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Superstars light up Birju video
Dana LaVoixPublished: Sunday, January 18, 2015Bolly TalksThere’s no doubt that star power is what attracts the audience to a film and this recently released music video has that, and then...
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Montano leaves fans wondering
Power Soca intrigue deepens as...Franka PhilipPublished: Monday, January 19, 2015Will reigning Power Soca Monarch Machel Montano defend his title on Fantastic Friday? Montano left fans wondering after...
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East Side, Fire Services top single bands prelims
Published: Thursday, January 22, 2015Defending champion San Juan East Side Symphony and the T&T Fire Services topped the National Panorama single pan bands preliminaries with 269 points. San Juan...
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Kaiso House: The pall before the poll
Raymond RamcharitarPublished: Thursday, January 22, 2015Carnival 2015The mood at Kaiso House’s opening on Monday night wasn’t somber or restrained. The boys and girls went at it vigorously enough, and...
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Scott, Hudson bring soul to Tobago Jazz
Published: Thursday, January 22, 2015Grammy and Academy award winner Jennifer Hudson, neo-soul singer Jill Scott and legendary soul band Kool & The Gang have been announced as the headline acts for...
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Political satire dominates Couva calypso auditions
Published: Thursday, January 22, 2015Carnival 2015Stinging political commentary was the order of the day as the majority of contenders for the 2015 Couva Senior Calypso Monarch crown presented potent...
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Soca Monarch ready for blast off
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Friday, January 23, 2015Carnival 2015Larger Than Life is the theme for this year’s International Soca Monarch competition staged by Caribbean Prestige Foundation for the...
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School fetes leading the way
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Friday, January 23, 2015PULSEThis time, in one month, Carnival 2015 would have been done and dusted, and most of the post-festival events, including Pan Trinbago’s Champs in...
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The magic of Katrina
Dana LaVoixPublished: Friday, January 23, 2015Bolly TalksThey say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? But what if the person who has the benefit of looking-on, can’t see?Katrina Kaif is more...
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Izzy doesn’t need dad’s help
Bobie-Lee DixonPublished: Saturday, January 24, 2015She didn’t think she should just try and make it off of her father’s steam. So 32-year-old Geselle “Izzy” Joseph is going to try and chart her own...
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Glamour Boyz proves good for archival value
Raymond RamcharitarPublished: Monday, January 26, 2015The audience at the premiere of Geoffrey Dunn’s newish calypso documentary, Glamour Boyz Again: Sparrow and Superior on the Hilton Rooftop, gave...
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Encores galore at the Revue
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Sunday, January 25, 2015Twenty-three calypsonians getting encores on one night extended last Thursday northern opening of Kalypso Revue to 1 am. A mere six singers were not...
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Peter Ray BloodPublished: Monday, January 26, 2015Son of Tobago soil but based in Trinidad, Oscar Benjamin (Oscar B) will have star billing when the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival is held on Thursday,...
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Get ready to BYTE - Allen celebrates the barrack yard
Simon LeePublished: Tuesday, January 27, 2015Carnival 2015As the short Carnival season cranks into turbo mode, former Soca and Calypso Monarch Kurt Allen, prepares to introduce the glocal (global and...
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NJAC crowns new Calypso Queen
Bobie-Lee DixonPublished: Tuesday, January 27, 2015Carnival 2015It was no surprise that Ife Alleyne was crowned the winner of the 2014 National Calypso Queen competition which took place on January 19...
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Up close with traditional Carnival characters at The Old Yard
Published: Wednesday, January 28, 2015The University of the West Indies Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) will host The Old Yard on February 8, from noon.The Old Yard is described by...
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The Revue Tent: War by musical means
Raymond RamcharitarPublished: Wednesday, January 28, 2015More than the land, sea and air assault on the government launched by the vast majority of the Revue line-up on Thursday night, the most...
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Nikkiland: Dispatches from the front line
Mark LyndersayPublished: Thursday, January 29, 2015The sun is blazing hot, the colours are bright and the crowd is surging.It is a good day to die, or, you know, get taken to Nikkiland by a...
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Rapso comes alive at Rapsonic
Nigel A CampbellPublished: Thursday, January 29, 2015Carnival 2015Rapsonic, the star-studded rapso concert held at Coco Lounge in Port-of-Spain on January 22, was billed as “lyrical, alternative,...
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Machel and Destra deliver the song soca fans have been waiting for
Franka PhilipPublished: Thursday, January 29, 2015I don’t mind you going away once you come back, come back to me.I don’t mind you going I say, once you come back to me.Cause you inspire me, have me...
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