The music must go on
Darryl Farmer Nappy -
TT Carnival 2021 joins a long line of carnivals that have been physically cancelled or postponed because of the covid19 pandemic.
Despite this, there has been a slow and steady stream of new music being released, as many artistes believe the music must go on.
Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry is one of many who has new releases for 2021. His Backyard Jam is in heavy rotation on the radio and he also recently released 1Fam with Machel Montano and Don Iko.
For him, music is a part of his happiness and is his livelihood. But, while this is so, he has also made other investments to “fall back on.”
Itâs December 27 and that means two things: many stomachs are recovering from overindulgence during the past two days and soca fans everywhere are jumping on social media platforms to check out new releases.
Traditionally T&Tâs Carnival started yesterday, Boxing Day. At least the mass local and international interest in the new sounds of the upcoming festival season. And while, sadly, the ongoing global pandemic has added Carnival Monday and Tuesday (February 15 and 16) to its daily growing list of victims, the innate need to fete remains alive in every beating Carnival loverâs heart.
Thankfully and perhaps mercifully their âsoca warriorsâ have not abandoned them in their greatest hour of need. New soca releases have been aplenty in recent months, fuelling a series of virtual online eventsâand not so legal Covid-19-regulaitons-breaching âzesserâ and âwesserâ fetes leading up to T&Tâs highly anticipated virtual Carnival 2021 sh