Soca’s favourite winer boy, sorry Machel, has entered the soca arena. We featured the song before on this blog, but yesterday, as a present for the Carnival babies, the video was released on YouTube. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz-lR0UT7No?rel=0] A few years ago, Uncle Ellis was a Port of Spain sensation for dancing in front of KFC Independence…
I attended the Mastering by the Mentors Awards Ceremony on Monday. I posted during the event, you can read that entry here. I was really touched by the tributes that came pouring out for Stephen Derek. You got the sense, that far above his talent, he was a kind and decent man, and the most…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe6onk98K0w?rel=0] The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) has released a list of the top 20 calypsos for 2016. The list, without further adieu, and in alphabetical order: CALYPSO ARTISTE A Matter of Trust – Sasha Ann Moses A Murder A Day – Lady Adana (Marsha Clifton) All Lives Matter …
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe6onk98K0w?rel=0] The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) has released a list of the top 20 calypsos for 2016. The list, without further adieu, and in alphabetical order: CALYPSO ARTISTE A Matter of Trust – Sasha Ann Moses A Murder A Day – Lady Adana (Marsha Clifton) All Lives Matter …
One of my favourite bands to watch for Carnival has been K2K Alliance. Twins Kathy and Karen Norman bring so much artistry to their fashion meets mas band. That they both work in finance in New York and can bring out an award winning band is madness, but I am grateful for their passion for…
One of my favourite bands to watch for Carnival has been K2K Alliance. Twins Kathy and Karen Norman bring so much artistry to their fashion meets mas band. That they both work in finance in New York and can bring out an award winning band is madness, but I am grateful for their passion for…
I’m actually finding this very intriguing: The Centre for Culture and the Arts at Leeds Beckett University in partnership with Leeds West Indian Carnival will be hosting an international conference on Caribbean Carnival Cultures on 19 – 21 … Source: Second Call for Papers – Caribbean Carnival Conference, May 2017
Meagan Sylvester shared this on her page last September 2nd. It popped up in my Facebook reminder and I thought, that this is the best place to post it, because it’s such a great list of papers and essays on our music and Carnival customs etc. So without further adieu: Mason, Peter. 1998. Bacchanal? The…
Ancestral Memory Mas is a new band from Jenissa Sullivan. She wants to bring back mas with meaning for Carnival 2017. I got to talk to her about her vision for her band. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGvjjYVw6dE?rel=0&w=420&h=315] The band is launching September 1st with the theme In Search of Bliss, stay tuned to this blog for details….
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BFSoJsfVEQ?rel=0] YUMA’s 2017 presentation The Origins launches August 6th.