TT, Dominica team up on Dwivayèz riddim
Friday 19 February 2021 ProducerDlo, left, Tevin Hartman and Savion Beats talk on the soca-inspired Dwivayèz riddim which features Hartman, and other collaborations with Caribbean artistes. -
WITH his contribution Overproof, Trinidadian artist Tevin Hartman has joined a list of young, notable Dominican acts on the soca-inspired Dwivayèz Riddim produced by ProducerDlo (Dylan Lowe) and Savion Beats (Savion Augustine), both from Dominica.
Hartman, who was connected to Dlo through fellow Trini and 2020 Groovy Soca Monarch winner College Boy Jesse, says he was drawn to the combination of tones and instruments in the production.
Nadia Batson gives an energetic performance during Skiffle s 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, gorillas and Indian mas, all characterised the moment.
The blue devils were prevented from making a stage appearance out of concern that their powder would stain the floor. Kaisoca moko jumbies towered at the entrance of the venue to welcome guests for the three-hour-long concert, Tempo in San Fernando.
Carnival Tempo coming in San Fernando
Nadia Batson -
ONE southern steelband plans to maximise the time slot usually reserved on the Carnival calendar for the Calypso Fiesta show to stage an event targeting local and international audiences.
CAL Skiffle Steel Orchestra will create an alternative event to help ease the Carnival tabanca and reconnect nationals and the diaspora with their favourite artistes via a virtual space.
Calypso Fiesta, the annual calypso picnic where thousands would have gathered to hear and critique the cream of the calypso crop, from among whom finalists would have been chosen for the Calypso Monarch, was scheduled for February 6 at Skinner Park, San Fernando.
First-class show at Sekon Sunday
Raise Yuh Hand: An audience member having a time during Sekon Sunday. - Photos courtesy Kyle Frederick
Aaron “Voice” St Louis possibly echoed what a lot of people were feeling when they looked at this year’s Sekon Sunday when he said, “Yuh know how long I ain’t feel so boy.”
The annual Carnival event was held on January 10 at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, and merged the virtual and the live audience, following restrictions caused by the covid19 pandemic. While many events have been kept to the virtual realm – with the reopening of performance spaces – smaller live events have been happening again.