Street parades 2022: Carifiesta in Mtl and Caribana in T.O.

Street parades 2022: Carifiesta in Mtl and Caribana in T.O.

After two years of pandemic life, a sense of optimism, hope and caution is the general feeling among bandleaders...

Sometimes It Snows In April

Sometimes It Snows In April

On April 21st of 2016, the world of music lovers from around the planet said goodbye to Prince Rogers...

Spring into the party scene

Spring into the party scene

Covid 19 may’ve killed our partying spirit over the last two years, but have no fear as Spring is...

The Crossover

The Crossover

The late, great Bobby White, who was also a controversial but well-respected columnist for The Community Contact, shared a...

BTW goes live with Pipeline

BTW goes live with Pipeline

Rosie Awori (LJI) Black Theatre Workshop is enticing theatre lovers back to live performance with a ground-breaking play that...

Tough times for Blaxx and Jah Cure

Tough times for Blaxx and Jah Cure

Just when you think it can’t get any worse. Soca artist Blaxx is back in the hospital and Reggae...

It’s A Funk Thing

It’s A Funk Thing

Writers, music journalists and music historians have for decades tried to describe what funk is. Bob Dylan said that,...

It’s Looking good for spring and summer events

It’s Looking good for spring and summer events

The watered down Trinidad & Tobago Carnival 2022 has come and gone. Now the question is: Is there gonna...

The First School Is In The Delta

The First School Is In The Delta

Muddy Waters had a song on his 1977 album “Hard Again” called “The Blues Had A Baby And They...

Bass is Base

Bass is Base

“They keep pulling me back in, Duke”, laughed Rhonda Smith, one of the greatest bass players on the planet....