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Steel Drum Island’s Captivating Spin on the Timeless Tune ‘Hot Hot Hot'”

Tom Orr December 24, 2023 No Comments Steel Drum IslandsteelpanTrinidadianworld music

“Hot Hot Hot” is one of the most recognizable tunes ever to emerge from the Caribbean, and the U.S.’s Steel Drum Island do a particularly…

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Artist Profiles: Len Boogsie Sharpe

Angel Romero July 7, 2017 No Comments Len Boogsie SharpesteelpanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidadian

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…

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Veteran Trinidadian Bandleader ‘Pal’ Joey Lewis Dies

World Music Central News Room February 10, 2016 No Comments calypsoTrinidadian

Joey Lewis, who, for 6 decades, led the longest -running, and last of Trinidad’s popular dance orchestras, died in the early hours of February 8,…

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