Trinidad and Tobago News News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: Parang Primer: The Foundations of Trinidad and Tobago’s Holiday Music Tradition
The Caribbean region is noted for a festive ambiance all year round, so the holidays always turn up the partying a notch. Every island has its own traditions with holiday food and music but Trinidad ...
News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: Indian Folk Music Brought To Trinidad Looks For Fans Outside The Caribbean
We're not talking about the jam, though Chutney does jam. It's a kind of music from Trinidad and Tobago that blends Indian folk, brought to the island nation by indentured Indians in the 19th century, ...
News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: Nicki Minaj presents Trinidad and Tobago as music video backdrop
Trinidadian rapper and BET Award Winner Nicki Minaj has unveiled her latest music video ‘Pound the Alarm’ as a cinematic tribute to her homeland’s natural beauty, Carnival, and culture. The video, ...
News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: A Starboy is Born as Trinidad and Tobago Gets a New Work of Music-Theatre
Picture this: Laventille — one of the most creative, yet most underprivileged areas of Trinidad. Jab Molassie, the Devil in disguise, tricks struggling musician Starboy, convincing him that he can ...
News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: The journey of Trinidad's parang music, in one informative podcast
Parang music is a genre of folk music that is performed around Christmastime. Traditionally sung in Spanish, parang was introduced to Trinidad and Tobago from Venezuela, but the music has deeper roots ...
News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: Hear the Song of Trinidad
Drummers perform during Carnival in Trinidad. Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the ...
News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: Nicki Minaj Spotted In Trinidad And Tobago Ahead Of The Country’s Annual Carnival Celebration
Nicki Minaj may rep hard for Southside Jamaica Queens, New York, but the “Super Freaky Girl” rapper’s first home was the Caribbean country of Trinidad And Tobago. The record-holding recording artist ...
News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: MusicTT Awards $76K in Music Business Development Grants
The Trinidad and Tobago Music Company Limited (MusicTT) is delighted to announce and congratulate the 11 music professionals who have been selected as recipients of MusicTT’s Music Business ...
News Trinidad and Tobago » Music: Hear the Song of Trinidad
Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the heart of Port of Spain, capital of the island ...