As has become his habit, when Robert Young hosts a band launch, he creates an experience. And so, on Thursday 13th, February he hosted a talk at Propaganda Space on Erthig Road, Belmont to share Kongo Day with the public. He held a similar talk a week prior, but Thursday was special. It would also…
Après Carnival-la and we are here in T&T reminiscing on what we’ve just experienced. This was a different season for me, a returning to centre because I was never a big masquerader. All I did this year on Monday and Tuesday was J’Ouvert with 3Canal which was special. My first was their last as the…
Robert Young’s band Vulgar Fraction’s presentation for 2017 is called the Caribbean Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. The models were people Robert selected from the crowd. He dressed them and they began twirling. The band has a loose structure, but I was surprised by how I was warming to it. The costumes,…
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….