WOMEX drew to a close for its 22nd edition with the Award ceremony Sunday, 23 October. Delegates gathered in Santiago de Compostela’s Auditorio Abanca to celebrate the careers and achievements in artistry and professionalism by three key world music players. Calypso legend Calypso Rose (Trinidad & Tobago) was presented with the WOMEX 16 Artist Award; Colombian…
Two soca songs created a bit of buzz this week. The first being from novelty act Uncle Ellis. Uncle Ellis shot to spotlight earlier this year for his now trademark dance, originally performed outside KFC Independence Square by a music cart. Well he’s capitalising on his notoriety, and has released a song for Carnival 2017.…
The Tourism Development Company Limited has a new destination website: www.gotrinidadandtobago.com. It’s meant to be attractive to vacation planners and has information about events, food and shopping. Most interestingly, you can book trips from the website. This follows the launch of a German-language site which is targeted to travellers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland: www.gotrinidadtobago.de …
As a journalist, every day I struggle with my use of the language to properly express my thoughts and experiences. I am always worried that I am saying the wrong thing, especially in my news scripts. But outside of matters of grammar and expression, and beyond issues surrounding the creative use of language, one of…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOjxz1jUg0U?rel=0] The Calypso of the Year is Paradise by Helon Francis. The video above is his Dimanche Gras performance. Below is his performance from Calypso Fiesta. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z7-hDKo9U0?rel=0]
In commemoration of Calypso History Month, the National Trust will host its 2nd Vintage Calypso On Nelson Island on Saturday 22nd October 2016, with Lord Superior and a full cast accompanied by the Reflection Band. This year we will have the pleasure of hearing Bro. Valentino, Bro. Mudada, Twiggy, Abebele along with the iconic Lord…
[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 …
Appropriately taking place within Calypso History Month
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…