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Bahamas closes borders to US travelers over coronavirus concerns - COVID-19

By Tamar LapinJuly

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The way in which Notting Hill Carnival will still go ahead in August

My London -- by Thomas Kingsley;

The "alternative" event has been named "Notting Hill Carnival: Access All Areas"

Notting Hill Carnival will be hosted online for the first time (Image: © 2020 Collin Hills)

Notting Hill Carnival sadly won't be held

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ONE WOMAN holds in HER HANDS the ECONOMIC FATE of so many CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. But on her RIGHT SHOULDER sits the HEAVY HAND OF GRANGER and on her LEFT SHOULDER THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF RACISM ...

As a man who likes to SPECULATE -- I think that she will PUNT THE BALL DOWNFIELD. 

I can't go to sleep until 4 PM allyuh time tomorrow --hope she DOES THE RIGHT THING ... but I see it as a LONGSHOT!!!

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A little REGGAETON in the morning!!! This is ONE GENRE TRINI MUSICIANS should have been CHASING -- they could MASTER THIS and reach GLOBAL AUDIENCES ...

... and with ALL DEM VENNIES in TRINIDAD NOW they could find a lead singer and add our CALYPSO NUANCE ... FOREIGN EXCHANGE LIKE RAIN. If you listen to REGGAETON carefully -- you could hear THE CALYPSO ROOTS!!!

THE BIRTH OF REGGAETON IN PUERTO RICO

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Kes the Band now signed to international management [Smart move by KES]

It is good to see ONE LOCAL ARTISTE recognize that it takes OUTSIDE DIRECTION to take the MUSIC GLOBAL. Although KES is NOT MY CUP OF TRINIDAD TEA -- I respect his realization (come to jesus moment) that GLOBALIZING THE MUSIC is a DIFFERENT ANIMAL fr

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I am intrigued by KHUENT ROSE and I want to know if he was BORN IN TRINIDAD or if he is a FIRST GENERATION TRINI-YANKEE

Ah want to put MY GLOBAL MUSIC EGGS in KHUENT ROSE BASKET but I have to sort out a few things about his SPHERE OF INFLUENCE (well, more like early music influences) as early childhood impressions poured into his MUSIC PSYCHE.

(I have had a fascinatio

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Is it an E-PAN or a PAN SYNTHESIZER GIZMO? Almost EVERY TIME I see somebody DEMONSTRATING THE E-PAN dey does be PLAYING IT with their FINGERS as if it is a PIANO -- what's up with that?

DOH GET ME WRONG EH -- I DO UNDERSTAND THE THINKING THAT WENT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS "INSTRUMENT".

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BP Renegades builds a business model

CARLA BRIDGLAL Newsday 

In January, Renegades celebrated 50 years of sponsorship by BPTT with a free concert at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s featuring its touring players who performed at la Folle Journey classical music concert in Nantes, France. In phot

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Conversation with Salmon Cupid --

Toronto Carnival

About Salmon Cupid

• Born in the twin island of Trinidad and Tobago, Salmon Cupid began playing the steelpan with the St. Augustine Senior Comprehensive School where he led the band in several music festivals and competitions and w

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Tuning Up With Khuent Rose

An educator, composer, steelpanner, and tuner, Khuent Rose is a busy man. When describing how he has navigated creative life during the pandemic, he compares himself to Sylvester Stallone’s celebrated antihero.

In mid-March and early April, the Crow

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Imagine DEM PAN TRINBAGO EMPLOYEES living in TRINIDAD and DOH KNOW what KEITH DIAZ do with the 4.8 MILLION that he stole from PAN PLAYERS -- and wonder why their PLAYERS get LIX in the INT RAMAJAY

(Sometimes the SUBJECT LINE does run out of space -- that is a little subtle hint to RUSSEL PROVIDENCE.)

I doh know how people living in TRINIDAD all dey life and collecting salaries from THE PNM all dey life and still dey doh know what is going on i

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Live Strean - Beat the PANdemic - Beyond Borders Featuring Earl Brooks Jr

Beat the PANdemic - Beyond Borders Featuring Earl Brooks Jr

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Well allyuh know that KEITH DIAZ and RICHARD FORTEAU steal over $60,000,000 from PAN TRINBAGO -- but DIAZ still have THE NERVE to go and CUSS OUT my PRESIDENT (THE BEV) for owing him UNPAID SALARY ...

Did you all read the FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT? (Ah know that PAN LOVERS doh like BAD NEWS so allyuh did not read it.)  But the kind of SCAMS that DIAZ and FORTEAU pull to steal over SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS from PAN TRINBAGO could make a BLOCKBUSTER HOLLY

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MAKING KHUCHOOR OVER WHAT!!! By GREGORY LINDSAY [A different take on THE KEITH DIAZ CUSS OUT of BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE -- and the TOBAGO PANORAMA]

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Of ALL THE MEN that I ever met on THIS FORUM -- I have to say that GREGORY LINDSAY is one of my BIGGEST PAN PROGRESS HEROES!!!

That man have A PASSION FOR PAN PROGRESS and an INDEPENDENT and UNSELFISH VIEW like FEW OTHERS!!!

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Live Stream - Funeral for Dennis "Tash" Ash

Funeral for Dennis "Tash" Ash

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DAMN!!! I ain't worried about THE COVID as much as I am WORRIED about how they are going to BURN DOWN THE WHOLE OF BG (GUYANA)

That is REALLY DEPRESSING!!!

And I had a VISION that they could become THE WORLD LEADER IN STEELDRUM MUSIC!!!

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When The Force Is With You - CrossFire Steel Orchestra and National Geographic

Indeed, while the ruthless COVID-19 abruptly struck down and removed Martin “Dougie” Douglas from our realm - now through his ‘ascension’ his mark, impact, and positive “Force” continues to be felt.

Pan was his passion and his beloved CrossFire Stee

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Here is an interesting quote from CLIFFORD ALEXIS ...

"There’s an attitude in Trinidad of ‘I’m from Trinidad and therefore I’m
in the best place for pan.’ There are Trinidadian panmen who say that
in order for me to be the best tuner I can be, I need to move back
there. I say they’re wrong, that I’m not le

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Watch - Andre White - BEAT THE PANDEMIC SERIES! - Live stream!

BP Renegades Steel Orchestra

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