“We’ve been through fire, we’ve been through rain We’ve been refined by the pow’r of His name …” (Part of hymn South to the North and the South.) The Camera was invited to a gathering of the Guyanese Diaspora last Sunday at Hope Lutheran Church where Hope Steelband performed. At their recent Pentecost service, Guyanese […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – Discover Dominica Authority has announced that Andy Narell has been included as one of the performers for the seventh Dominica’s Jazz ‘n Creole Festival. The festival takes place on Sunday, May 15. Narell released his first solo album in 1979 with the inclusion of the steel pan in a jazz band. He […]
After 14 months of covering the best and most unique ska and reggae – classics and lesser known soul songs – the Rhythm Express introduce their first original side built from the bottom up, Soul Nation. Funk and soul music originated in the clubs, the places where people hibernate away from the madding crowd and […]
While thousands of fans descend on Toronto this weekend for the first NBA All-Star Game held outside the U.S., Exhibition Place will be rocking to We Da Norf comedy show and the Champions Gala with Shaquille O’Neal. The game is Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Air Canada Centre with other NBA events starting tomorrow […]
Once again, Carnival has come and gone in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago but this year a collective agreement on Panorama may overcome the traditional partisan arguments. An explosion of physical, social and emotional energy is expended on Panorama for several months preceding Carnival each year. Panorama is more than a festival of pan […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Just as the heart was groaning under the weight of yet another foreign franchise coming to serve us coffee, in floats Ras Nijinsky to turn the imperial order upside down before sending it forth, unrecognizable to itself in ras and drag. This Minshall Ras Mas is, indeed, a high Mas, […]
Talented Canadians of Caribbean origin are dominating this year’s JUNO nominations. The annual musical lovefest awards show will be held in Calgary April 3 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and broadcast partner CTV announced on Tuesday the 45th JUNO celebrations will spread over March 28-April 3. Nominated for […]
I was looking for background on singer James Fountain from Atlanta, Georgia, who in 1976 had a minor hit with a track Cee Lo Green could have scribbled, Seven Day Lover, and found nothing but empty space across the Internet other than William Bell produced for his small independent label, Cream. Frustrated, I dug deeper […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s San Fernanda Skinner’s Park was in pandemonium as fast-rising chutney soca artist KI aka Krisi Persad and his band won 2016 Chutney Soca Monarch, the third time the Canadian-based star has taken the crown. KI won in 2012 and 2014 while in 2015 he was dethroned by Ravi B. This time, he […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – “Queen of Bacchanal” was announced over the large speakers and automatically, crowds of people who were occupied with the delicious aromas of food and endless drinks were drawn together. The fireworks burst signaling the massive talent about to grace the stage, matching the excitement already in the air. It was […]
