Joy Lapps – Girl in the Yard (Joy Lapps, 2022) Award-winning Canadian musician and composer Joy Lapps is one of the finest steelpan performers in…
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Tag: Trinidad and Tobago
Artist Profiles: Tony Guppy
Tony Guppy was born and raised in Success Village Laventille P.O.S (Trinidad). The youngest of five brothers, he was exposed to steel drum music at…
Artist Profiles: Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra hails from Laventille, Port of Spain, Trinidad and traces its beginnings back to the 1940s. Desperadoes is considered by many to be…
Steelpan Maestro Cliff Alexis Dies
Steelpan master and educator Cliff Alexis died on January 29, 2019. Cliff Alexis was born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1937. He started playing steelpan…
Artist Profiles: Mighty Sparrow
Slinger Francisco, also known as Mighty Sparrow, was born on July 9, 1935 in Grand Roy, Grenada and migrated to Trinidad with his family when…
Artist Profiles: The Renegades
The Renegades is the most famous steel band from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1997 they won their third consecutive “Panorama” (National Championship) and entered in…
Steel Pan Melting Pot
Steel Pan Fusion – Melting Pot (Steel Pan Fusion, 2017) Steel Pan Fusion is an excellent London band led by Trinidadian steel pan maestro and…
Calypso Rose Releases Far From Home Music Video
Caribbean star Calypso Rose has released a new music video featuring the song “Far From Home.” This ska song appears in Calypso Rose’s recent album…
Artist Profiles: Len Boogsie Sharpe
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1953 ‘Boogsie’ as he is known began to play the steelpan at the age of three. The beginning…
Artist Profiles: Jason Roseman
Born on the beautiful twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Jason Roseman founder of Steelpan Instruments Technology is a second generation steelpan tuner. He…