By Dave Douglas “If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad then Muhammad must go to the mountain.” So Last Sunday, Joan Alexander and the Trinidad and Tobago Heritage Group took the advice of the old proverb. They brought the tradition and culture of the Afro/Hispanic parang music of Trinidad & Tobago under one roof at […]
For Caribbean people – especially Trinis – Christmas is not Christmas without the sweet sounds of parang music. So last Sunday, Los Amigos held the first major parang show for the season in Toronto. And Oh, what a Night! Hundreds of parang lovers made their way to Rembrandt Banquet Hall in Scarborough to spree and […]
By Dave Douglas Kernal ‘Kitch’ Roberts wears many hats and is about to try out a new one. Roberts, son of world-famous calypsonian Lord Kitchener, is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer known throughout the Caribbean and beyond as the man with the Midas touch, the man with the golden pen and the Clive Davis […]
Members of Dance Caribe brought a definite downtown vibe to the Scarborough ‘burbs with their 25th anniversary production of Retrospection … Then and Now. By Dave Douglas Most major dance productions are held in Toronto’s downtown core and as some folks would say, “It’s where the action is!” Well, last Thursday, I witnessed lots of […]
Canada’s six-time Canadian Calypso Monarch Macomere Fifi will share the stage with two-time T&T Calypso Monarch Singing Sandra on Friday, Oct. 31, in Toronto at the United Steelworkers Union Hall. Billed as the Meeting of the Monarchs, this milestone concert is the ultimate Calypso coronation, pitting our Canadian Calypso Monarch against the winner of the […]
We all have heard the adage, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Where it came from and who came up with it is not clear. Some say its origins were created in folklore, during the time Isaac Newton discovered the theory of gravity by watching an apple fall from a tree. Regardless of […]
Dangerously Roots, the album by reggae singer Duane Stephenson, is No. 4 on the Billboard Reggae chart. Released on Sept. 23, it entered the table two weeks ago at number six. Stephenson is pleased with the progress of his fourth album. “It hard to explain my every thought right now but I am extremely grateful. […]
Reigning Road March and Power Soca Monarch winner Machel Montano has been nominated for Soul Train’s Best International Performance Award, competing among many other international artists with his 2014 hit Ministry of Road. Mr. HD, no stranger to the Soul Train family, was first nominated in 2011 in the category of Best Caribbean Performance with […]
By Dave Douglas A Trinidadian saxophonist and orchestra leader for more than 36 years, Roy ‘Pappy’ Cape has scored another hit. Only this time it’s a book about his journey as a bandleader, musician and performer called The Life on the Calypso and Soca Bandstand. The author, Canadian-born Jocelyne Guilbault, is a professor of music […]
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Arthur Wylie of Global Renaissance Entertainment Group and Michael Rollins, director of Rose Hall Developments Ltd, will partner with the island of Jamaica to produce an epic trilogy of films based on the legend of Annie Palmer – The White Witch Of Rose Hall. Details were announced recently at a press […]
