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Sonny Blacks - Carnival Pioneer
by 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.
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Sonny Blacks
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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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.
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