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The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (ESCTT) launched its 2024 Pan-African Festival on Africa Day, May 25, at City Hall, Port of Spain.

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[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Here’s a great article on women in the soca world by Tenille Clarke (AndScape), who writes, “As the genre celebrates 50 years, female artists are pushing it forward.” Soca performers mentioned in the article include Destra Garcia, Alison Hinds, Nishie L.S., Rhea Layne,…

NIGEL CAMPBELL The concept of a soca cabaret is not new in Trinidad and Tobago, but St Lucian artist Teddyson John and his many guests delivered an evening of soca performance that elevated the idea of an intimate concert of Caribbean Carnival music to a level that approaches a large metropolitan theatre extravaganza and posits

People are ready for a change in their calypso consumption, which was signalled by the 75 per cent occupancy at Kaiso House’s opening night on Friday.

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Divas Calypso Tent manager Rudolph Ottley was the first tent manager to publicly lament the private sector’s lack of interest in supporting calypso for the 2023 Carnival season. Mr Ottley acknowledged general disinterest by the public in attending calypso shows during the season and the significant preference for soca at fetes that will occur every

Stung by the high voter turnout that was able to trump Trump, some Southern states of the USA—under the political control of Republicans—are taking steps to restrict the ease with which voters can

Police shoo entertainers dancing to music on pavement Entertainers Rodey and Nikki Crosby. (FILE PHOTO) - Entertainers Nikki Crosby, Terrin “Jaiga TC” Callendar, Rodell “Rodey” Cumberbatch, and Abeo Jackson, along with four friends and family members, were moved along by police as they danced in costume along Tragarete Road on Tuesday morning. Crosby said she, along with Callendar, Cumberbatch and Jackson had just left work after their OJO Breakfast Party segment at 96.1 WE FM radio st...

Toggle Sidebar CATAPULT Connects Artists Across 25 Caribbean countries Here is news from the CATAPULT Caribbean Arts Grant program launched by Kingston Creative and Fresh Milk.  Note that a closing event, “Meet the artists of CATAPULT,” is planned for December 14 at 6:00pm AST, 5:00pm EST. This will be livestreamed on the Kingston Creative YouTube channel and will culminate a day of activities where the awardees themselves will take to social media to network, share their CATAPULT journey ...