Trinidad Carnival 2010

Despite persistent recent rumors about his death, Slinger Francisco – more popularly known as THE MIGHTY SPARROW, the undisputed Calypso King of the World – is still alive, but not in the best of health. The living icon underwent emergency surgery on Sunday (July 25), after collapsing at a concert in Maryland, USA the previous [...]

Too late for Trinidad Carnival 2010, but just in time for Jamaica Carnival 2010, is this brand new single called “Put It Pon Me”, a Jamaica-T&T collaboration featuring Aisha Davis (Jamaica) and Dawg E Slaughter (Trinidad). It was produced by Master Lee of Code Red Records and Trevor Forrest of Secret Chunez; check it out [...]

Despite the fact that the carnival bands were much smaller in size, T&T Culture Minister, Marlene McDonald, has described the 201o Trinidad and Tobago two-day carnival celebrations as one of the best over the years. The Trinidad & Tobago Government spent TT$35 million to host this year’s carnival, and Tourism Minister Joseph Ross has said [...]

A young woman participates in the Red Cross Children’s Carnival competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on February 6. Photo via Corbis.

Check out the Trinidad Carnival 2010 photo below, showing the police standing over a reveller who was clearly too drunk to soca any more; he had collapsed from drinking. It was taken during the Jouvert morning party in Port of Spain. Photo via Corbis.Com

Here are a few early Trinidad Carnival 2010 pictures – taken during the Jouvert morning party in Port of Spain. Photos via Corbis.Com

These Trinidad Carnival 2010 pictures during the National Carnival Commission’s Traditional Mas competition at Victoria Square in Port of Spain on February 10. Photos via Corbis.Com

Will you be jumping down the road to this new song tomorrow. It’s Farmer Nappy & Kerwin Du Bois – Pavement (Road Mix).

Just in time for Trinidad Carnival 2010, soca fans will revel in the latest album release – ALBUM 34 – from one of the genre’s most celebrated artistes, Machel Montano. The prodigiously gifted Trinidadian, whose debut vinyl album “Too Young To Soca” arrived in record shops all the way back in 1985, has once again [...]

With less than one week remaining for the Caribbean’s largest and most anticipated celebration, Trinidad Carnival, the island is abuzz with final preparations for the event. Hotels on the island are at full capacity with thousands of masquerade (mas) band revelers and bystanders eagerly awaiting the highlight of the festival, the parade of the bands [...]