3canal pays tribute to Lancelot Layne
Rapso group 3canal is hosting their annual Emancipation Concert on July 31 at the Big Black Box on Murray Street, Woodbrook. Monday night’s concert Freedom.com - A Tribute to Lancelot Layne is...
View ArticleSlow, steady progress in preserving country’s heritage
Colombia native Natalia Sanchez is currently in Trinidad working alongside the executive and members of the National Trust of T&T determined to raise awareness of the restoration and preservation...
View ArticleMas and pan emancipates weekend
Emancipation events Last weekend was filled with events relating to Tuesday’s Emancipation Day, with the central focus being at the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village at the Queen’s Park Savannah...
View ArticleSlow, steady progress in preserving country’s heritage
Colombia native Natalia Sanchez is currently in Trinidad working alongside the executive and members of the National Trust of T&T determined to raise awareness of the restoration and preservation...
View ArticleMusic, music everywhere
Pan on display todayAfter 17 years of being held on a Sunday, last year the organisers—Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation (LSFF) switched it to Saturday and the public’s response has been...
View ArticlePan in crisis in its native land
There will be no Republic Panorama competition on September 22 as previously announced. In the works since after this year’s carnival, the show was supposed to be staged by the Northern Region of Pan...
View ArticleCalypsonians invade Point Fortin
The Big 5 in the National Panorama competition—Trinidad All Stars, Desperadoes, Renegades, Exodus, Phase II Pan Groove—are billed to be on the cast of Pan on d’Avenue on Saturday evening in Woodbrook....
View ArticleIf music be the food of love
On August 31, when Independence comes, the national instrument enjoys centre stage, especially as August is also Pan Month. Every Independence Day three popular steelbands in the west—CAL Invaders,...
View ArticleWoodbrook’s stalwart families honoured at pan festival
Originally a sugar estate owned by the Siegert family, the large Woodbrook district, west of Port-of-Spain, was sold to the Town Board in 1911 and developed into a residential neighbourhood, with many...
View Article55 years of local music
As we celebrate 55 years of music it is a time to reflect on the state of local music, whether it has regressed, remained stagnant or improved.For 55 years we have seen our composers and artistes...
View ArticleYouths make T&T proud
The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, based in the United States, through a partnership with the St Augustine campus of UWI, completed an internship programme for young people this month and held...
View ArticleThe Journey continues on Saturday
Past Queen’s Royal College intercol captain Ian Jeffers is the founder and coordinator of Rites of Passage: Boys to Men which will stage The BTM Journey on Saturday at the Government Plaza, Richmond...
View ArticleLive entertainment galore
Live music on the road for mas Come Carnival 2018 internationally acclaimed Etienne Charles returns to the streets of Portof- Spain to provide live music for his band, We the People. The band’s 2018...
View ArticleWall to wall entertainment
Crazy is ready for Carnival 2018Heard my first 2018 Panorama song, Wind and Solar, sung by Crazy, this weekend. The single is composed by by George La Barrie and arranged by Ibo of south Trinidad.Crazy...
View ArticleRepublic tribute to Shadow
Through the ages, our calypsonians have told the stories of our lives. From colonialism, slavery, emancipation, and indentureship to Independence, we have heard every possible, conceivable topic and...
View ArticleTaking the music higher
Kenny Phillips began learning to play the guitar at the age of 17 when his elder sister, Dr Diane Williams, brought home a guitar from her music class at Naparima Girls’ College. Today, not only is...
View ArticleOne concert to help hurricane victims
Think of any popular local artiste and you might see them perform live at Sunday’s One Island The Concert at the Queen’s Park Oval, Elizabeth Street, St Clair, from 1 pm to 1 am. Initiated by Errol...
View ArticlePanmen create history in Kazakhstan
A quartet of pan musicians from Trinidad created history three months ago by being the first local pan musicians to perform in Astana, Kazakhstan. The musicians are Kwesi Paul (Pandemonium), Terry...
View ArticleCooking priests take the spotlight
Entertainment was in the driver’s seat this past holiday weekend across the nation. Beginning on Friday evening, Brass 2 the World (B2W) performed on Brian Lara Promenade, Port-of-Spain and The Man,...
View ArticleAnd what about Naomi?
Trinidadian Naomi Chin Wing has hit the mother lode in the world of fashion. Winner of the 2015 Coco Velvet International’s Top Model T&T contest when she was a mere 15-year-old, Chin Wing was...
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