Welcome to the Friday Edition, it’s the carnival roof series. We kick off today’s show by paying tribute to Calypsonian veteran, the Great Mighty Trinity.
He’s with us live on set and we’ll talk about what Carnival and Trinidad and Tobago means to him.
Under the name Robert Elias, he is known for his songs “Curry Tabanca” and “Sailing” and is also concerned about the lack of appreciation for calypsonians and their art form.
He shows us his favorite song which we are playing in the background is “The Best Yet” a beautiful ode to the culture, expression and richness of TT
Now we are talking Jamil from two member of the Gateway to World Events Committee. Gateway has made a name for itself with its signature Ultra All Inclusive event hosted in January every year in the South Terminal. parking lot, Piarco.
This event is established as one of the premium events in the East. This year, the event is once again hosted by WHO Band with trending artists like Patrice, Ricardo, Ding Dong, Problem the child, LAS, A team Band, etc., etc.
Ms. De Bique joins us now to tell us more and she even has some gifts.
An MBA holder from the renowned Mona School of Business and Management, University of the West Indies, Mona-Jamaica, Nathalie is an accomplished key leader in Project Management and operationalization of innovative consumer packaged goods food manufacturing facilities.
After a phenomenally successful 20-year corporate career in food production, Nathalie founded the successful Day Spa brand Glorious Bodies Glorious Minds.
With two locations, towards holistic body and mind transformation using the most luxurious and highest quality products designed to soothe clients into a complete experience of total body relaxation and mind well-being.
Since the carnival season, it also has special offers of $50 off all services. She joins us now to tell us more.
Known for producing a sound that is catchy, relevant and authentic, Freetown Collective is part of a wave of young calypso artists emerging from the Caribbean.
The dynamic six-piece musical ensemble excels through a unique blend of Caribbean rhythms and urban pop.
Today we are joined by lead vocalist Muhammad Muwakil and lead guitarist Lou Lyons to tell us about their latest release (and third offer for Carnival 2023) “Mighty People,” which launched on Friday, January 6, as well as other plans the band has for the season.
We are also joined by Mical Teja who is a Cultural award winning recording artist, composer and music producer from Trinidad and Tobago.
Mical Teja has set the Caribbean music scene ablaze with his ‘PROD’ releases which earned him the EYESLAM SUPERSTAR TITLE and a SEMI-FINAL POSITION at the INTERNATIONAL SOCA MONARCH.
Some of Mical’s achievements include producing and co-writing Olatunji’s ‘Bodyline’ which earned him entry into the X Factor competition, and today he will also be speaking and performing the song MAS which he sang with Freetown Collective.
We hope you are ready to enjoy the atmosphere here with us because Freetwon Collective is ready to perform “Mighty People”.
Now Mical Teja will take the stage with Freetown to perform their song ‘MAS’.
Known for his incredible lyrical prowess, soca artist Akeem Chance, who goes by the sobriquet, “Preedy,” is proving to be a triple threat in the entertainment world.
The Maloney resident has shown his prowess with the pen; his talent on the mic and if you didn’t know, he’s also quite the accomplished dancer.
Preedy is recognized within the soca industry as a talented writer, penning many of the popular songs for Machel Montano and others. He joins us live on set today to talk about his songs for this year, his upcoming events and what Carnival means to him.
It will also give us an attractive performance of its 2023 offerings.
Get ready to get up and dance and feel the carnival atmosphere! As Soca Artiste Preedy takes the stage with his guitarist Kwami Morrison to transform the atmosphere with his musical offerings for the season.
This brings us to the end of Friday Morning Edition, I am your host Urvashi Tiwari Roopnarine wishing you all a nice weekend.
Yes, it’s Friday everyone! So be safe out there as you celebrate and spend time with loved ones.
We invite you to join us this evening for ME PRIME. We leave you with it The wonderful image of a Carnival King crossing the stage in all his glory.
