The year is 1994 and Basement Recordings has again ventured out to capture the steelbands of New York in their panyards before panorama. On this night Basement captures noted Trinidad and Tobago musician Ulvin Belfast arrangement for Silhouettes Stee
Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz said Tuesday there have been some changes in the format for the 2016 competition, the most significant being the semi-finals where all conventional bands would face the adjudicato
Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts
January 7, 2016: With exactly 33 days to Carnival 2016, construction is in its final stage for the ‘Home of Carnival’ at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain.
If the results of Panorama Finals were sealed and released on Ash Wednesday like band of the Year, Road march and other winners. Will the public see it as a step in the right direction.?
The reality ON THE GROUND (in Trinidad) is that there are THOUSANDS of TRINIDADIANS (like Bertel Gittens and Gerard Clarke and Alima Garcia -- PAN ON D AVENUE) who never left Trinidad and who have worked (their whole life) CONTINUOUSLY to MOVE PAN F
It's a shame! It's a shame to see KEITH DIAZ begging CORPORATE SPONSORS like a little PUPPY DOG for MONEY. To hear him explaining MARKETING STRATEGIES to the likes of ANGOSTURA is comical to say the least -- ignorance to be honest. All the BIG TALK
For people used to spending Carnival Friday night watching Soca Monarch on television, those hours on February 5, 2016 will remain an extended new entertainment slot to be filled.
This is the consequence of the decision by Caribbean Prestige Foundati
Unlike the Panorama final of 1975 when almost every steelband played one selection—Kitchener’s Tribute to Spree—this year’s Panorama is expected to unearth a cornucopia of new, beautiful music. Of th
“It is the best thing to happen for me, for Carnival 2016! When I heard the news that Desperadoes will be playing my song for Panorama, I went on my knees and thanked God,” Five Star Akil said on Monday morning, gushing about the news
Will the current state of the ECONOMY in TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO cause MAS PLAYERS to RETURN to playing MAS with the STEEL BANDS / ORCHESTRAS on the road for CARNIVAL 2016 because of the PRICES of MAS COSTUMES ETC ETC ETC.
Times change, and Carnival changes with it — for better or for worse? Mark Lyndersay, Laura Dowrich, and Tracy Assing talk to eight Carnival insiders about the state of the mas and the state of the music, where the festival is heading, and how it wil
After a great performance at the Barclay Centre in New York City on Old Year’s Night, international recording artist, pannist, arranger and producer Robert Greenidge flew into Trinidad on Sunday morning.
SOCA artiste Fay Ann Lyons Alvarez, lead singer of the Asylum Vikings, went on the “war path” at the Soca in Moka All Inclusive fete Sunday evening, condemning the powers behind the Soca Monarch competition for a deci
The Culture Minister made her first public statement (from this EXPAT'S limited point of view) as she announced more cuts for the CARNIVAL. Of course, I have expressed very little faith in this political appointment from day one. But Cecil Hinkson lo
Fantastic Friday will no longer be a live spectacular beamed into T&T homes, instead Soca Monarch will be a PAY PER VIEW package on Carnival Saturday Night CLASHING with Panorama Finals. Which one will SUFFER>?
When you see Carnival Videos of T&T Carnival the first thing you see is Panty and Bra Mas players for hours and hours wining down the place as if they are having sex and little or no video air time given to Steelbands playing pretty MAS like Indian
