This is the second of a two-part series of chats about music with Saukrates, also known as Soxx. By Dave Douglas The seventies saw some tough times. North America grappled with high rates of inflation and economic stagnation. However, during that same time, Star Wars was released, the first computer game Pong was invented and […]
By Dave Douglas Living legend, charismatic performer and Queen of Calypso McArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis aka Calypso Rose shows no signs of slowing down and at age 74, her performance at the Revival nightspot, one of the venues for this year’s Small World Music Festival, last Sunday night was simply riveting, exhilarating and exciting. Rose entered […]
By Dave Douglas Karl Amani ‘Saukrates’ Wailoo is a Canadian rapper, singer / songwriter and record producer. It has been 20 years since his debut album Still Caught Up. Last Tuesday, he released his fourth album Amani. This self-titled solo project is just a chapter of his Season 2 LP. “This way, we can get […]
Born in 1940 on the island of Tobago, McCartha Linda Sandy-Lewis wrote her first song when she was just 15. Her father sang in a church choir, and yet the parents of the girl who would become Calypso Rose were opposed to their daughter singing during carnival. But Rose’s strong character was a formidable instrument. […]
By Dave Douglas In 2000, Pixie du Coudray, Trinidadian businesswoman, media personality and public relations specialist, worked at Carib Brewery Limited as a promotions co-ordinator when she came up with the idea that created the now famous brand ambassadors, Carib Girls. Her first thought was to use, as she describes in an interview with OMG […]
Toronto-based musician, composer and arts educator Joy Lapps recently clipped one of the five spots given by the Toronto Arts Council for the Artist in the Library residency program and those who want to enjoy steel pan will benefit. The council and Toronto Public Library partnership awarded four artists and one arts organization programming grants […]
By Alicia Sealey Saidah Bada Talibah brought down the house on the first day of the 2014 Canadian Music Café last Monday. Of St. Kitts and Nevis heritage, and the daughter of acclaimed Canadian singer Salome Bey, singer/songwriter Saidah Baba Talibah says, “I’ve never composed music specifically for a project, but I would imagine that […]
Photos by Learie Charles By Jasminee Sahoye Almost one year ago, he was in a coma at a New York hospital and rumours were that he was dead, but the Calypso King of the World, Slinger Francisco, aka The Mighty Sparrow, has not lost his strong melodic voice and charm. Last Wednesday, shortly after the […]
By Dave Douglas After a fantastic week and a half of community screening and previews, the ninth-annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF), will come to a close on Saturday but not before fans get a chance to see the closing preview movie Two Smart, a Barbadian production starring Alison Hinds, George Gill and Saran Lashley. […]
Photos courtesy of TIFF By Alicia Sealey There seems to be a different film festival just about every week in Toronto, with the biggest being the annual Toronto International Film festival (TIFF; Sept 4 – 14). Famed film critic, Roget Ebert once said, “We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves […]
