July 2016

Our Carnival: Playing the Past, Playing the Present, Previewing the Future

Reading Time 2 minsVarious interviews with Entertainment Agents, Promoters, Carnival Organizers, Calypsonians to support this theme. We are starting out the interview series with Mr. Angus Steele, Entertainment Agent and Owner/Manager of Spice Concoction   BIGDRUMNATION: What brought you to this often- maligned business of calypso, soca, and carnival? Angus:  think it’s more about my love for music since I was growing up (learned to play drums with the Pitt brothers – Richard “Sabina” and Selwyn “Kung Fu”, looking on keenly at the years with Rodney “Doc” Rapier and Eddie Bullen and loving the Classical Guitar around the same time to… Read More »Our Carnival: Playing the Past, Playing the Present, Previewing the Future