USA - When Ellie Mannette died in August of 2018, the steelband community worldwide grieved along with his family. He had made it clear that he did not want a funeral, but we, his apprentices, friends and family, knew we would soon h
The Carifesta XIV experience being hosted in Trinidad and Tobago this year may have a bit of upheaval, this as Pantrinbago says the national instrument isn’t being treated with the respect it deserves.
The concerts will create an essential platform to celebrate the music from the Dutch, English, French and Spanish speaking Caribbean. These unique events will be designed to capture this diverse yet vibrant community of artists and genres of music..
LIVE COVERAGE AT 3:00pm - Hellsgates Steel Orchestra on their way to Bishop Ainsty High School for their first performance at CARIFESTA XIV. Stay tuned for their Live Performance.
Remember TOURISTS from all over the world are supposed to be coming to TOBAGO for this GRAND STEELBAND AFFAIR. That would be really BAD PRESS to wait until JANUARY to give them the BAD NEWS.
And I am demanding an APOLOGY from PAN TRINBAGO to DOCTOR D
Coverage of CARIFESTA Country Night. Where each country is given an opportunity to showcase its artistic production reflective of their culture and heritage
CARIFESTA XIV: Country Night - Day Seven.
CARIFESTA XIV: Country Night - Day Six Holistic
Give these two a soca rhythm and it will come to life with the effervescent tapping of their drumsticks. Modupe Onilu and Rhys Thompson, or together called Boom Boom Room, come from the island where the steel pan originates, but the ins
But RUSSELL: I doh take CHAIN UP!!! Not FROM NOBODY!!!
And after ME and DOCTOR DOLLY just LINK UP like KINDRED PAN SPIRITS (and EXPLAIN where PAN BELONGS in the CULTURAL FOOD CHAIN) -- CHAIN UP and FLATTERY cannot TIE ME UP like it TIE UP GREGORY LI
Cecil Hinkson: How are you PLANNING to finance THIS TOBAGO PANORAMA when DOCTOR DOLLY controlling the NCC purse strings and you send BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE to start some malicious gossip saying that DOCTOR DOLLY DOH CARE ABOUT PAN.
I have not seen ONE POLITICIAN turn the whole nation upside down with one little sentence since DESMOND CARTY said: "ALL AH WE TIEF!!!" Ah think that it was in 1986 that he made that statement.
Now, on the surface, to somebody like me -- A REAL TRIN