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Carifesta symposium hears "sweet soca promoting toxic behaviour" [This could be a real interesting discussion for LYRICS LOVERS!!!]

Trinidad Guardian

8/20/2019

"So­ca mu­sic has cre­at­ed re­in­force­ment of some neg­a­tive be­hav­iours in our so­ci­ety".

This was an ar­gu­ment put for­ward by Dr. Sueann Bar­ratt dur­ing the pan­el “Where we go­ing with So­ca? Eval­u­at­ing An Ar

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Trinidad & Tobago: A Rich History of Dance, Devotion and Demonstration

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The Higher Logic Project performs at Middletown Art Center Aug. 23

ELIZABETH LARSON - Lake County News

The Higher Logic Project. Courtesy photo.

The performance is the Higher Logic Project’s debut of it newest lineup which is bursting with flavor and harmony. 

“We have added a new drummer, keyboardist, guitarist,

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THE BIGGEST SUMMER CONCERT FESTIVAL EVER: CARIFESTA XIV 2019 -- ISLAND BEATS SUPER CONCERT!!!

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NINE MONTHS WITHOUT A PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER ... was SANDRA AWAII too "WHITE" for PAN TRINBAGO?

Please note that I put the word "WHITE" in quotes. Because if you just come from TOBAGO and see SANDRA, you might think that she is WHITE. But if you have lived in FOREIGN for a very long time -- WHITE is a DIFFERENT KINDA TING.

Anyway, according to

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Culture Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly has denied ever saying or suggesting the pan was not worthy of the Carifesta Super Concert stage

Michael Mondezie - Express

She was responding to an allegation by Pan Trinbago president Beverly Ramsey-Moore that she was told by Gadsby-Dolly that the national instrument, the pan, is “not good enough” to be featured at the Carifesta XIV Super Con

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Meet Zakiya Uzoma-Wadada - Ex­ec­u­tive Di­rec­tor of the Eman­ci­pa­tion Sup­port Com­mit­tee

Trinidad Guardian

She al­ways want­ed a ca­reer in teach­ing and at the age of 18 after leaving high school, was ap­point­ed a teacher at Bel­mont Girls’ RC School fol­lowed by St Rose’s Girls’ In­ter­me­di­ate School. At the age of 19 she was marri

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Great Expectations Delivered - NY Pan Stars Launch Lights Up the Hood with Electrifying Steelband Performances

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Back in the day one always had a favorite TV show that aired once a year. This was long before the era of Netflix and Hulu and DVDs. And no matter how many times you saw it - you knew it was going to be great every time.

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STEEL BANDS - THINGS & STUFF

LONDON ON THE INSIDE

The sound of steel pans is one of the unmistakable sounds of Carnival. Introduced to the British public in the early 1950s – they were shown on the BBC in 1950 and in 1951 The Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) play

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I want to RECOGNIZE and PRAISE MARCUS ASH for CARRYING THE FULL LOAD at PAN TRINBAGO as BEVERLEY and the rest of the EXECUTIVE just sit around WAITING FOR PANORAMA ...

People COMPLAINING left and right about the STAGNATION that has hit PAN TRINBAGO since BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE took over the organization.

IS TRUE, EH!!! I eh making this up. Call up GREGORY LINDSAY and ask him in CONFIDENCE and he will tell you the t

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The Traceys: An intergenerational story of African music

By Derek Davey

Geoffrey and Andrew having a jam. Photo: Jonathon Rees

In 1969 he started the Andrew Tracey Steel Pan Band, which performed around Grahamstown and South Africa and at festivals such as the National Arts Festival until 2007. During the

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Game-changer to Digital Dustbin: Why iTunes Is Shutting Down

If video killed the radio star, as the old song goes, then iTunes killed the record industry. Now, 18 years after Apple launched the music download store, the company announced that iTunes is shutting down.

During its Worldwide Developers Conference

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ALL OF A SUDDEN -- PAN TRINBAGO GET TRANSPARENT!!! I spent the last SIX MONTHS on THIS FORUM begging for TRANSPARENCY ... and suddenly so BEVERLEY sending her LACKEYS to be TRANSPARENT ....

You have to be REAL BACKWARD to be so psychologically TRANSPARENT!!!

But that eh NO SURPRISE TO ME!!!

All the EXECUTIVE SUPPORT STAFF suddenly CROWDING all the PAN SITES trying to explain THIS and EXPLAIN THAT.

THANK GOD FOR men like RUSSELL PROVIDEN

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T&T humiliated, dumped out Gold Cup

Trinidad Guardian June 22, 2019

Trinidad and To­ba­go skip­per Khaleem Hy­land and his team­mates suf­fered a hu­mil­i­at­ing 6-0 de­feat to the Unit­ed States in their sec­ond Group D CON­CA­CAF Gold Cup match at the En­er­gy Field in Cleve­land, Oh

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Trinidad & Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble Wows Audiences in Toronto

Toronto, Canada - The Trinidad & Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble (TTCSE) took Toronto by storm during their recently-concluded performances a couple of weeks ago.

....This small ethnic group, captained by Susie Young, received rave reviews from all t

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CECIL HINKSON: Ah want you to EXPLAIN TO ME what is going on in THE PAN TING (With BEVERLEY & PAN TRINBAGO) -- because I am lost ...

... at least when KEITH DIAZ and RICHARD FORTEAU was in office I could stay BUSY counting how much MONEY dey was TIEFING.

Now with BEVERLEY -- ah have to go the AFRICAN AMERICAN GHETTO: Ain't nothing HAPPENING, DUDE!!!

Come on CECIL!!! You were the N

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Timeless Sparrow turns 84

Jul 10, 2019

Slinger Francisco, known around the world as Mighty Sparrow, celebrated his 84th birthday yesterday.

His son, photographer Sancho Francisco, said: “Today he is very happy. He is having a good day. I spoke to him and he is enjoying some f

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But how could GREGORY LINDSAY be SO SILENT while the PAN TRINBAGO EXECUTIVE sleeps until PANORAMA?

When KEITH DIAZ was in power, GREGORY LINDSAY  make all kinda noise. Now they put ah WOMAN AS BOSS and she throw way she manifesto once she win office and all she care about is PANORAMA IN TOBAGO.

Not ah ting eh happening for PAN and GREGORY LINDSAY

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DRUM FACTORY PRODUCTION EXCEEDS DEMAND

Informed sources are reporting that pan tuners and steelband leaders across the mecca have been showering praises on Pan Trinbago's new management of the drum factory. High quality drums are now available for the first time on demand, and off the she

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ComPANions ask - about changes for Panorama 2020

What do you think?

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