EPISODE · Dec 2, 2025 · 11 MIN

Sonny Blacks

from Sonny Blacks - Carnival Pioneer · host Portobello Radio

Sonny Blacks was a legend of Carnival, Steel Pan and Calypso. In this interview as one of the first KCAW Local Heroes, he talks about arriving in London in May 1961 with Dixieland Steel Orchestra after having won the prestigious Trinidad Music Festival. He discovered Mighty Sparrow, convened the first Notting Hill Carnival Committee and was intimately involved till his death in July this year. We salute you Sir. Chapters (00:00:02) - Antoine Black at Kensington Art(00:00:18) - The First Caribbean Steel Band in the UK(00:06:42) - Notting Hill, in the UK

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