Rap­so col­lec­tive 3canal kicked off their 2023 Car­ni­val cam­paign on Fri­day evening with the first in a se­ries of week­ly Back­yard Jam ses­sions at their base, The Big Black Box on Mur­ray Street, Wood­brook.

The Back­yard Jam is a tra­di­tion as it al­lows 3canal's fans to get fa­mil­iar with new mu­sic and build ex­cite­ment for the an­nu­al 3canal Car­ni­val show. The Back­yard Jam is al­so a plat­form for young artistes to per­form as open­ing acts and show­case their mu­sic in front of a live au­di­ence.

In the past, pop­u­lar so­ca artistes like Olatun­ji and Sekon Sta and Trini­bad pi­o­neer Rheon El­bourne have opened the Back­yard Jam. Fri­day's ses­sion was a wel­come re­turn to the Black Box stage for El­bourne as he ap­peared along­side the rap­so trio of Wen­dell Man­war­ren, Roger Roberts and Stan­ton Kew­ley for a 2023 col­lab­o­ra­tion ti­tled, Try Yuh Best.

3canal al­so de­buted col­lab­o­ra­tions with Gyazette, Dev and The Broth­ers which were en­thu­si­as­ti­cal­ly re­ceived by the near-ca­pac­i­ty au­di­ence at the Black Box.

Black, Blessed and Beau­ti­ful is 3canal's theme for Car­ni­val 2023. This year, the Car­ni­val show takes place on Feb­ru­ary 13 at Sound­forge, Christo­pher Samuel Dri­ve, off Mu­cu­rapo Road, St James.

More in­for­ma­tion about up­com­ing Back­yard Jams and the Feb­ru­ary 13 con­cert can be found in the com­ing weeks via 3canal's so­cial me­dia pages.

A cross-section of the audience that turned out to enjoy the 3canal Backyard Jam.

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Nikolai Salcedo of Gyazette.

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Broadcaster, dancer and choreographer Abeo Jackson, left, enjoys the 3canal performance with a friend.

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