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Sonny Blacks - Carnival Pioneer

Sonny Blacks - Carnival Pioneer

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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.© 2025 Musique Sciences sociales
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    Sonny Blacks
    Dec 2 2025

    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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