Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, presenting The Best Video performance of Calypsonian as Panman*. From Champs in Concert 2000, here’s Colin Lucas the Pan Calypso Monarch of that year and“Pan Is Mine!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDaE3_BqTsw Colin Lucas "Pan Is Mine!" And the runner up is Owen Scrunter Johnson and The Lost Tenor” It is a fact that many … Continue reading Presenting The Best Video performance of Calypsonian as Panman*
Category: calypso
The Mighty Spoiler, one of the greatest exponents of the calypso art-form.
Theophilus Philip better known as Mighty Spoiler, was a Trinidadian calypsonian of the 1940s and 50s, and can be considered one of the most important and influential exponents of the art-form. Indeed , his work has been studied and covered by others, and his style copied ; he is considered one of the greatest comedic … Continue reading The Mighty Spoiler, one of the greatest exponents of the calypso art-form.
Remembering the Mighty Composer
Fred Mitchell, better known as “Mighty Composer,” was born in Cedros, and was the oldest of the talented and well known Mitchell family we remember growing up in Marabella. As youths , the family group the Singing Mitchells sang backup for The Mighty Sparrow's recording company until he joined the Young Brigade as a calypsonian … Continue reading Remembering the Mighty Composer
Pan Night And Day
“Pan night and day “ is one of Lord Kitchener’s best, most musical steelpan related calypsos. Indeed, in 1985 it featured at panorama in an unusual tie for first place between Desperadoes and Renegades. However, even as far back as 1985, The Grand Master was concerned about the absence of the steelband from the streets … Continue reading Pan Night And Day
Singer/Composer Dennis Williams, – Merchant- a unique calypso star.
Dennis Williams Franklyn , aka Merchant, was orphaned at eleven and grew up in an orphanage in Belmont, Trinidad.As an adult he led a troubled life , spending time in prison , becoming addicted to drugs , and dying of Hiv/Aids in 1999. However he was one of our most gifted calypso composers, and created … Continue reading Singer/Composer Dennis Williams, – Merchant- a unique calypso star.
Kaiso to Soca: a brief history of Calypso music — Zócalo Poets
CALYPSO: a Brief History by Philip W. Scher . . . CALYPSO is a style of Caribbean music associated with the nation of Trinidad, and is linked to the annual celebration of the pre-Lenten Carnival. The music, as well as the name itself, has a myriad of roots, and although there is no general agreement […]Kaiso … Continue reading Kaiso to Soca: a brief history of Calypso music — Zócalo Poets
Panorama 1966 -Pan and Rain
Whenever I think of the Steelband Panorama competition of 1966 I think of the preliminaries, rain , sweet pan, Guinness Cavaliers - and Desperadoes! It was a rainy day , and people were sliding and playing in the mud , a little preview of young Americans antics three years later at Woodstock. Guinness Cavaliers had … Continue reading Panorama 1966 -Pan and Rain
Handel’s Largo, And a Clash of Steelbands
Good day my friends.In keeping with the somber nature of the times, I would like to present a soothing piece of spiritual music that is a personal favorite.Since most of my posts have stories I would like to also tell my memories associated to this beautiful piece of music.I know that we’re proud of the … Continue reading Handel’s Largo, And a Clash of Steelbands
The National Instrument of T&T (the steel-pan) and the Law
The Foreign Ministry of Trinidad and Tobago has declared to the world that the steelpan is the National Instrument of the country , and research on any internet search engine like Google or Yahoo, or sources like Wikipedia verifies this as accepted fact and that's good enough for me. As they say in legal terminology, … Continue reading The National Instrument of T&T (the steel-pan) and the Law
THOUGHTS FOR TODAY… About Steelbands on truck beds.
If I had my way , I'd discourage steelbands from setting up on truck beds , and have them use mobile platforms, built as low to the ground as possible, instead. Of course these platforms would be drawn by trucks , tractors etc. (Even speaker and amplifiers could be added to the platform, but that's … Continue reading THOUGHTS FOR TODAY… About Steelbands on truck beds.
