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	Trinidad & Tobago: National Geographic World Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The music has strong roots in the islands' dominant cultures, a population largely descended from African slaves and indentured workers from India, along with influences from the succession of colonial control by the Spanish, French, and British.
		Carnival is awash in music, from the various roadside tents to the parades and "road marches," music blooms everywhere, and the music of Carnival ranges from calypso, pan (or steel drum music), to soca, rapso and more.
		Trinidad's greatest musical achievement is the invention of the steel drum, an instrument almost synonymous with the Caribbean.
	worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com /worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/trinidad___tobago_865?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com&fs=plasma.nationalgeographic.com (915 words)

	Encyclopedia: Music of Trinidad and Tobago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Soca is a dance music which is a mix of Trinidads calypso and Indian music and rhythms, especially chutney music -- it is not, as is often said, a fusion of soul and calypso.
		Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common.
		Native to Trinidad, Mighty Panther is a legend of Trinidadian Calypso music.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Trinidad-and-Tobago (4453 words)

	Info about Trinidad and Tobago : Music, Arts and Culture
		Trinidad and Tobago are the southernmost islands in the caribbean chain,only 10km (7 miles) from the Venezuelan coast and geologically part of South America.
		Trinidad is 4,828.sq km(1,864 sq.miles) Tobago is 300 sq.
		Trinidad and Tobago has become one of the major gas development centers in the world today, and is the leading supplier of natural gas to the U.S. Pitch Lake on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt.
	tonyguppy.com /trinbago.htm (533 words)

	Caribbean Music 101 - Trinidad's Calypso Music; Origin, Calypsonians, Influences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Trinidad was colonized by the Spanish, received large numbers of French immigrants, and was later ruled by the British.
		(It was the French who brought the tradition of Carnival to Trinidad.) The griot later became known as the chantuelle and today as the calypsonian.
		While calypso is the voice of social conscience, soca is party music.
	caribplanet.homestead.com /101.html (1559 words)

	The music of Trinidad and Tobago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Trinidad and Tobago is the home of Calypso and Steelband along with two new music art forms Chutney Soca and Rapso.
		Trinidadians and Tobagonians are known for their Calypso music, much of which is eventually translated for the Steelpan, and instrument invented in Trinidad and Tobago.
		Our music is partially defined by the many different races that live on this twin island in harmony, some blending has taken place resulting in several dynamic and lively forms of entertainment.
	www.trinbagoinfo.com /trinbagoinfo/music/index.htm (224 words)

	music scholarships \| UWC (Trinidad & Tobago) Trust
		The music students will, if they so wish, be able to fulfil their community service obligations by performing, for example, in hospitals and in old people's homes on a regular basis.
		It is expected that, on completion of the College and the IB, the music scholars will wish to continue their musical studies at the university level, although not necessarily to the exclusion of other subjects.
		Each music scholar will be supervised by a personal tutor who will follow his or her musical development.
	tt.uwc.org /scholarship_music.htm (845 words)

	Calypso: Resources
		Examination of the dissemination of music from the Anglophone Caribbean to the United States and Britain, with particular attention to Trinidadian musicians Sam Manning and Cyril Blake.
		Study of traditional stickfighting music in Trinidad, one of the sources of calypso.
		The Trinidad Calypso: A Study of the Calypso as Oral Literature.
	calypsoworld.org /noflash/resources.htm (1283 words)

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		The Nashville hitmaker behind smash '96 album "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" digs into the catalogs of her musical heroes (from Simon and Dylan to Jones and Jennings) on this new covers collection.
	music.download.com /2001-1_32-0.html (895 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Child-Tobago History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The abolition of slavery in 1836, and the eventual collapse of the sugar crop thrust the island into economic despair.
		This led to the decision to unite the island with Trinidad in 1898.
		Tobago experienced a high in 1962 with the Independence of Trinidad and Tobago from Britain on August 31, 1962.
	berdina.tripod.com /tobagohistory.htm (281 words)

	Books & Pamphlets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In this treatment, "Music in African Life," eight prominent ethnomusicologists contribute essays ranging from Gerhard Kubikís seminal study of the lamellophone to Cynthia Tse Kimberlinís examination of musical change and adaptation in Ethiopia during the 1990s.
		Explores the nature of African music and its importance within the flow of African social life, focusing on the reliance of African musicians on music to articulate their philosophical and religious heritage.
		This music provides a culturally reflexive and consciously artistic account of what it is to be a migrant or part of a migrant's life.
	www.afrorhythms.com /store_books.asp?q (1988 words)

	NATIONAL EMBLEMS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
		The Coat of Arms of Trinidad and Tobago was designed by a committee formed in 1962 to select the symbols that would be representative of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.
		The Coat of Arms with the accompanying motifs which represent indigenous features of Trinidad and Tobago were selected and formally agreed to be used as the Coat of Arms of Trinidad and Tobago in 1962, in a design approved by the College of Arms.
		The Birds represented on the Coat of Arms of Trinidad and Tobago are the Scarlet Ibis, the Cocrico (native to Tobago) and the Hummingbird.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /NationalAwards-Emblems/National_Emblems2.html (777 words)

	The Steelbands (Pan) of Trinidad and Tobago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		These new steelbands of today, paving new grounds in expression of musical steel, follow on from the musical roots of the Traditional or Old Time steelbands, who cast the mould for the middle phase in the development of the steel drum and steelbands.
		The conventional steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago today can range in size from about 10 to 140 members, although 100 members is more usual today, each playing steel drum instruments or steel “pans”;, as they are called locally.
		These were the craftsmen and musicians who had experienced the tamboo bamboo, dustbin and biscuit tin phase of the moving street music in the carnivals of the 1930’s.
	www.seetobago.com /trinidad/pan/bands_tt.htm (5332 words)

	Tommy Crichlow
		Tommy Chrichlow was born in Tunapuna, Trinidad in the year 1942 and has been involved with music since he was nine.
		After placing third in Trinidad’s largest pan competition “Panorama”, Tommy was invited to Canada to play in the 1967 Expo in Montreal, where he saw the possibilities for expanding his dreams.
		She coordinates the events for the Pan Masters during the Caribana season and also is a member of Pan Trinbago of Ontario that shares in Tommy’s goals to introduce pan music to the youth of Ontario.
	jj_bbface.tripod.com /tommy_crichlow.htm (918 words)

	World Sound Matters: Contents
		A third view is that developing an understanding of foreign music is part of the broader educational process of learning to respect human cultural diversity.
		Music helps people project an identity; it assists them in the recollection of the past and in their prayers for the future; it offers a channel of expressive communication and a vital outlet for human creativity.
		To expect to accomplish this from examining only the evidence of a single musical tradition, even one as rich and well-documented as that of Western art music, is unrealistic.
	www.shef.ac.uk /music/staff/js/WSMCont.html (630 words)

	Jouvay.com Trinidad Information
		The twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago have given birth to calypso/soca, one of the world's most vibrant music forms.
		Trinidad carnival, dubbed the world's greatest show is an annual pilgrimage for hundreds of thousands of people looking for that weeklong immersion into a most drunken, cultural, uplifiting time.
		In a mad rush we surfed for airfares and found Guyana’s Universal airlines, a company started by two sisters that operates flights from NY to Trinidad and Guyana with headquarters in Richmond Hill, Queen’s otherwise known as Little Guyana.
	www.jouvay.com /trinidadinfo.htm (1430 words)

	village voice > music > by Baz Dreisinger
		Reggae reigned, thanks to several factors: carnival music's seasonal nature, which stunted its growth; the Jamaican government's active promotion of its music industry; and reggae's embrace of Rastafarianism, which created not just a music but a uniquely, authentically Jamaican culture.
		The genre was inaugurated in 1973 by Trinidadian Lord Shorty, who felt the soul of calypso was as multicultural as Trinidad's population: a near even split between peoples of African and East Indian descent.
		His music is frenetic, hovering at 165 bpms, and given this tempo, Garlin says he's honed in on a potential niche: "It's easier for my kind of soca to cross over into the techno or the house market."
	www.villagevoice.com /music/0507,dreisinger,61120,22.html (1648 words)

	Praimsingh.com presents / Trinidad Chutney Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Chutney is also a singing Art form indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago born out of the Sons and Daughters and is known for its HOT-HOT Spicy Rhythm music and songs.
		The major impact in singing and Music Art forms were brought from India since 1845 or over 150 Years ago to the shores of TandT.
		These fore parents left their land with the memories of their custom, tradition and most of all, the songs and Music which came embedded in their hearts; and were passed down from generation to generation, which is still practiced today.
	www.ajeetpraimsingh.com /chutney_music.htm (281 words)

	CBMR Digest Vol. 13 No. 2 Fall 2000 - Rediscovering Trinidad Folk Music
		In light of the upcoming 2001 Inter-American Conference on Black Music in Trinidad, Kalinda column readers might be curious about local musical traditions beyond the well-known steelbands and calypso.
		Alan Lomax began recording and researching the music of the Lesser Antilles in 1962 with the aid of the Rockefeller Foundation, partly inspired by his support for the institution of a Federation of the West Indies (Lomax, Elder, and Hawes 1997, x).
		Exploring this collection provides an opportunity to revisit these issues, so that when we visit Trinidad for the 2001 conference, we will better understand the enthusiasm that Lomax delivers to the study of Trinidad’s music and culture.
	www.cbmr.org /pubs/132/kalinda132.htm (768 words)

	Myers, Helen: Music of Hindu Trinidad
		Music of Hindu Trinidad is a fascinating account of the history and cultural significance of Hindu music that explores its symbolic, aesthetic, and psychological aspects while asking the larger question of how this music has contributed to the formation of identity in the midst of their great diaspora.
		Myers details the musical repertory of Felicity, which is based largely on north Indian genres including the traditional Bhojpuri folk songs and drumming styles brought by the first indentured laborers in 1845.
		In her engaging exploration of the fate of Indian classical music and new popular styles such as Hindi calypso, soca, and chutney, she even finds herself at the ancestral home of Trinidadian V. Naipaul in India.
	www.press.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/13069.ctl (226 words)

	Steel drum band live, Reggae, Caribbean wedding band, live Calypso & Soca Music, Steel Drums band,Trinidad music ...
		The band is based in NJ but also performs throughout the Delaware Valley, which consists of New Jersey (NJ), Pennsylvania (PA), Delaware (DE) and Maryland (MD)..
		The music is also appropriate for Island Themed Parties, Tropical or Island Themed Weddings, Outdoor Barbecues, Anniversaries, Concert Openers, College and Corporate Events.
		(Mas) Carnival Musical Roots alive and kicking is a primary goal of mine, which includes the calypso and steel drum culture.
	www.jrsoca.com (452 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Calypsos first test for new Caribbean court
		Trinidad and Tobago became the first country in the region to break a hiatus on the death penalty, by hanging 10 convicted murderers in 1999.
		Caribbean residents clamoured for the right to execute criminals after they faced a surge in violent crime as the islands became transit points for drug trafficking from South America to the US and Europe.
		The music evolved in Trinidad as a means of spreading news and denouncing corruption.
	www.guardian.co.uk /food/Story/0,2763,1544670,00.html?gusrc=rss (543 words)

	Afropop Worldwide
		Many groups returned to their roots for inspiration after years of flirting with other forms such as Jamaican dub, American rap, etc. A big hit this year was a "rapso" (rapping over a soca beat) by the group 3 Canal, which drew from traditional J'ouvert chants.
		Once a place to escape the nation's problems, this year Carnival revelers carried their anger and frustrations to the calypso arena as Trinidad suffered at the hands of increased crime, drugs.
		Trinidad music broke new ground, while fighting the constant tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane.
	www.afropop.org /radio/program_stream/ID/15/Carnival! (1074 words)

	Calypso Blue page
		Depending on such variables as budget, room size, and type of event, however, the band can be whittled down to a quintet, omitting either the flute/sax/keyboard or second steel drum player (for shorter engagements, both can be omitted for a quartet).
		Gary holds a Master's degree in music performance and is formerly an instructor of music in the jazz program at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.
		He is recognized nationally as a steel drum composer, arranger, and performer, and has many commissions to his credit.
	www.eskimo.com /~seanote/cbpage.html (559 words)

	Parang
		Trinidad and Tobago is best recognized as the land of Calypso and Steelpan, however during the Christmas season, the music is Parang.
		In Trinidad it refers to folkloric music of Hispanic American origins.
		This does not explain the frequent references to Venezuela and the second theory is that parang music was introduced by Venezuelans imported to work in the cocoa estates which has some merit.
	www.tntisland.com /parang.html (423 words)

	The Calypso Tent of the Air - A Tribute to Lord Kitchener
		At the Revue, musical tutelage was seen as the duty of Lord Kitchener.
		He was known to have assisted young calypsonians in composing their music, writing their lyrics, giving an opinion here, adding a chorus there, teaching them how to render a song, or, if they couldn't write, compose one for them.
		"The Musical Magic of Kitch," was an Honour Performance staged by the Patrons of Queen's Hall, St. Ann's, in recognition of the creativity and excellence of the work of Lord Kitchener, the Grandmaster.
	www.kaiso.net /kitchbd.html (2914 words)

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