Jalen “Yellowman” Fredericks will learn who will be challenging him for his Calypso Monarch crown after Saturday nights V.I. Carnival Calypso Elimination Tent and Extempo Competition. Competing for a ...
Tickets $20 general admission, $15 CAC members, $10 students Women of Calypso Discussion and Workshop 8 p.m. Thursday Free admission Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno.org The ...
In a normal year, Virgin Islanders would be preparing for Carnival this week. All over the island troupes would be holding meetings, taking measurements and frantically bedazzling costumes. And, with ...
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - The black-clad old man crept gingerly onto stage wearing a mournful expression, more funeral director than musical legend. Sign up here. Then Shadow, a Calypso legend, jolts ...
NEW YORK (Billboard) - More than 55 years after she began performing in the calypso tents of Trinidad, pioneering singer Calypso Rose has released a new album aimed at taking her music to a more ...
That patriotic declaration on today’s 63rd Independence Day reflects the gravitas calypsonian Stacey Sobers places on carrying on the oral traditions of Trinidad and Tobago. Sobers has selected Rhythm ...
The calypso music of Trinidad and Tobago is often associated with legendary male singers such as Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) and Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts). Americans may also think of ...