On January 21st, at the Queen’s Hall, Moor will perform her composition ‘Fire Tender Coming Down’. Her second calypso, ‘The Horn Player’, has also landed her a place on the Kalypso Revue roster.
Moor, known as half of the 90s rapso group Homefront with Ozy Merrique (remember the song ‘Give Yuhself a Chance’ (‘Free Yuhself’?) and her Trini-folk/alternative performances, surprised many when she entered the calypso arena. Moor was also the promoter of the long-running open-mic series, Songshine and has worked as a newspaper writer and editor, which she said ‘gave me a front-row seat to many, many cultural performances and cultural settings’.
It was her return to school that let the singer to calypso. She says: ‘In 2022, I started doing my Master’s in Carnival Arts at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. I was inspired by our professors, like Dr Hollis Liverpool (Mighty Chalkdust), Dr Rudolph Ottley, Dr Kela Francis, and my calypso composition teacher, Krisson Joseph, who brought deep knowledge, passion and perspective to the story of our Carnival. Read More
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