drove my (CHEVY) VANGUARD TO THE PANYARD but the PANYARD WAS DRY ...

... dem PAN MEN was DRINKING BABASH and RYE -- shouting: THIS WILL BE THE DAY WHEN WE DIE ... THIS COVID 19 DAY WILL BE THE DAY THAT WE DIE!!!

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Afro Bandito by Khan Cordice - Dadli Project (Antigua and Barbuda)

Dadli Project is a group out of Antigua and Barbuda that performs various styles of music. Today (May 27 2021), Dadli Project participated in a Virtual Festival hosted by Venezuela in celebration and recognition of the People of Africa. This virtu

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DON'T JACKASS DE TING (SCENE) by DEVON SEALE

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AND THE WINNER IS: KEISHAUN JULIEN!!!!! BUGS FORCING MEH TO GIVE THE WINNER AH NEXT LISTEN ...

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Bionic Fever - Metro Steel Orchestra - arrangers - Alston Jack & Hilary Borneo

See more on the late Alston Jack arranger

https://www.panonthenet.com/profiles/trinidad/alston-jack.htm

Here is a recording from the Basement Recordings archives of Metro Steel Orchestra performing an Alston Jack & Hilary Borneo arrangement of "Bioni

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NY Steel Orchestras - 2019 Playlist - ‘Cool Down’ versions

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THE TIME FOR THEORY and OLE TALK IN PAN IS DEAD AND GONE!!! TAKE YOUR MONEY AND INVEST IN PAN IF YOU SAY YOU LOVE PAN!!!

NO MORE TIME FOR OLE TALK AND ACADEMIC THEORY AND PIES IN THE SKY!!!

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WE ROCKING ALL NIGHT TONIGHT -- I have always liked ROOTSMAN!!!

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PANDEMIC CALYPSO (BROTHER MUDADA) -- NAIPAUL SAY THAT IT IS ONLY IN CALYPSO THAT THE TRINIDADIAN TOUCHES REALITY (NOT IN PAN, EH!!!)

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