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Farmer Nappy takes a stand for culture Friday 19 February 2021 Soca artiste Farmer Nappy performs his popular Backyard Jam at Soca Shockwave at MovieTowne, Invaders Bay, Port of Spain. - AYANNA KINSALE THE day before Farmer Nappy won The Monarch soca crown, he was giving an exhilarating performance at MovieTowne, Invaders Bay, Port of Spain. He continued his winning streak when on Wednesday, it was announced he topped the bmobile TUCO online Road March competition. On stage, Farmer aka Darryl ...

Farmer Nappy wins $100k online road march Wednesday 17 February 2021 Farmer Nappy, second from right, holds the trophy after he was named the winner of the bmobile/TUCO online road march on Wednesday at the TSTT hospitality suite, Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain. - MELISSA DOUGHTY Darryl "Farmer Nappy" Henry made it a double success for a virtual Carnival season with victory in the inaugural bmobile/TUCO online road march on Wednesday. Farmer Nappy won The Monarch (replacing the International ...

Classic Vintage in Dey Tale Tuesday 16 February 2021 Mighty Chalkdust performs Learn from Arithmetic during Classic Vintage in Dey Tale at the Movie Towne, Port of Spain. - AYANNA KINSALE DARRYL “Farmer Nappy” Henry’s 2021 hit Backyard Jam says the spirit is Carnival and it seems there is little the covid19 pandemic can do to keep that Carnival spirit down. This was especially evident at MovieTowne’s collaboration with Errol Peru’s Classic Vintage in Dey Tale. It was part of MovieTow...

Farmer Nappy wins The Monarch soca crown in no-audience final Sunday 14 February 2021 Darryl "Farmer Nappy" Henry sings Backyard Jam to win the 2021 International Soca Monarch competition, rebranded The Monarch, at the National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port of Spain in a pre-recorded final that aired on TV6 on Friday night. - Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry has won the 2021 International Soca Monarch (ISM), rebranded The Monarch, with his popular pandemic hit Backyard Jam. What was con...

Nadia Batson gives an energetic performance during Skiffles Tempo In Sando Showcase. - CHEQUANA WHEELER THE atmosphere inside the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) on February 6 defied the reality that Carnival 2021 celebrations had been cancelled. All the elements identified with “the greatest show on earth” were on parade. Veterans and youths, representing the steelbands – CAL Skiffle and Skiffle Protégés – horn and rhythm sections, calypso, soca, chutney soca, sailors...

Farmer Nappy has entered the Bmobile/TUCO Peoples Choice Road March competition. - It is usually masqueraders on Carnival Monday and Tuesday whose penchant for a particular song to cross the stage that would have determined the Road March. But this year, like with all things, it has been pushed online. Those interested in casting their vote for the online Road March can do so now by texting. Voting for the Bmobile/ Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO) People’s Choice Road Mar...

PREStige all-inclusive goes global Drupatee Ramgoonai - THE much-anticipated all-inclusive fete, PREStige, is going global for 2021 this weekend, but under the Hybrid banner. On February 7, the Presentation College Past Student Foundation will be partnering with South Is Love (SIL) to livestream the popular south fete from an undisclosed location to various parts of the world. Prestige chairman Stephen Samlalsingh said instead of postponing the fete due to the cancellation of Carnival, the p...

Trinidadian musician Chantal Esdelle (centre) and her band Moyenne have been reimagining the Carnival space not only via their music, which melds jazz, calypso and steelpan, but also through the ways in which COVID-19 has forced them to innovate. Photo courtesy Esdelle, used with permission. Photographer: Maria Nunes. Its no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of Trinidad and Tobagos 2021 Carnival celebrations. What is surprising to some Carnival stakeholders is tha...

There may be no physical Carnival celebrations this year, but Trinbagonian soca artists are still churning out songs, many of them around the theme of COVID-19.

The music must go on Darryl "Farmer" Nappy - TT Carnival 2021 joins a long line of carnivals that have been physically cancelled or postponed because of the covid19 pandemic. Despite this, there has been a slow and steady stream of new music being released, as many artistes believe the music must go on. Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry is one of many who has new releases for 2021. His Backyard Jam is in heavy rotation on the radio and he also recently released 1Fam with Machel Montano and Don I...