3canal excited to be part of new local film

In the midst of performances, planning and conceptualising its 2011 artistic ventures, rapso super group 3Canal made an appearance in the new Trinbago film, Seventeen Colours and a Sitar. The renowned trio of Wendell Manwarren, Roger Roberts, and Stanton Kewley expressed joy at being a part of this new film endeavour, which also features visual arts phenomenon Rex Dixon and Trinidad’s celebrated sitarist Mungal Patasar. At the recent opening of Dixon’s art gallery exhibition the three “rapsonians” praised the work of their directors, co-stars and all involved for their unique film experience. Roberts, who admitted to not having much exposure to painting outside of using paint for J’ouvert festivities, was glad to have been given an opportunity to tap into another side of his creativity and to experiment with the paint.

Manwarren said he enjoyed seeing his bandmates become imaginative with the paint, and to be able to share this with them. “Coming from the theatre where everything is scripted and we have to adopt a character, this experience was different and challenging at the same time. It was amazing to see what the paint brought out of us and where it led us.” The scene shared by 3 Canal and Rex Dixon evoked an organic occurrence where the worlds of music and painting collided in a harmonious and natural manner. In addition to their newfound knowledge, abilities and appreciation for painting, 3Canal believes the film will stand out based on its content, as well as its intent, and due to the fact that it possesses an uncommon yet distinctive theme and approach.

3Canal is currently making a statement with the Music Liberation Front initiative, which is a vehicle and a platform for the promotion and proliferation of T&T’s indigenous musical expression. Group member Stanton Kewley said, “We as a nation need to liberate the arts by supporting our own productions whether it may music or film. Free the arts!” The film Seventeen Colours and a Sitar is part of the 2010 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, and will air on October 1 at 3 pm at MovieTowne in Port of Spain, and at 4 pm at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

We continue the journey to Truth Love and Possibility, and the journey starts with self.

Let us represent, TAKE PART and chart our course.

Let us, in the immortal words of  Mohandas Ghandi,  "Be the change we want to see"  

 

With the announcement of the budget we are heartened by the intent to partner with the interest groups in the Arts, and so we continue our call for Legislation re quotas towards 50/50 LOVE! ie 50% Airplay for our work so that it can reach our market ie you the listeners and fans, we give thanks in advance for adding your voice and support to this vital call. A call which will redound to the entire society.

This week  The MLF [music liberation front] featuresHomefront, Relator, Ras Shorty I, Andre Tanker and more...

Turn up your speakers and Tune in here at 3canal.com

 

3canal to “do” Yoga

In celebration of their 5^th Anniversary Moksha Yoga Trinidad [MYT] will give thanks this Saturday at Aura on Cipriani Boulevard. Joining the party again this year will be 3canal and the cut + clear crew live as well as artistes Ataklan and Nigel Rojas. Describing this event as a way of “giving back for all the blessings” Karen Blackman, owner of MYT [pronounced-mighty] welcomes the public to enjoy the evening, and consequently tickets are reasonably priced at $25 at the door. The party starts at 9:00 pm.

So Come Dong!!!

3canal say so…

 

In 2009 based on numerous calls for out of print albums and individual songs we came up with a novel concept, called My3canalCd. This way you can order your own compilation of 3canal songs, from our discography and pay per song. To order or for more info call us at 623-7411 [Mon-Fri 12-6pm] or email us at cutandclear@gmail.com.

3canal Discography by Album

DATE            ALBUM                       SONG

1997	The Book of Blue	Blue Blue
1997	The Book of Blue	Blue
1997	The Book of Blue	Dudup Remix
1997	The Book of Blue	Deep in the Blue
1997	The Book of Blue	Once Again
1997	The Book of Blue	What to do when yuh feeling Blue [feat. Ataklan]
1997	The Book of Blue	Deep in the Blue
1997	The Book of Blue	Deep in the Blue [instr.]
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	One in a Million
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	For the People
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	Invocation [feat. Ataklan and Point Fortin Engine Room]
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	Mud Madness
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	On wid d Show
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	For the People [instr.]
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	Million-Apella
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	Mud and more Mud
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	Blue
1998	A Rakak Kie Bonay	Bonus Track: Judgement Time [Point Fortin Engine Room]
1998	Singles	Mud Madness Techno Mix
1998	Singles	Mud Madness Single Mix
1998	Singles	Mud Madness Album Mix
1998	Singles	Clear Water
1998	Singles	Giddem D Riddem
1999	The Fire Next Time	Millennium Coming
1999	The Fire Next Time	Enter the Dragon
1999	The Fire Next Time	Over the Mountain
1999	The Fire Next Time	Cut + Clear [feat. Omari and Andre Tanker]
1999	The Fire Next Time	Chat Chat Chatter
1999	The Fire Next Time	Mass Confusion
1999	The Fire Next Time	Talk Yuh Talk
1999	The Fire Next Time	Revolution 99
1999	The Fire Next Time	We Coming Down
1999	The Fire Next Time	Irie tempo
1999	The Fire Next Time	Mind yuh Business
1999	The Fire Next Time	Long Term Sensorial  [Yuh feeling it?]
1999	The Fire Next Time	Mantra [feat. Mungal Patasar]
1999	The Fire Next Time	Peace Chant
1999	The Fire Next Time	Alive
1999	The Fire Next Time	Umbayao
1999	The Fire Next Time	PowerMusic
1999	The Fire Next Time	I Believe
1999	The Fire Next Time	Walk in the Power
1999	The Fire Next Time	Talk Yuh Talk (Soca Bass)
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Let the Session Begin
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Welcome
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Is Wha?
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Heat in the Place
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Watch Dem
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Salt
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Talk yuh Talk
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Blue
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Mud Madness
2000	Heroes of Wha?	One in a Million
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Las Carnival
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Mind Yuh Business
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Irie Tempo
2000	Heroes of Wha?	Umbayao
2000	Heroes of Wha?	I Believe
2000	Heroes of Wha?	This is Hell (feat. Peter Minshall
2000	Singles	One Day (feat. Mungal Patasar)
2000	Singles	Look Meh (feat. Andre Tanker)
2001	Trinity	Where is the Love?
2001	Trinity	Over the Mountain (Trinity remix)
2001	Trinity	Oye Como Va
2001	Trinity	How Many Times
2001	Trinity	Imperia
2001	Trinity	Emergency
2001	Trinity	What a Feeling
2001	Trinity	Blow Wind Blow
2001	Trinity	Together
2001	Trinity	I Believe (Trinity remix)
2001	Trinity	Illuminata
2001	Trinity	On + On
2002	Singles	We Free
2002	Singles	Ben Lion (Andre Tanker feat. 3canal)
2003	2003canal	Hi!
2003	2003canal	Roll It
2003	2003canal	Fools
2003	Singles	X
2004	The Best of 3canal	GoodNews
2004	The Best of 3canal	Blue
2004	The Best of 3canal	Mud Madness
2004	The Best of 3canal	One In A Million
2004	The Best of 3canal	Down de Road
2004	The Best of 3canal	Talk Yuh Talk
2004	The Best of 3canal	Mind Yuh Business
2004	The Best of 3canal	Irie Tempo
2004	The Best of 3canal	Las Carnival
2004	The Best of 3canal	Salt
2004	The Best of 3canal	Welcome
2004	The Best of 3canal	Let The Session Begin
2004	The Best of 3canal	Heat In The Place
2004	The Best of 3canal	Watch Dem
2004	The Best of 3canal	Clear D Way
2004	The Best of 3canal	Revolution
2004	The Best of 3canal	Roll It
2004	The Best of 3canal	Run Come
2004	The Best of 3canal	Iere Vibes
2004	The Best of 3canal	Blue Blue
2004	The Best of 3canal	For the People
2004	The Best of 3canal	Millennium Coming
2004	The Best of 3canal	Cut + Clear
2004	The Best of 3canal	Umbayao
2004	The Best of 3canal	Poewrmusic
2004	The Best of 3canal	Over The Mountain
2004	The Best of 3canal	I Believe
2004	The Best of 3canal	Open Wide
2004	The Best of 3canal	Grave Situation
2004	The Best of 3canal	Wonder
2005	Jab Jab Say…	Jab Jab say
2005	Jab Jab Say…	Now is the Time
2005	Jab Jab Say…	Build
2005	Jab Jab Say…	Piti Pata
2005	Jab Jab Say…	The Borderline
2005	Jab Jab Say…	A Happy Song
2005	Jab Jab Say…	Lovin'
2005	Jab Jab Say…	Don't Cross the Latin Borderline
2005	Jab Jab Say…	A Funky Little Happy Song
2005	Singles	Ode to Andre Tanker
2006	3canal Vibes	Rise
2006	3canal Vibes	Boom
2006	3canal Vibes	Send for the Doctor
2006	3canal Vibes	Survivor
2006	3canal Vibes	A Song for Billy
2006	3canal Vibes	Millions
2006	3canal Vibes	No More
2006	3canal Vibes	Vibes it Up
2006	3canal Vibes	Jouvay Warriors
2007	3:10	Carni.Vale
2007	3:10	Ah Love It
2007	3:10	The Bacchanal
2007	3:10	Trouble
2007	3:10	New Day
2007	3:10	Good Mornin’
2007	3:10	Carnival Is…
2007	3:10	Mud Madness
2007	3:10	Blue Opera
2007	3:10	& So It Goes
2008	Singles	Shine
2008	Singles	Never Give up
2009	JOY+FIRE	Boom Up History
2009	JOY+FIRE	T'in Cow
2009	JOY+FIRE	Giants
2009	JOY+FIRE	Islands
2009	JOY+FIRE	Fish Bowl
2009	JOY+FIRE	Too Much Information
2009	JOY+FIRE	Joy + Fire
2009	JOY+FIRE	Magic
2009	JOY+FIRE	Paradise?
2009	JOY+FIRE	Slaves?
2009	JOY+FIRE	Take Me
2009	JOY+FIRE	Where do we go from Here?
2009	Singles	Festival Time
2010	JAM-IT!	JAM-IT!
2010	JAM-IT!	De Boss
2010	JAM-IT!	The Whole World
2010	JAM-IT!	All Around The World
2010	JAM-IT!	Start It
2010	JAM-IT!	Judgement Day (Faye-Ann Lyons-Alvarez feat. 3canal)
2010	JAM-IT!	Nation State of Mind (Skywalker feat. 3canal)

3canal invites you join us as we explore and celebrate for 2010 the Jamet Carnival and Canboulay, a timeless eternal watering hole from the “Underworld” teeming with LIFE and PASSION and SPONTANEITY!

The Music 2010 - 6 song EP
JAM-IT!
Featuring:
1. JAM-IT!
2. The Boss
3. The Whole World
4. All Around The World
5. Start It

JAM-IT! - The Video
Shot by Walt Lovelace @ Callaloo Company coming soon...

The 3canal JAM-IT! Show 2010
Queen’s Hall February 5th - 13th, 2010 featuring 3canal and the cut + clear crew live with Penelope Spencer, Cecilia Salazar, Arnold Goindhan, Marlon deBique and many more.

3canal Jouvay 2010 - JAM-IT! 10,000 Jamet Coming Down
Is Powder, Paint and Pure Pandemonium, featuring 3canal on the Big Truck accompanied by D.J. Rhythm International along with The Laventille Rhythm Section and The Natural Culture Drummers.

We say the Jamet is a spirit,
the Jamet is a power,
the Jamet is a people,
show them yuh JAM-IT! power!”

“JAM-IT!” 3canal

JAM-IT!
3canal Carnival 2010

Right now there is an impending dread, a fear of something brewing, something bubbling just beneath the surface, just waiting to bus’, to erupt, to explode, to happen... As we enter our so-called “20 year” cycle of social upheaval. DOH FRAID yuh power: JAM-IT!

3canal invites you to a glimpse of the story of the post-emancipation Jamet Carnival and Canboulay that was born in the barackyards, back-a -yards, and gayelles, an unstoppable celebration of Life, Love + Liberté.

2010 heralds the dawn of another turn of the cycle… Another chance to give thanks and praise… Another opportunity to boom up history once again and connect to the root of the vibe of the Ritual Celebration of Freedom and Expression of Self that is Jouvay/Canboulay.

A chance once again to make a statement, to celebrate life, to claim a space and make a stage and say Look Meh! That’s right, this is it! This the moment in time we live for, a space and a time to dream and be whatever yuh want to be, a space and time once again to liberate yuh body and free up yuh mind in the spirit of those who came before and paved the way for we to celebrate today Jouvay/Canboulay.

Today we call down the Jamet spirit of resistance and persistence in the face of systemic oppression and suppression of expression of self by the Imperious Powers that be at the time in an attempt to snuff out the Canboulay entirely.

Today we BOOM UP the HISTORY of the Jamet Carnival and Canboulay!

“It was the Jamet power in the Jamet Carnival, the Jamet bands, the Jamet man and woman, Stickman, Dunois and Matadors who band together and stop fighting one another and instead fight the unjust laws of the imperious powers that be, in the form of Captain Baker on that Glorious Canboulay Morning 1881; until they back back and say “O.K. play yuhself but behave yuhself!”

Jamet is we people, we history and we culture (JAM-IT!)
Jamet pave de way now for chaos and disorder (JAM-IT!)
Jamet sign the license for we to carry on (JAM-IT!)
Is Jamet Start de bacchanal that is we Carnival

Historical Background
“In the second half of the 19th century Carnival was dominated by the rituals of stickfighting and Canboulay and from the 1860’s for the next 20 years it becomes the Jamet Carnival. The Jamette from the French ‘diametre’- the other half i.e. the Underworld...”
Simon Lee: The Development of Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago

The “Jamette” Carnival
“Around the 1860’s the Carnival came to have a distinct character; the ‘Jamette’ carnival. The jamettes who were the band members were the singers, dancers, stickmen, prostitutes, pimps and ‘bad johns’ in general. They boasted of their skill and bravery, verbal wit, talent in song, dance and drumming, their indifference to the law, their sexual prowess, their familiarity with jail, and sometimes their contempt for the church. In short they reversed canons of respectability, the norms of the superstructure....”
Bridget Brereton: The Trinidad Carnival in the Late Nineteenth Century

Jamet Bands
“The term currently signifies a prostitute, but as used in Carnival it meant the underworld in general. Jamet women were said to be ‘matadors’ or retired prostitutes gone respectable, were understandably always masked. They wore beautiful dresses of the traditional douillette type with many starched and embroidered petticoats over which their skirts were draped and caught up with belts. Their male counterpart, the jamet man (currently ‘sweet man’) had trousers of serge or flannel worn low over the hips, and held up by two belts or rope or leather from which hung brightly coloured silk kerchiefs and ribbons. They also wore brightly coloured silk shirts unbuttoned to display the chains and gold jewelry around their necks.”
Daniel J. Crowley: The Traditional Masques of Carnival

Canboulay
“One notable feature of the Jamette carnival was the Canboulay. This was a procession of men, usually masked, carrying lighted torches and staves which started at midnight on Sunday and continued Monday morning. It was accompanied by a great deal of drumming, hooting, singing and shouting which kept everyone awake. Canboulay was also seen - correctly - as a powerful symbol of Afro-Creole resistance to European culture norms.”
Bridget Brereton: The Trinidad Carnival in the Late Nineteenth Century

Canboulay Riots
“In an attempt to halt the pitched battles fought by rival bands during the Carnival period, the Canboulay procession was declared illegal. The Canboulay clash achieved two important results: the government was forcibly aware of the importance of the Carnival and the importance of it as a license reversing values… and secondly, police intervention prompted new social groups to identify themselves as the ‘people’ and with Carnival as the ‘people’s’ festival.”
Simon Lee: The Development of Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago.
 

The Aftermath
“After the breakup of the Jamette gangs, the working class channeled more energy and aggression into what eventually became calypso and steelband, and the masquerade fell back into the hands of its progenitors the upper and middle classes.”
Kim Johnson: Caribbean Quarterly.

“Today ... Carnival has attained the status of a tourist attraction, steelbands and calypsonians have won praise from overseas and many of the traditional, African elements of Carnival has disappeared. All has become cleaner and much more respectable. The coloured (middle class) people have not yet grasped the fact that it is the craftsmanship, artistry, and inventiveness of the lower class, which has given Carnival it’s wider appeal as a special attraction of Trinidad.”
Babara E. Powrie: The changing Attitude of the Coloured Middle Class towards Carnival.

After the Canboulay was de Jamet turn to play
Jamet used to run the town
Jamet used to rule the day
Straight from Jamet yard
Jamet used to Jam them hard
Putting up ah Resistance
Jamming on the system

When de Jamet come tuh town
All pretenders up and run
Left is right, right is wrong
Everything upside down
Yes de Jamet had to fight,
Fight to stand up for dey rights
That is why we could signal we freedom tonight

3canal JAM-IT!

3canal's album 3:10 and the single "And so it Goes" have been nominated in the Caribbean Album & Song categories of the JPF [Just Plain Folks] Awards. http://www.jpfolks.com/default.php?page=awards#
JPF is a community of over 51,500 Songwriters, Recording Artists, Music Publishers, Record Labels, Performing Arts Societies, Educational Institutions, Recording Studios and Engineers, Producers, Legal Professionals, Publicists and Journalists, Publications, Music Manufacturers and Retailers and about every other type of member of the Music Industry.

They host to the world’s largest independent music awards.

"And so it Goes" from the Album 3:10 was penned by Stanton Kewley and produced by Samuel Jack in 2007. That year was the first year that each member of the group sang solo leads on any recording.
The other two solos, "Carni.vale" and "Trouble" can also be found the 3:10 Album.

To cater for our many supporters outside Trinidad wishing to attend the show when they arrive and patrons outside Port of Spain, we are now selling tickets for the show online at http://www.caribbeanboxoffice.net

On Sunday 18th Jan '09 we launch our Carnival Season at Queen's Hall Courtyard at 6:00pm.
The season features The Album - Joy+Fire
The 6th Annual 3canal Show - Joy+Fire
And the 16th Jouvay Band - Paradise?
Adv tickets are $100 available at cut + clear productions [67a Ariapita Ave, Woodbrook] and Queen's Hall Box Office.
Featuring 3canal and the cut + clear crew live, Laventille Riddem Section, Natural Culture Drummers, DJ Wayne Small and more...
623-0982 for more info.

3canal,TrinidadTunes.com + Flow create history by offering their first single from the forthcoming album JOY+FIRE as a FREE+LEGAL music download.
This is a first for Trinindad & Tobago, where music is made available free + LEGAL courtesy a corporate citizen.
This free music offer is available for a limited time only and exclusively at TrinidadTunes.com click here to get your FREE + LEGAL download now http://www.trinidadtunes.com/index.php?action=album&id=633&Boom%20Up%20History%20-%20Single

3canal has joined forces with Amnesty International in their efforts to spread the Global recognition of Human Rights. In the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty's has called on artists and people to Think Globally Act Locally. 3canal has answered the call and have designated their upcoming concert "ReThePublic" as a Small Places Tour Event.

Our first animated video Blue Opera" [2007], has received top regional awards at the 2007 ADDY's in the U.S. Virgin Islands this month. The awards include:
2008 Best In Show
2008 Best In Show Interactive
Gold in Interactive Media
Gold in Elements of Advertising.
Congratulations and Big Respect to its creator Ayodhya Ouditt.

Enquiring minds have been asking "what allyuh doing, now that carnival is over? Well we are plotting and scheming, as usual.
Mission 1. Have a re-run SHINE, taking the positive vibes to the people. Challenge- finding the right venues.
Mission 2. Recording an album. Carnival was too short to attempt an album recording project, and so we using this post carnival period to record the vibes.
Mission 3. Taking the vibes on the road. After our WOMEX appearance last year, we have many proposals, we are working out this schedule and integrating it with everyting else.
Want to be a part of the mission? email us. 3canal@gmail.com

Returning with their fifth highly anticipated Carnival show – this year called SHINE! – 3canal’s message is simple:

"We are here to shine our light
Keep your fire burning bright
Never give up, it will be alright
Life is full of ups and downs
We are here to carry on
Never give up, don’t stop – nah leggo!"
- Never Give Up/Nah Leggo

Juxtaposed against the poems of Martin Carter, backed by the rhythm and music of the Cut & Clear Crew, with choreography from Dave Williams and vocal direction by Glenda McSween Collens, SHINE features well-known 3canal hits alongside new anthems from their upcoming 2008 CD release in a vibrant spectacle of song and dance.

SHINE plays at the Queen’s Hall in St Anns, beginning with Preview performances on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 January at 8pm ($100); school show on Sunday 27 at 6pm (also $100), and Opening Night Gala Fundraiser on Monday 28 at 7pm ($300 general, $350 reserved). For the remainder of the run, Tuesday 29 January – Saturday 2 February, shows begin at 8pm and tickets are $225 general admission and $275 reserved.

Tickets can be obtained at the Queen’s Hall Box Office (tel: 624-1284) from 12pm to 6pm daily, starting Tuesday 22 January. For more information, call the 3canal office at 623-7411, or email 3canal@gmail.com.