BIRMINGHAM, England – “One Love: The Bob Marley Musical” will premiere at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in the United Kingdom this year. Actor, playwright, broadcaster and singer Kwame Kwei-Armah will direct the musical that he previously wrote and premiered at Baltimore Center Stage, where he is artistic director. “Few artistes have had as big an […]
Avery Williams lost an eye to cancer at three years of age and her hearing is impaired. But the 19- year old Humber College student who is studying jazz performance- voice focus, is more than ever determined to make it as a singer/composer. And on Saturday night, she impressed hundreds present at the Tringo sports […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Soca enthusiasts will be filing into Mas Camp in St Andrew on Saturday for the start of the 2017 Bacchanal Jamaica season. In addition, revellers will also be introduced to this year’s new and exotic costumes. “Those present will also be introduced to the new partners, new theme, and other new, exciting […]
Chutney icon Anand Yankarran died at hospital in Trinidad on Monday after suffering a heart attack.Yankarran who had suffered from kidney problems for several years, was on dialysis. He was 51. Yankarran shot to the spotlight in 1989 when he recorded Zindabad Trinibago, a jingle for a local beer. He would later record the jingle […]
Few in Toronto’s Caribbean community may be aware of the three African-American woman whose work on “Project Mercury” made it possible for the United States to catch up in the space race by launching the first American, Alan Shepard, into space and sending John Glenn into orbit around the earth. Now the inspiring story about […]
Come Friday, Maestrea and Friends will put on the sixth annual House Parang Lime. Venue: The Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre on Credit Union Drive in Toronto. As Parandero Tony Mastrea, the leader of the group, notes, the show comes at ” the unofficial end of the parang season in Toronto ” and it’s the last […]
Christmas came early to Toronto when veteran soca superstars Baron and Sugar Aloes came to town and treated their fans to a performance they will not soon forget. The show on Sunday evening at Chandni Grand Banquet Hall got off to a rousing start with the sweet sounds of pan. Playing to a capacity […]
Parang, gospel, folk and calypso music were included in an early Christmas package of Trinidad music presented by La Petite Musicale of Toronto on the weekend. Among the singers were four artistes who are children of long-standing members of the group which was formed 47 years ago. The group performed at a private function […]
Trinidadian artistes Sugar Aloes and Baron, widely regarded as two of most melodious voices in calypso and soca, are returning to Toronto for another performance in the city. The latest, titled “Soca Gold Christmas Extravaganza’’, is on Sunday, November 27, at Chandni Grand Banquet Hall, 3895 McNicoll Avenue, Scarborough. “This show is an early Christmas […]
Veteran calypsonian Poser, a popular Trinidadian soca parang artiste, will be the headliner at the 16th annual Parang Lime at the Metropolitan Centre in Toronto on Sunday. The Parang Lime, put on by longtime impressario Joan Alexander, her son Kolin and friends ” who feel like family,” is regarded by aficionados of the Venezuelan-derived Trinidad […]
