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Video: 3Canal – Revolution / We free (2002)

DeCooler — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:47:32 +0000

Two classic 3canal tunes from 2002 merged in this fantastic video. Make sure you watch it to the end.

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Carriacou Soca Monarch & Road March 2010

DeCooler — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:44:25 +0000

The 2010 Carriacou Soca Monarch went to “Discipline” doing his tune “Move Me Nah” which also became Road March at the carnival of Grenada’s sister island.

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Palance is Trinidad Roadmarch 2010

DeCooler — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:37:34 +0000

Official or not, everybody who has been on the road on Tuesday or watched the live streams already knows: Palance by JW and Blaze is Roadmarch 2010. A National Carnival Commission (NCC) official said there was no need to tally the score. ‘True Lies’ was heard three times, ‘No Behaviour’ once and Shurwayne Winchester’s ‘Riding It’ was played once. Downtown Port-of-Spain was in the hand of the Palance dance.

But not only in Port-of-Spain the revellers were palancing – at High Street, San Fernando, masqueraders, almost on cue, leaned from side to side, whenever ‘Palance’ played.

The late Road March king Lord Kitchener’s “Sugar Bum Bum” also enjoyed moderate air-play this year.

2010 Roadmarch Results
1. JW & Blaze – Palance (417)
2. Fay-Ann Lyons – True Lies (40)
3. Machel Montano – No Behaviour (11)

Source: T&T Guardian, Newsday, thisisjester

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Video: Bunji Garlin – Brave

DeCooler — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:02:08 +0000

Brand new video by ForceFed of Bunji Garlin’s tune “Brave”:

Bunji Garlin – BRAVE (Official Music Video) from ForceFed Blog on Vimeo.

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Kurt Allen T&T Calypso Monarch 2010

Julia — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:29:05 +0000

Kurt Allen dethroned defending monarch Chalkdust on Dimanche Gras and became Trinidad & Tobago’s 2010 National Calypso Monarch. With his sharp-tongued political commentary “Dey too bright” he convinced the audience as well as the jury.

Kurt Allen’s winning Calypso Monarch performance on sunday night:

Sources: Trinidad Express, Bandwagonist

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Panorama 2010 results

DeCooler — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:09:04 +0000

Here are the results for Panorama 2010:

Large band category:
Silver Stars (Song: Battle Zone) – 291
Phase II Pan Groove (Song: Pan Army) – 284
Trinidad All Stars (Song: Large is large) – 282
Invaders – 274
Renegades – 274
Skiffle Bunch – 271
Harmonites – 268
Desperadoes – 268
Redemption Sound Setters – 264
Fonclaire – 260

Medium band:
1. Steel Explosion (Radica) – 280
2. Courts Sounds Specialists of Laventille (Surrender) – 276.5
3. Katzenjammers (Lightning Strikes Twice) – 273

Small band:
1. Arima Golden Symphony (Smooth Sailing) – 270
2. Golden Hands (Dingolay) – 268.5
3. Merrytones (Pan War) – 268

Single Pan:
1. La Horquetta Pan Groove (Fire Coming Down) – 275
2. San Juan East Side Symphony (Black Man Feeling To Party) – 270
3. United Sounds (Magic Drums) – 268

via Pan on the net, Pan Jumbie

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Trinidad Soca Monarch 2010 Results

DeCooler — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:19:14 +0000

Fantastic Friday is done and here are the results of the International Soca Monarch 2010:

Power
1. JW & Blaze – Palance
2. Fay-Ann Lyons – True lies
3. Shal Marshall and Screws – Police
4. Tallpree – Wicked Jab

Groovy
1. Shurwayne Winchester – Murdah
2. Fay-Ann Lyons – Start wining
3. Rikki Jay – Barman
4. Patrice Roberts – Wuk it

via Band Wagonist

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10th Anniversary of Kitchener’s Death

Julia — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:06 +0000

Yesterday it was already ten years since the one and only, the Calypso genius, The Grandmaster, Aldwyn Roberts aka Lord Kitchener left this world.
At least his music stays with us forever and isn’t Carnival just the right time to commemorate this great man…

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Video: JW & Blaze – Palance

DeCooler — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:48:35 +0000

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Video: Tallpree – Wicked Jab

DeCooler — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:26:20 +0000

Official Video for the Tallpree song “Wicked Jab” on the Gutter Soca Riddim. Get the song here.

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