Icom's Blog – February 2018 Archive (29)

RIO DE JANEIRO — Ana Lobo, who is six months pregnant, was at a pre-Carnival street party last weekend when a man started yelling and calling her names.

"Whore!," she remembered him saying, apparently because she was wearing a revealing top.

"Some men have this feeling that they can do whatever to your body," said Lobo, a 29-year-old artist who later that night…

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While Carnival is heating up, Bunji Garlin is in the cold temperatures of Milan rubbing shoulders with superstars. 

Garlin and his wife, fellow soca star Fay-Ann Lyons, are currently in Milan where they attended the launch of the Campari Red Diaries movie. 

Garlin is a regional ambassador for Campari, an Italian beverage brand that is popular throughout the…

Moroccan American hip-hop artist French Montana will be one of the stars appearing on stage at Machel Monday.

Machel Montano made the announcement via his Instagram page where he has been releasing details of the cast daily. 

Montana is, so far, the only international star announced on the cast of mainly local and regional soca artistes.…

Port of Spain Mayor Joel Martinez has asked Carnival patrons not to urinate on people’s walls. He expressed hope that the public conveniences in the city are ready, manned properly and clean. He said at this time a lot more people would be looking to use those facilities.

“We want to urge you we have facilities that are working quite well and not to use the walls of people’s premises and various open areas…

YOU might not want to be following entertainer Machel Montano's advice to fete goers to disregarding the police advisory that an unsolicited wine could be a crime.

Police Public Information Officer ASP Michael Jackman reiterated the point he made last week that it is an assault to touch someone without their consent and could lead to arrest.

He also cautioned…

From Left, Kasey Phillips, Jelani "Pops" Shaw and Kit Israel

Power soca has long been seen as the music that fuels the fete and powers the masqueraders on Carnival Monday and Tuesday.

But imagine power soca, that is, soca music over 125 beats per minute, as mood music, music you can listen to when you are…

While police are warning people against gyrating on others without permission during the Carnival season, several soca artistes and band leaders shared different views on the police statement.

At the press briefing earlier this week, police public information officer ASP Michael Jackman said it was an assault to touch someone without their consent.

Soca superstar…

The anthropologist in me has noted the fervour surrounding Soca Kingdom. My first reaction to the Machel Montano/SuperBlue collaboration was, “Ugh. That’s a hot mess. It’s not my favourite Machel or SuperBlue soca.

Of course, like all Machel and SuperBlue songs, Soca Kingdom slowly but surely grew on me. I note the energy of the song every time I listen to it. Much of that energy comes from the frantic…