3canal/ n. 1. A cutlass, a machete, a weapon, a tool for cutting and clearing. 2. A performance and visual arts collaborative rooted in music, theatre and mas.
Their first song Blue (1997) was an immediate and spontaneous hit, and together with its video redefined the face of Rapso, Their 1999 single Talk yuh Talk, was powerful social commentary which became an anthem for the disadvantaged and dispossessed. Since their emergence in 1997 they have recorded 9 albums.
Their dynamic stage presence has won them loyal fans locally, regionally and globally in such diverse places as San Francisco, New York & Miami-USA, Toronto-Canada, Havana-Cuba, Valencia-Venezuela, Hoogstraten-Belgium, Barcelona-Spain, Montreaux-Switzerland, London & Manchester-UK and Hanover & Hamburg Germany As well as the many diasporic Carnivals from St. Lucia to Grenada to Jamaica, as well as “Labour Day” in New York and London’s Nottinghill.
3canal describe themselves as “Rapso soldiers on a mission, representing the power of the word in the rhythm.” 3canal come down in the Power of the New Trinity - Truth Love and Possibility.
For more info on the group check out www.3canal.com
