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Boogsie angry over no calypso at orchestra launch - Thursday, May 01, 2008

Celebrated pan arranger Len Boogsie Sharpe has criticised as an embarrassment to local culture the exclusion of calypso music from the repertoire of the Government’s new National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO) when it was launched on Saturday night.

 

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Boogsie playing to win - Saturday, March 29, 2008

Affectionately known as “Pip” to his close friends (as in “Pip and the Convict” he says), Lennox “Boogsie” Sharpe, 54, is one of TT’s most gifted — “God-given” he acknowledges — talents in the steelpan arena. He is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest steelpan players, if not the greatest ever.

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Showdown at Skinner Park - Wednesday, March 12, 2008

As David Rudder sang some years ago, it will be licks like cat piss and pepper when the top steel orchestras face off at Skinner Park, San Fernando, at the final of the 2007 National Panorama Championships from 5 p.m. today.  Read the full article by Wayne Bowman and published in the Trinidad Express Newspapers by clicking on the link - http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161105584

 

High hopes for new pans - Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Steelpan icon Len "Boogsie" Sharpe has expressed support for recently announced innovation the "G-pan", describing it as the future of the national instrument. He described the new pan as "a good thing". Read the full article by Julien Neaves and published in the Trinidad Express Newspapers by clicking on the link - http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161179616

 

Dr Len Boogsie Sharpe - Thursday, December 20, 2007
Dr Len Boogsie Sharpe - Monday, December 10, 2007

Read all about Boogsie receiving his Doctorate. Dr Len Boogsie Sharpe receiving his Doctorate from Professor Ken Julien. click on the link to read the full story.

http://www.panpodium.com/article.asp?id=334

 

Boogsie playing in Jamaica in 1998 - Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Click on the link and listen to the master play this wonderful 20th century invention. He is truly an ambassador for the Trinidad and Tobago culture.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekMBxAki5gY&feature=related

 

Boogsie's Birthday Tribute - Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Click on the link and read all about Boogsie's 53rd birthday Tribute at the Jean Pierre Complex, Trinidad. http://www.panpodium.com/news.asp?id=251

 

Pan Virtuosos play tonight - 14 March 2006 - Tuesday, March 14, 2006
'We Ting' A blaze from the Phase - 14 March 2006 - Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Phase II Not Moving - 08 March 2006 - Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Petrotrin blanks Phase II - 15 January 2006 - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie, Phase II shine in Barbados - Sunday, January 15, 2006
A Steeldrum Master prepares for a Carnival - by Jon Pareles - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Classic Work from Phase II - by Dalton Narine - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie bounces back - Denyse Renne - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Phase II and Boogsie show class- by Paparazzi/Islandevents.com - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie's fainting spell by Wayne Bowman - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie's Panorama 2003 Interview - by When Steel Talks - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Trinidad's Pan Virtuoso - by Pan Media - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie breathing fresh air - by Terry Joseph - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie in Hospital - by Corey Connelly of the Trinidad Guardian - Sunday, January 15, 2006
T&T Panorama 2005 Champions - by When Steel Talks - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie's 'Fresh Air' Album - by eCaroh Caribbean - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Len 'Boogsie Sharpe - by Caribbean Beat - 15 January 2006 - Sunday, January 15, 2006
T&T Panorama 2005 Interview with Panonthenet - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie Buck Them Up - by Keith Smith - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Trini Gone Wild- Boogsie does it again. - 15 January 2006 - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe - by Gideon Maxime - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Give 'Trini Gone Wild' some airplay - by Michelle Loubon - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Lazy Afternoon at Santa Rosa - 15 January 2006 - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Tribute to Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe - 15 January 2006 - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Boogsie asks Pan Trinbago - Where the Money Gone - T&T Newsday - Sunday, January 15, 2006
Phase II Not Moving- by Melissa Wong of T&T Newsday - Sunday, January 15, 2006
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