D J Pri­vate Ryan (Ryan Alexan­der) has ce­ment­ed his place as one of the most in­flu­en­tial DJs in the so­ca in­dus­try. His jour­ney start­ed in child­hood when he would sneak in­to his fa­ther’s mu­sic col­lec­tion, spin­ning records on a turntable and blend­ing tracks from the ra­dio. It was his way of teach­ing him­self the art of DJ-ing long be­fore he even knew what it would be­come.

Afrobeats su­per­star Davi­do (David Adeleke) and new­ly crowned Chut­ney So­ca Monarch and Road March champ Machel Mon­tano ap­peared at Sun­na­tion’s Sun­rise Break­fast Par­ty in Mo­ka last Fri­day. They ig­nit­ed a wave of ex­cite­ment at the much-an­tic­i­pat­ed event.

Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion’s co­or­di­na­tor for the coun­ty Ca­roni, Carlis­ton “Ca­lyp­so Kerr,” says re­gion­al Car­ni­val bod­ies should be giv­en fund­ing to meet their bud­gets.

Kaiso Show, the 21st edi­tion of the 3Canal Show, took place from Feb­ru­ary 22-25 at the Win­nifred Atwell Au­di­to­ri­um, Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s.

Danielle Bou­caud-Hen­rique is some­what of an in­tro­vert who wears many hats. She’s the Brand Head of Car­ni­val band BLISS and a free­lance Project Man­age­ment and Strat­e­gy con­sul­tant. Add to it wife of Ran­dall Hen­rique and moth­er of two, Jax­on and Zara.

Reign­ing Ca­lyp­so Monarch Machel Mon­tano will be de­fend­ing his ti­tle tonight with his Car­ni­val 2025 re­lease Bet Meh.

In the cool morn­ing air of Paramin, be­fore the sun ful­ly ris­es over the hills, a group of ten men gath­ers in the same place they al­ways have. They move with pur­pose, set­ting up ta­bles, un­pack­ing bread, prepar­ing salt­fish, and mak­ing sure every­thing is just right. There’s no big an­nounce­ment, no grand stage, just 550 sand­wich­es wait­ing to be hand­ed out to the peo­ple of their vil­lage.

“Jan­u­ary 15, 1995. Late­ly, words have been as­sail­ing me. Words like ash­es, co­coyea brooms, sem, chataigne, roti, chunkay­ing, le­p­ay­ing, wash­ing wares. Every­day do­mes­tic words from long ago, a far-off time and place. Oth­er words fly past me like spec­tres, and they want some­thing—words like gloam­ing, lovevine, lianas, pois-doux, zabo­ca, man­go vere, pomme-cythere, Man­zanil­la, ca­lyp­so, J’Ou­vert morn­ing, gin­ga, car­ilee, goo­goonie, chuntah, calchul. Pa­tois words and Hin­di words. Words are ghosts, an­ces­tors on this side. They are not sym­bols. They are alive and sen­sate—full of flesh and stone and jagged edges. Word jumbies.”—Ram­abai Es­pinet, The Swing­ing Bridge

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As Car­ni­val 2025 ap­proach­es, make-up artists are em­brac­ing a fresh beau­ty trend—lu­mi­nous, bold looks on flaw­less skin, com­ple­ment­ed by soft, tint­ed lips.

T&T’s Car­ni­val scene is once again push­ing the bound­aries of lux­u­ry and well­ness with a new col­lab­o­ra­tion that blends self-care with the is­land’s fes­ti­val en­er­gy.