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Caribbean Life, April 7-13, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT
Traditional - Dame Lorraine exhibit by Roland Guy. WIADCA
By Nelson A. King
The West Indian American Day Carnival
Association (WIADCA), organizer of
the annual massive carnival parade on
Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, on Saturday
hosted a mas exhibition from its inception
to present day at WIADCA’s new home at
Major Owens Wellness Center, 1561 Bedford
Ave., Brooklyn.
The exhibition was curated by WIADCA
Board Member and Mas Committee Chair,
Cecille Ford, along with WIADCA Mas
Committee members, Cheryl Celestine
and Beverly Craigwell.
Among the exhibits were the history
of NYC Carnival, description of mas and
traditional mas, and costumes representing
past portrayals by designers based in
New York City.
Roland Guy depicted Dame Lorraine
for traditional costume.
“The Dame Lorraine had exaggerated
physical characteristics like a big bottom
and big breasts, both as a satirical
representation of their former European
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Stephen Marley. Photo by Donald Traill/
Invision/AP
By Nelson A. King
Multi-GRAMMY Award-winner Stephen
Marley has released his new EP “Celebrating
Nina: Reggae Tribute To Nina Simone”
via Ghetto Youths International.
“Co-produced by Paul Fakhourie, mix
and mastered by legendary Errol Brown,
who was also Bob Marley’s engineer, this
EP the biggest Reggae Blues collaboration
of 2022 has arrived, as Stephen Marley celebrates
Nina Simone, in a Reggae style,”
said Ronnie Tomlinson, the Jamaican-born
chief executive officer of New York-based
Destine Media.
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By Nelson A. King
Port-of-Spain meets Port-au-Prince as
Trinidad and Tobago soca star Kes (aka
Kes The Band) join Haitian-born producer,
Michaël Brun (J Balvin, Mr Eazi) and singer
JPerry on “Liki Tiki.”
The track, co-written and co-produced
with Trinidad-based Dwala, is out on all DSPs
via California-based Ineffable Records.
The track blends up a stew of Caribbean
music genres, most notably soca and
kompa, with Trini patois and Kreyòl lyrics,
for a summer-ready, slow-wine jam.
“’Liki Tiki’ is the way I describe our
calypso-style rhythms and feel,” said Kes
frontman Kees Dieffenthaller. “It’s the driving
force behind the swing in our music.
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