Former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Calypso Monarch Errol “D Man Age” Rose.
Photograph by Nelson A. King
Famend for his biting social commentaries, former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Calypso Monarch Errol “D Man Age” Rose was the lone artiste to carry out Sunday night time throughout a city corridor assembly on the Buddies of Crown Heights Instructional Middle in Brooklyn.
Although he solely rendered two hits, D Man Age offered a lot leisure to the massive crowd throughout the “NDP House for House NY Tour”, organized by the Brooklyn-based St. Vincent and the Grenadines Progressive Group of New York (SPOONY), the New York affiliate of the principle opposition New Democratic Occasion (NDP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
NDP President and Opposition Chief Dr. Godwin Friday, in addition to three of his colleagues – Sen. Shevern John, Candidate for East St. George Lavern Velox and NDP Public Relations Officer Lavern King – addressed supporters and Vincentians generally throughout the 3 ½-hour-long city corridor assembly.
“I’m honored to be right here to be doing two honors tonight, which I believe is essential for the Vincentian actuality,” D Man Age instructed the viewers earlier than providing “Come On Na Man” and “Nation to Construct”.
In “Come On Na Man”, D Man Age, clearly, took a dig at Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves.
“Your dictatorship will not be working in any respect/it results in the nation downfall,” he sang. “Come, function and urgency/and allow us to dismantle the dynasty.”
In “Nation to Construct”, De Man Age sang: “It wouldn’t be straightforward restoring this place/We get we nation to construct/Let’s pull it again collectively/We are able to’t depend on them to make this higher.”
On the finish of the city corridor, De Man Age reiterated to Caribbean Life that “it was an honor to carry out for an occasion like this.”
Earlier than pursuing his singing profession, D Man Age was a devoted and devoted instructor on the Kingstown Methodist Faculty.
After finishing two years on the St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Academics Faculty, he was transferred to the Questelles Major Faculty due to his calypso, “Dey Go Ban It”.
D Man Age additionally had a ardour for the metal pan in his younger age; he visited the pan yard after faculty and performed the metal pan earlier than changing into an official member of Starlift Metal Pan Orchestra, the perennial panorama champions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
He inherited the identify, “D Man Age”, as a result of he was a lot smaller for his age as a teenager rising up in Rose Place, Kingstown, the Vincentian capital.
D Man Age, a member of the Brooklyn-based Dynamite Calypso Tent, the lone Vincentian calypso tent in North America, is reportedly feared by many politicians for his political and social commentaries.
He began singing calypsos at 26 and has been doing so for over 4 a long time.
He’s a three-time Vincentian Calypso Monarch, having received the crown in 1978 (Dey Go Ban It & In De Ghetto); 1999 (Nation to Construct) and 2000 (If Ah Coulda Ah Woulda).
After successful the Calypso Monarch in 1978, with “Dey Go Ban It”, then Prime Minister Robert Milton Cato banned the tune from taking part in on the airwaves that very same night time.
D Man Age has over 100 recorded songs/tracks and 10 recorded albums.
He’s a various calypsonian, with recorded songs in different genres, reminiscent of ballad and reggae.
He’s greatest recognized for hit songs, reminiscent of: This Society Wants A Spectacle; Who’ve Eyes to see Allow them to See; Dey Smoking Too; Take Again We Nation; A Nation to Construct; and What Extra Do You Need From We.
In September 2017, the Brooklyn-based Vincentian group, Vincy Liberators, honored D Man Age for his “41years of contribution and repair to St. Vincent & The Grenadines in tradition, calypso, and political and social commentaries through the years.”
