"Treasury Scandal" a calypso based on missing funds at the government treasury in 1936.

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Heralded Trinidadian jazz trumpeter, Etienne Charles, returns home for a one-night-only concert, ETIENNE CHARLES presents Creole Christmas, at the 754-seat Queen’s Hall in St Ann’s celebrating the release of his new holiday season album CD Creole Christmas, a joyous album celebrating the Christmas Season with classics from the Caribbean, American and European holiday songbooks re-imagined by Charles and his stellar ensemble featuring jazz and folk musicians from around the globe. The concert will feature Venezuelan cuatro master Jorge Glem, Guadeloupean saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart, alongside Trinidadian favourites, Relator, Robert Munro, Clarita Rivas, David ‘Happy’ Williams, Stanley Roach, and Charles’ all-star Creole Soul jazz band from the New York

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Replay of 4 Oct 2016 interview with journalist Jabari Frasier on the 2016/2017 budget with reference to the allocations to CreativeTT and the creative industries in T&T.

Music Matters: The Caribbean Edition

DIALOGUES: a conversation on the 2016/2017 budget with Jabari Fraser

Track 1 from "Inside Out", the 2007 album by Barbadian sax lion, Arturo Tappin dedicated to his cousin, Mia Amor Mottley. On May 24/25, Mia Amor Mottley lead her political party, BLP, to a shut out victory, 30 - 0 in the Barbados elections, to  become her country's first female Prime Minister . A tune for the ages, a tune for a historical moment.

Written and produced by Arturo Tappin and Nicholas Brancker

Inside Out

Mia Amor

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iRADIO.tt catches up with Bajan contemporary saxophonist Elan Trotman in Trinidad for Carifesta 2019. He discusses his new album, Dear Marvin, a tribute to Marvin Gaye, and his 6th Annual Barbados Jazz Excursion in October.

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Elan Trotman CARIFESTA Interview

The Trinidad and Tobago government paid for a strategic plan to develop the music industry towards the goal of diversification of the gas and oil-led economy into, among other areas, the creative industries. The resultant Plan has been held captive by a Ministry of Trade and Industry that has implemented piecemeal elements, suggesting that resource allocations were not forthcoming from the annual budget to fully implement. In this time of COVID-19 and seeing a slow economic recovery thereafter, a new strategy of public and private sector collaboration must be the new normal. Arguments are laid forth here.

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Why We Need to See the New Strategic Plan for Music part 1

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Why We Need to See the New Strategic Plan for Music, Part 2

The Live Music District in Port of Spain, Trinidad is an initiative at music industry development spearheaded by a State-owned enterprise, MusicTT. Its "success" is gauged by an overview of what was stated by the Minister of Finance in the 2019 budget and what really happened on the ground.

Can the Budget Statement predict success or failure? The LMD case.

In advance of the T&T budget 2021, to be read by Minister Colm Imbert, stakeholders must put into context the reality of their situation and that of the state of the economy in 2020 with an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic scourging the services industries. Analysis of the numbers and action that should be panned are discussed.

Creative Industries in T&T Budget 2021: To be or not to be?

Music businessman expanding the appeal of Island Music globally via new media, live performance and distribution.

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