Parang music is a genre of folk music that is performed around Christmastime. Traditionally sung in Spanish, parang was introduced to Trinidad and Tobago from Venezuela, but the music has deeper roots ...

There are also mandolins, maracas and a box bass, Trinidad's version of the washtub bass. These are some of the instruments that are used to make the religious folk music called parang.

The parang tradition brings together music, dancing and food for a true Trini-style holiday celebration. Bursting with Latin rhythms and traditionally sung in Spanish, parang music was transported to ...

But another Trini music tradition is part of a religious holiday that draws near this month. When it’s Christmas, it’s time for the sound of “soca parang.” And whether listening or dancing ...

You will hear the real indigenous music of Trinidad," he said enthusiastically ... I was keen to learn more about the tradition of Parang (derived from the Spanish word parranda, which means ...

Listen BARATARIA, Trinidad — A hush descended on the ... “group of serenaders” or “act of merry-making.” Groups of parang singers and musicians, called paranderos, would go house to ...

Jerrod Johnson is the point of the spear of a new wave of soca parang music. Aptly, Johnson is known in music circles as Bongo Spear. The Palo Seco-born musician catapulted into the national ...

with parang, a Latin-influenced music genre traditionally sung during the Christmas season in Trinidad and Tobago. Three years later, his first soca parang offering, “The Paint Brush”—a clever double ...

The A Team lead singer's 2017 soca parang offering “Jam Parang” is proving a true season definer. The feel-good Damion Preston-produced song is on everyone's Christmas play list. And the ...

TRINIDAD — It is early December and already the air is redolent with the aroma of rum-soaked black/fruit cake baking in ovens and the sound of parang – Spanish-influenced holiday music ...