Tobago artistes get top billing

Gerard “Panman” Balfour of Tobago will also be one of the artistes performing at the event.

A release on John’s presence at event said, “John became fascinated with the art of song writing at nine and, at 13, he began recording on an old laptop.

By 17 he created a group called Revo. In 2016 he made his international debut when he was featured on the Jus Now EP titled Alone.

John said in the release, “There are so many talented people in this country, but for some reason there’s nothing really in place for them. We have naturally talented singers, songwriters, painters, actors etc, who can’t make a good living doing what they love, and that’s really depressing when you think about it.” Chalmer hopes, one day, to make a difference through his music.

In addition to Chalmer, Balfour, the Tobago Soca Monarch for 2015 and 2016, who began playing pan at eightyears- old will also be featured.

The 28-year-old writer and producer is the arranger for the Pan Fantastic Steel Orchestra and a music instructor at the Ministry of Education. In the release, he said, his goal is to take Tobago ‘s indigenous music, the tambrin drums, to the world stage. He often records and performs with tambrin drums.

The Pleasure Pirates, another of Tobago’s icons, will also perform at L?v?. “The three pirates, Gilbert “Happy” O’Connor, Michael Duncan and Ian Baynes will entertain with their vintage calypso Caribbean Folk performance,” it said.

The Les Coteaux Folk Performers, limbo and bamboo dancers, will also feature at L?v?. “A mixture of gyrating hips, fit foot movements, melodious African drums, all choreographed in traditional Tobago-style, with a group of talented young women and men are the ingredients that create the legendary Les Coteaux Folk Performers.