Pan & Soca
feat.Olatunji
A Tribute To The Mighty Sparrow
Len "Boogsie" Sharpe
A Tribute to the Mighty Sparrow featuring Len "Boogsie" Sharpe on the PHI is a heartfelt musical homage to one of the Caribbean's most legendary calypsonians, the Mighty Sparrow, delivered through the exceptional talents of steelpan virtuoso Len "Boogsie" Sharpe.
PAN MAN
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
SA SA AY
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
DAN IS THE MAN
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
ROYAL JAIL
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
SALTFISH
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
ROSE
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
MEMORIES
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
JANE
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
CONGO MAN
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
EDUCATION
Len "BOOGSIE" Sharpe
1. Discovery: Dr. Len “Boogsie Sharpe first came under the umbrella of my brain when in 1974 Lennox “Ranger” Glean took me to search for a pannist to complete my recording of a tune on Winston “Spree” Simon which I had just composed for the Calypso season 1975. Ranger’s exploits took me to a panyard in St. James where I found this young boy standing on a soft drink case and “ramajaying” on a tenor pan. On confronting him, I found out that his name was Len Sharpe and that he could play any given tune on a pan. As such, after consulting with his mother, I took him to the calypso tent to accompany me as a musician for the 1975 season and Len “Boogsie” Sharpe was born.
2. Early life: Len “Boogsie” Sharpe was born on the 28th day of October 1953, the fourth of five children born to Grace and Randolph Sharpe whose house on Benares Street in St. James was the panyard of “Symphonettes” steelband which was led by his cousin Rupert “Shadow” Nathaniel. This allowed “Boogsie” to play the pans when “Shadow” and the big men were not around. By the time “Boogsie” could creep, he not only interfered with the pans, but using the young mangoes that fell in the yard as rubbers for his sticks, “Boogsie” from the age of three learned to hammer out tunes on the pan. His mother gave him the name “Boogsie” when, as a baby, the heavenly angels supposedly spoke to her while she cuddled her child to sleep.
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09 Feb'25
National Large Band Preliminaries Large steelpan bands perform and are judged in preparation for the Panorama semi-finals.
venue Northern Region
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10 Feb'25
National Large Band Preliminaries Large steelpan bands perform and are judged in preparation for the Panorama semi-finals.
venue Eastern Region
tickets na
11 Feb'25
National Large Band Preliminaries Large steelpan bands perform and are judged in preparation for the Panorama semi-finals.
venue South/Central Region
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12 Feb'25
National Large Band Preliminaries Large steelpan bands perform and are judged in preparation for the Panorama semi-finals.
venue Tobago Region
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16 Feb'25
National Medium & Large Semi-Finals Panorama 2025 Medium & Large Band Semi-Finals – The Ultimate Savannah Party featuring 28 bands.
venue Queen's Park Savannah, POS
tickets 30 USD
01 Mar'25
National Large Conventional Finals Get ready for an electrifying showdown at the National Large Band Finals! Brought to you by Pan Trinbago, this thrilling event is a highlight of the Steelband competition roster for Panorama 2025.
venue Queen's Park Savannah, POS
tickets -
19 OCT
Composer, arranger and steelband virtuoso, Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is a legend in Trinidad, the island that invented the instrument. Pat Bishop, artist, pan and choral conductor and herself an acclaimed steelband arranger, discusses the brilliance of Sharpe’s work over the last 30 years.
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The cultural significance of the steelband yard was introduced to veteran pannist Dr Len Boogise Sharpe from birth, marking the beginning of a lifelong love affair with the national instrument and its ability to bring people together.
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