Windrush Tales: ‘Windrush monument should be in Brixton’
By Stephen Spark |
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Read more…Guardian May 27, 2021
“It would undoubtedly represent a massive loss not only to the Carnival industry but to the national economy as well,” said Rosalind Gabriel, president of the T&T Carnival Bands Association.
Read more…So I am URGING PAN PLAYERS TO WAKE UP and realize that BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE is a part of the FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF PAN PLAYERS and to recognize her for what she is!!!
There was a PAN BROADCAST today that dealt with the issues from a BLACK MUSLIM
Read more…Ms. Katherine Johnson" NASA's human computer
Read more…... and then he sit down on his rear all this time and wait until AQUIL ARRINDELL start a PAN YARD HAMPER DRIVE to suddenly wake and JUMP IN THE BREW. Ah wonder when he going and PAY BACK THAT MONEY? Allyuh know how much hampers that $35,000 coulda b
Read more…Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse has been killed and his wife injured in an attack on their home in the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince.
Unidentified gunmen stormed the property at 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT), interim PM Claude Joseph said.
He has c
Read more…Jamaica Observer
BY KEDIESHA PERRY

Ravon “Steely” Rhoden
THE American state of Michigan is best known for its music out of Motown. Jamaican steel pannist/vocalist Ravon “Steely” Rhoden is, however, expecting a warm embrace with his Caribbean brand o
Read more…STEELPAN VIRTUOSO AND CARIBBEAN PIRATES: The Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra (BCCO) — an impassioned group of dedicated amateur and professional musicians who perform the great masterpieces of the orchestral repertoire, will close its month
Read more…Newsday June 3, 2021
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says there is a “serious vaccine train headed to TT.
“We will come out of this pandemic,” he declared.
He said the government is co-ordinating and planning for the country post-covid19, and artistes
Read more…Newsday June 22, 2021
FORMER president Anthony Carmona said the death of cultural icon Winston “Joker” Devine is a national, regional and international loss.
The prolific song writer who penned songs for almost every calypso great, including Machel M
Read more…Tunapuna Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker, Edmond Forde, has responded to Pan Trinbago’s call in providing assistance to member bands most affected by the COVID 19 pandemic.
Come Friday July 23, the MP and Pan Trinbago’s Eastern Region Chai
Read more…Biden trying to FOOL THE PEOPLE and say it eh so -- but LOOK AT THE PRICE AH GAS (over $4.50 A GALLON IN CALIFORNIA).
And RESTAURANT PRICES gone through THE ROOF. As a man who frequents restaurants as many as four or five TIMES a week for decades --
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I imagine that like me, most calypso aficionados first became aware of the existence of the late Winsford ‘Joker’ Devi
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By Carlena Knight
carlena.knight@antiguaobserver.com
The creative industries – which include everything from steelpan to fashion design – will undergo a major data collection drive.
The culture mappi
Read more…When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Lutalo Masimba. Lutalo is also the current president of Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organization (TUCO).
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Born in East Dry River, Trinidad,
Read more…Newsday June 24, 2021
"How many opportunities do we have to market our island internationally? For all the talk of TT Carnival being the greatest show in the world, it remains largely niche. Rio and New Orleans are much better known.
With thousands l
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