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Anya signs on to promote T&T
Anya Ayoung Chee has signed a one-year contract with the Tourism Development Company (TDC) to promote destination Trinidad and Tobago to the world. This announcement was made by Minister of Tourism Dr...
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Greatest show on Earth? Total disrespect for the art forms of a nation
Record hotel accommodation, record masqueraders, record Jumbo jet brings in visitors, record spectators, record prize money, safest Carnival in years—just some of the sound bites repeated ad nauseum...
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Panmen not speaking up
Where are the loudmouths of pan? Why have they gone silent on Partyrama, the Pan Trinbago excursion into the dilution of the National Panorama, selling out the pan for some filthy lucre. Citizens who...
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The humorous calypso
Lady Aiesha, who had the crowd in an uproar with her Special Needs, is a finalist. As Trinidadians we know how to give picong; it is a fundamental part of our social genome. If there is a problem that...
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Happy birthday! SLAM 100.5 FM celebrates one year on air
On March 18, 2011, the most progressive urban station in T&T was born and after 365 days of bringing the best in urban radio, SLAM 100.5 FM is ready to turn up the volume. Today the one-year-old...
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Soca Monarch brand respected, celebrated
oca diva Destra Garcia receives her prize at the Digicel International Soca Monarch Prize-giving Ceremony held at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain on March 20. Can Soca Monarch reach further than its...
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‘More’ Shurwayne for Lucian Carnival season
Shurwayne Winchester with budding kaisonians after a cheque presentation to Happy Haven School, Tobago. Multiple soca award winner, Shurwayne Winchester, has kicked off the post Carnival season with...
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Orlando Octave captures international attention
Trinidad and Tobago’s Orlando Octave has captured the attention of some key people in international entertainment, people who’s subsequent report on the young artiste to record executives, business...
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Incredible Myron B takes Humorous Calypso crown
The Incredible Myron B performs his winning selection Baby Roll Over at the Humorous Calypso Competition on Saturday night. The show was staged by Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (Tuco). The...
View ArticleSoca and calypso monarchs celebrate
Monday night’s Soca and Calypso Monarchs Celebrate, staged at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya, Tunapuna, underscored the futility of trying to separate one genre of the calypso art form from the...
View ArticleRavi B, Anil Bheem shine at Centre of Excellence
Superstars Anil Bheem and Ravi B had the overflowing Centre of Excellence stirring at the Father’s Day show on Saturday night. Two other stars, Anand Yankaran, of the well-known Yankaran clan of...
View ArticleRudder turns 60: King David looks back at a career mostly filled with joy
The lights blinked off in the Savannah stage and the crowd roared when a picture of the late, great panman Rudolph Charles beamed onto the giant screen. When the lights flashed back on, David Rudder...
View ArticleKing David reigns
David Rudder went way beyond the boundary last Saturday night when he celebrated his 60th birthday with an awesome concert titled Rudder 6.0, at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of Spain. Lasting almost...
View ArticleTaking a closer look at singers behind the music
In the reports written about David Rudder’s 60th birthday concert at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, last Saturday night, overlooked for mention was the work of the accompanying musicians...
View ArticleTaking charge of your music career
Ask Promotions is teaming up with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment to host the Artiste Management Music Business Conference (AMMBCON) for four days only. The conference, which started...
View ArticlePanther sings catchy parang at Napa concert
TRINIDAD: Patrons at Friday’s opening of Pink Panther’s (Eric Taylor) two-night concert, Looking For Leader Ship, staged at the National Academy of the Performing Arts (Napa) in Port-of-Spain, may not...
View ArticleAs crime wave rises in east PoS – Panmen running scared
Pan players from steelbands based in east Port-of-Spain are on the run as the country’s crime wave continues to escalate, says Gerard Mendez, chairman of Pan Trinbago’s northern region. Up to late...
View ArticleSuperBlue’s Fantastic year
If Austin Lyons (SuperBlue) wins this year’s Road March he will equal the record for wins—ten—held by the late Aldwyn Roberts (Lord Kitchener). He already holds the record for the most...
View ArticleThe Calypso King comes home
A warm welcome and return fit for a king awaits the Mighty Sparrow when he touches down at Piarco International Airport shortly after midday tomorrow. It will be the first visit home for the world’s...
View ArticleKI takes Chutney Soca crown
Give props to KI Persad for turning a tragic story into $2 million. The lyrics to KI’s hit song Runaway tell a sad tale: “Last year I went on tour but I did not want to stay, so I leave my band to...
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