The 2023 Fire Fire fete reboot will turn the traditional fete into a modern-day Fire Fest at the Fire Services Headquarters, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain. The "fireman" Bunji Garlin (Ian Alvarez) leads the musical charge with his wife, Fay Ann Lyons-Alvarez, and their Viking band. Preedy (Akeem Chance), Ricardo Drue, Viking Ding Dong (Andre
Artiste pushes soca through the pandemic
Singer-songwriter, music producer and musical artist Prince Pronto. -
THE covid19 pandemic proved devastating for the music industry, and has caused the cancellation of Carnival 2021. But singer-songwriter, music producer and musical artist Prince Pronto has channelled that pressure into creating some diamonds of records in The Origin Project.
The 23-year-old producer (real name Joseph Michael Figueroa) and founder of independent record label Trypp Records spoke about the project in a recent telephone interview.
A princely origin
And how did he get the name Prince Pronto? He said it began with his first mentor, producer Julio Nelson. Prince met him when he started learning professional sound recording while in form three at Presentation College. Nelson thought he looked like the 7UP mascot and wanted to call him “Fido” and when he quickly declined he said he was “quick on the draw” so he could also be called “Pronto.” Offered
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