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No Champs in Concert
Created in 1980 by Pan Trinbago, the post-Carnival Champs in Concert, staged annually at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, will not be held this year. At last Saturday’s National Panorama...
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Kaiso makes waves at De Nu Pub
After the frenzy of Carnival 2017 and, with a sell-out crowd in attendance at De Nu Pub (The Mas Camp) last week Wednesday, it came like a breath of fresh air to hear some vintage kaiso, some...
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Shanaqua returns to the stage
Now that Carnival 2017 is all done and dusted, former soca starlet Shanaqua is determined to make a comeback to the stage. For Carnival, Shanaqua, real name Rachael Fortune, waxed topical with a Myron...
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Pichakaree for Phagwa
Twelve finalists will compete at this year’s Pichakaree song contest to be held this Sunday (March 19) in Enterprise, Chaguanas, hosted by the Hindu Prachar Kendra temple as part of its Phagwa festival...
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Young author publishes new book
Three books in two years. This was achieved by young Rhonda Berment, originally of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, who has always dreamt of becoming a writer.Ecstatic about her third publication, Berment...
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Unfinished Sentences heads to Panama
Not all relationships between fathers and daughters are made in heaven or sugar n spice. Some can be rather tempestuous and estranged. The relationship between Mariel Brown and her late father,...
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Unfinished Sentences heads to Panama
Not all relationships between fathers and daughters are made in heaven or sugar n spice. Some can be rather tempestuous and estranged. The relationship between Mariel Brown and her late father,...
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Jazz show celebrates 15 years
Every year, local jazz lovers look forward to packing their coolers and picnic baskets to soak in the ambience at Jazz Artists on the Greens. On Saturday evening, this much-loved event celebrates its...
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Cricket and all that jazz
Turtle Beach by Rex Resort will offer fans a live open-air concert and back-in-times crossover Beach Jazz brunch party on April 29 and 30 as an added entertainment spectacle to the Tobago Jazz...
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A cultural relic of class
When 3Canal headlined a show in July 2015, and performed before a sold out Mas Camp Pub audience, titled New Fire—The Fire This Time, none of its owners or the patrons who packed the popular Woodbrook...
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Music music everywhere
JAOTG received many rave reviews from patrons on social media and its headline acts were Vaughnette Bigford, James Jessey Joseph & The A+ Band, elan parle, William Roblejo & trio, and Victor...
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Musician Johnny Gonsalves dies
Musician/producer Johnny Gonzalves, 56, succumbed to pancreatic cancer last Friday morning in Miami. The affable Gonzalves was diagnosed with the disease last year and was very active in the campaign...
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Abstract dance is awesome
Abstract, described by its choreographer Candice Clarke as “an artistic freedom,” was a unique and awesome production when staged last month end at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (Sapa)....
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Giving peace a chance in the Savannah...
The Easter weekend had many events, but Easter Monday’s Peace Rally and Concert in the Queen’s Park Savannah put the icing on the cake. Held by The Movement for Non-Violence in collaboration with...
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Beautiful pan music in the East and West
Beautiful music was the common note which threaded entertainment activity last weekend, though the entertainment menu actually began the previous Wednesday when Q’s Place on Wrightson Road,...
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The Blackman Family pays tribute to parents – Claudette and Ras Shorty I
Jamoo is perhaps the most unique indigenous music genre created in the 20th century. The legacy and gift of Jamoo, left by the late great Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman), also acclaimed as the...
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Turtle Beach all jazzed up and ready
The stage is set at the Turtle Beach by Rex Resort Tobago for the first ever Jazz on the Beach event. This is by far one of the most anticipated events for the upcoming weekend in the sister isle. Set...
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Saving St James WeBeat
Jazz Beat and Pan Explosion make a comeback to this year’s WeBeat St James Live 2017. The return of these two events is in response to numerous requests from die-hard loyalists.This year’s edition is...
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Farewell to Mama Popo
Born in 1940, in Chaguanas, the Samuel Abraham I knew was a unique and humble man. On stage, easily recognised as the Mighty Brigo, Abraham was a one-of-a-kind act, combining all the components of...
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Laidback guitar man Tony Voisin dies
Having fallen on ill health in recent years, former Charlie’s Roots guitarist Tony Voisin, 64, passed away on Tuesday. The nephew of late parang queen Daisy Voisin, Tony was the dynamo of the Roots...
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