When the Christmas season rolls around, English-speaking Trinidad starts singing in Spanish. Episode #39 explains – briefly – the whys and wherefores of the musical form known as parang and offers a sampling of parang tunes by Los Parranderos de UWI.
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“The Sound of Christmas” – 1997 Article on parang by yours truly (PDF format (1.8 MB) – first published in Caribbean Beat) | Buy Los Parranderos de UWI’s Mi Parranda at Rhyner’s Caribbean Music Online Store
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[...] * Hat tip to Georgia Popplewell, who taught me a lot about parang in her latest podcast. posted by Ryan Patrick at 11:27 am CAM Refreshes in [...]
Pingback by West Indies Cricket Blog » BC & JC 12.25.05 @ 3:21 pm[...] English may be the official language of Trinidad, but at Christmastime the country sings in Spanish. De Cooler : Soca News announces the results of the National Parang Championships, the competition which showcases Trinidad’s traditional Christmas music, while Caribbean Free Radio plays a few parang tracks and explains the genre’s Venezuelan origins. [...]
Pingback by Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela: Why Trinis speak Spanish at Christmastime 12.27.05 @ 11:42 amGeorgia,
I came over from the comment you left of my blog. I have to say, I am very impressed with your site and your podcasts. This piece on parang was very interesting. Almost like a mini audio version of the Discovery channel. I like it!
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