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Bouyon Music

Bouyon is a musical style from Dominica; it is derived from old island rhythms and uses modern instruments. The word “bouyon” means “soup”, a perfect …
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UK National Steelband Panorama 2022 results

The 2022 UK National Panorama Steelband Competition took place on Notting Hill Carnival Saturday 27 August, at the Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park in London....
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Claudia Jones biopic project gets a boost

She didn’t even reach her half-century, yet Claudia Jones achieved enough to fill books, documentaries, plays… and now a film. It’s hard to write about...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2022 – Monday

Carnival Monday And so, somehow, we reach the climax of it all: Carnival Monday, the culmination of, in this case, three extraordinary, frustrating, sometimes frightening...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2022 – Sunday

Jouvert Sunday morning brings us to Jouvert. Pan, paint, powder, oil, horns, chains and who knows what? Anything can happen at Jouvert, which what makes...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2022 – Panorama

From 4pm Saturday devotees will start their pilgrimage to Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance to stand in awe before that shrine to steelpan power and glory,...
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Steelpan summer – 4 × 12 = magic!

The Saharan summer turned to autumn overnight. Fallen leaves from drought-stricken trees turned Green Park yellow and the air was far from mellow. A...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2022 – Playing Ah Dirty Mas

Dirty mas bands first started back in the early 1800s with the emancipation of slavery in the Caribbean. In recent times they have developed...
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Viking Ding Dong

Viking Ding Dong and a venue is all you need to get the party started! For more than 16 years Viking Ding Dong -...
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Cottons Shoreditch moves to Hoxton Square

Cottons has announced that its Shoreditch branch on Curtain Road will relocate to Hoxton Square as from Thursday 25 August. The new location is just...
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Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyons feature in Apple Music’s Home Session

Soca power couple Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyons join Apple Music for its latest edition of its Home Session series. This special episode will...
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Fakekou

Fakekou (Sterling Callender) aka Kou is a brilliant, hardcore London-based soca artist from Marabella, South Trinidad. His passion is simply to make and perform...
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London Calypso Tent

It’s not all jump-up riddims at and around Carnival. You should take some time out to listen to the lyrics men and women at...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2022 – back on the road at last

Notting Hill Carnival is back where it belongs. That was the message that came over loud and strong at The Tabernacle on 21 July...
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Honouring the Inventor of Soca – Ras Shorty I

Multi-talented musician Garfield Blackman, better known as Ras Shorty I, was commemorated in a ceremony in San Fernando, Trinidad, on Thursday 28 July. The...
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My Trinishop is two years old

My Trini Shop was born of a passion to create the most authentic Trinidadian cuisine in the UK. The online outlet claims to have...
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Carnival Village cancels Calypso Masquerade at Holland Park

The second of the four Carnival Culture in the Park shows at Opera Holland Park, which had been due to showcase calypso and mas...
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David Rudder wins Caricom award on eve of London visit

Just 10 days before his eagerly awaited London concert, renowned calypsonian David Rudder has been awarded the Order of the Caribbean Community. The Caricom...
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Machel Montano launches The King of Soca

Machel Montano has launched his eagerly awaited book, The King of Soca. The tell-all biography takes us inside the life and 40-year musical career of...
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Kreyol collaboration at Notting Hill Carnival

Mas Domnik, the Notting Hill Carnival mas band for the Dominican diaspora and its friends, has teamed up with groups representing French Caribbean Kreyol...
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Brother B and Mr GoldN, Pre Carnival Brunch & Party

As NHC draws nearer, the fetes are hottin’ up as soca artistes from around the Caribbean are arriving to pump up the vibes. We...
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Racism row tarnishes Manchester Caribbean Carnival’s golden anniversary

Anger over Greater Manchester Police (GMP) sending ‘exclusion’ letters to people they believe are members of, or linked to, gangs has cast a shadow...
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Pic-O-De-Crop has a new Calypso Monarch in Quon

Winning with 107 points last evening at the finals of the Courtesy Pic-O-De-Crop Competition, Quon a former two-time junior calypso monarch beat out the...
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Google celebrates TASPO with a Steelpan Doodle

A Google Doodle was launched today, Tuesday 26 July to celebrate the introduction of Steelpan to the world during the 1951 Festival of Britain...
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Joocie Thursday to open Notting Hill Carnival 2022

Triniboi Joocie will be headlining the ‘Joocie Thursday’ concert as a Notting Hill Carnival (NHC) ambassador at the renowned Subterania in Ladbroke Grove. The artist,...
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Aleandro Brown’s quest for a Michelin Star

Aleandro Brown has joined The Black Farmer as the company’s official chef, with an ambition to become the UK’s first black Michelin starred chef. The...
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Eat Man Money is the 2022 Saint Lucia Road March song

Fross does the double first capturing the Power Soca Monarch title on Friday 8 July at The SAB, Vigie Playing Field, Castries, Saint Lucia...
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Kaiso Lime season dedicated to the ‘Grandmaster’

The second instalment of Kaiso Lime 2022 got underway at the Tabernacle, on Saturday 2 July. The entire Kaiso Lime season is dedicated to...
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Saint Lucia Carnival 2022 – Catch up with the bands

Saint Lucia Carnival has been under way for a few days now. A beautiful Queen and new Groovy, Power and Calypso Kings have been...
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Island Tribe Carnival Band….. Coming to take ‘Revenge’

Island Tribe Carnival band is looking to take over the streets of Saint Lucia come Carnival Monday and Tuesday. The band came into existence...
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Kisha Kay is Catching Feelings

Kisha Joseph, known as Kisha Kay or Sweet Kay, is a young soca artist known for songs such as Broque and Catching Feelings. Kisha hails...
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