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Farmer Nappy has entered the Bmobile/TUCO People's 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 March began on February 5 because of an extended registration period. It was originally scheduled to b...

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 pandemic has provided a virtual platform for them to go global. From a few thousands participating in...

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. It's no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of Trinidad and Tobago's 2021 Carnival celebrations. What is surprising to some Carnival stakeholders is that the National Carnival Commission (NCC), the state body that oversees the festival, has advised t...

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 Iko. For him, music is a part of his happiness and is his livelihood. But, while this is so, he has a...