As a CALYPSO LOVER, I always thought that the name of the CALYPSO should have been "ROWLEY MURDAH COUNT" (with an appropriate theme and a little vocal skill in pronouncing the "Murdah") and not the far-fetched and blunt vulgarity of "ROWLEY MUDDAH CO
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Was honored to be a guest artist last night at McCallum Fine Arts Academy in Austin, TX. I’m lucky to experience these great moments in my life, but believe me...the pendulum swings equally to the other side. Thank you to everyone who has been, is,
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Aquil and his Piano Pardner just produce a new video. Maybe Minister Imbert could help them to promote it globally with this program.
The live music district was announced as part of the Government’s 2018 budget. Finance Minis
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considering the humiliating act of disrespect that is reported to have been perpetrated against Mr. Bertram Kellman on the night of the 2018 Panorama finals at the Queens Park Savannah, is there a likelihood that the architects
Read more…"Do you know who was all up and through that film? Caribbean people. From the Bahamas all the way down to Guyana and we are here for every bit of it. Here’s the cast that’s about to fill you with so much Caribbean Pride."
[Any time BUGS gets serious
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The 2018 Panorama Champions - Renegades, Golden Hands, Pan Elders, and Newtown Playboyz must step up to the plate and demand an apology to Birch Kelman for the insult he received at Panorama 2018 from Pan Trinbago.
It is Birch Kelman who brought the
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The Ministry of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, yesterday received a $2.8 Million cheque from Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd to support the 2018 Pan-O-Rama Steel Pan Competitions.
A release from t
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Trinidad & Tobabo, W.I. - Chairman of the National Carnival Committee (NCC) Colin Lucas said there would be changes next year to the way TT’s greatest show on earth, Carnival, was showcased.
“Next year Carnival, we are goin
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Trinidad and Tobago’s 2018 Calypso Monarch Helon Francis came to the attention of the global steelband community back in 2013 when he vocalized ‘One for Bertie,’ a tribute to the late Pan icon, panist,
Cuban children play with the "Steel Band of El Cobre" The YouTube channel of the local newspaper Sierra Maestra, in the city of Santiago de Cuba, has shared a video in which a group of children appears sharing the stage with the embelmatic group S
Read more…They have ZERO chance of winning the OCTOBER PAN TRINBAGO ELECTION. So Aquil and Oswald Alexander better find a NEW HOBBY!!!
Gregory Lindsay was smart!!! He bolted the stables since before PANORAMA when KEITH DIAZ gave him a MAJOR CONCUSSION!!!
Read more…Trinidad Newsday -- Dara Healy
...We need to understand that the pan is more than just music; it is about spirit. It is about the connection between Ifa/Orisa and the nurturing of our pan in those yards.
Noted playwright and cultural historian Rawl
Read more…Crime and disorder flooding the streets for CARNIVAL as the "YEAR FOR LOVE" fantasy gets exposed!!!
NEWSDAY
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/02/13/jouvert-bandits-carry-out-string-of-robberies/
Not until he was proven to be the gift sent from Siparia to Laventille to bring the lost and wandering band from atop the Hill, back to its spiritual moorings that eyes opened to Carlton Alexander
Read more…"Former calypso monarch Weston “Cro Cro” Rawlins will not get to perform his controversial song Belated at the Dimanche Gras next Sunday as he was left out, to the surprise of many, by the judges on Saturday at the Calypso Fiesta competition in Skinn
Read more…At the end of the SINGLE PAN competition, if yuh see Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly and Mr. Colin Lucas and Keith Diaz and The Mayor and Borough Councillors of Arima all smiling and socializing together as one -- in this wonderland of Calypso and this wonderl
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GARY CARDINEZ
Two-time Soca Monarch Aaron “Voice” St Louis has thrown his hat into the Calypso Monarch and Road March arena.
St Louis last week registered with the Trinibago Unified Calypsonian Organisation (TUCO) for both competiti
Read more…It take me ah long time to catch meh bearings here. And ah hope ah get the FACTS right. (Otherwise I will just have to delete the post.) As it happens I do not listen to anything less than a HANDFUL of steelbands for the whole PANORAMA SEASON -- only
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