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A former Calypso Monarch, who is also a semi-finalist in the Calypso Monarch competition at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on February 11, says calypso, as an element of Trinidad and Tobago’s culture, must be rebranded. It is something Helon Francis believes will save the artform. In his calypso called Mighty, which he wrote, he is

Culture Matters DARA E HEALY “…the Old Brigade organised their own Calypso King Competition at Mucurapo Stadium on Dimanche Gras night…and offered a variety show that included bongo dancing, Shango dancing, a steelband competition and ‘an exotic feature dance by Princess Myola’…Police refused the steelbands permission to perform and thus forced the organisers to omit

MOMENTUM is building as the countdown to the January 27 opening of long-standing Kaiso Showkase tent at its home base, Palms Club, San Fernando, nears. Although chairman of Trinbago Unified Calypsonians' Association (TUCO) south central region, Ras Kommanda (Steve Pascall) has taken a backseat this season as he cares for his ailing mother, he said

The National Carnival Commission (NCC) is confident that the seating in the Grand Stand will be sufficient to accommodate attendees of the National Panorama Small Conventional Bands Finals on Saturday. Communications specialist Kyle Pilgrim said that the Grand Stand is able to hold 7,000 people and he anticipated it would be enough to seat patrons

AT just 34, Nicole Thomas can already be considered as one of Tobago’s veteran calypsonians. It’s no idle boast. After 19 years in the artform, she has the accolades, trophies and recently, a $100,000 cheque to prove it.

EDITOR: In deciding not to allow the broadcast on VC3 of Zion-I’s calypso “Hypocrites”, Anthony Dennie of the Carnival Development Corporation, VC3 and Star Radio is hiding under the metaphorical ‘judicial counter’, instead of progressively promoting the CULTURE of this land Hairouna. What a shame! Several years ago, the Mighty Chalkdust; a veteran, popular and extraordinarily successful Trinidadian calypsonian, told an interviewer that the then late Prime Minister of Trinidad …

I don’t think I’m alone in concluding that the pressures of survival in these times have forced many to not even be aware of what day...

This country’s calypso tents are ready for the 2019 Carnival season. And, president of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Calypsonians Association (SVGCA) Earl “Caba” Bennett has called on the public to support the art form. “I want to encourage persons to come out in your numbers. Last year was a revelation,” Bennett said on Wednesday at a press conference. He noted that in preparation for the 2019 season, the …

The ritual of Trinidad Carnival involves more than buying a costume and jumping in the streets for two days. Let us initiate you into the customs of Carnival. It's a season — a lifestyle!

Carnival lovers, health officials and governments throughout the Caribbean are anxiously following the experiment of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T),to stage a truncated festival for Carnival 2022. The experiment, dubbed “A Taste of Carnival”, is being staged on a limited basis after the covid pandemic forced the cancellation of carnival, not just in T&T but throughout the Caribbean for the past two years. Public opinion throughout the region remains divided as …