Parang music is a genre of folk music that is performed around Christmastime. Traditionally sung in Spanish, parang was introduced to Trinidad and Tobago from Venezuela, but the music has deeper roots ...

The Caribbean region is noted for a festive ambiance all year round, so the holidays always turn up the partying a notch. Every island has its own traditions with holiday food and music but Trinidad ...

The twin-island nation is famous for the infectious genres of calypso and soca. But during the Christmas season another type of music dominates. Trinidad And Tobago Remixes Caribbean Christmas ...

In the Caribbean, calypsonians and their musical offerings are typically associated with Carnival, but Barbados-born, Trinidad and Tobago-raised Francine Edwards managed to successfully cross over ...

Think of the music of Trinidad and Tobago and the sharp report of steel pan drummers parading at Carnival is most likely to come to mind. Those rhythms and melodies are associated with the ...

Have you ever had a parang band visit your home at Christmas? If you didn't, then there will be a great lack of joy and togetherness that a good parang session transfers. What is Christmas without ...

A crazed cackle followed that decisive declaration from veteran calypsonian Crazy (Edwin Ayoung) when he sat with the Express, on Wednesday, for a virtual discussion on parang soca music. Crazy ...

Christmas 2018 is now history but for the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago, their celebrations would not have been the same without Parang music. Even though the traditional carolers are around and ...