We're not talking about the jam, though Chutney does jam. It's a kind of music from Trinidad and Tobago that blends Indian folk, brought to the island nation by indentured Indians in the 19th century, ...

WHEN Jason Sookram first launched www.chutneymusic.com in 2018, he wanted it to be a pre-eminent resource for the chutney music artform and its artistes. Misson accomplished. The website not only ...

Bollywood and my mother's bhajans were the background music of my childhood. Growing up in New Jersey in the 1980s, any and all yearning for lost homelands was set to the score of Love Story, Dostana, ...

The first Indians landed in Trinidad (sold to desperate Bhojpuris as “Chini-dad”) as sugar slaves (euphemistically known as ‘indentured workers) in 1848. In the more than 150 years since, the East ...

A band vs band showcase curated for lovers of chutney and chutney soca music. That’s what event promoter Randy Glasgow is promising with the advent of “Chutney Brass – The Battle of the Chutney Bands” ...

A musical stew made up of the deeply flavorful ingredients of the wildly different styles of Soca and Chutney music, which incorporates Hindi lyrics and Indian instruments most typically the dholak, ...

(Trinidad Express) None of the 40 songs carded to perform at the Chutney Soca Monarch semi-final competition last night would have had lyrics glorifying either alcohol or domestic abuse, Southex chief ...

I was amused after reading a letter by Desmond Saul stating that, “Songs can be written in English with the Indian Beat” (08.01.08). His premise is that the majority of Guya-nese do not understand ...

At first, it appeared to be Bollywood, but gradually it moved to a folk form and then incorporated some elements of a Spanish lambada. The beats were fast, the moves were catchy, and the expression ...