Trinidad, British island off the northeast coast of South America, is a hot mixture of bloods, French, Spanish, Negro, Carib, Hindu, Chinese. Once a year, on the two days before Lent, Trinidad goes ...

"On the subject of calypso singers of Trinidad he was both knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The culture they sang about was tough, breezy, unsentimental. Vidia had written…'It is only in the calypso ...

But it didn’t pan out. In May 1957, a banner headline in Variety screamed that “Calypso is Stone Dead”. By the year’s end, the calypso fad went the way of all fads. The Trinidad-born music did not go ...

In a season when viral clips are shared faster than new music, calypso is being tested in a new way.Not whether it can still elicit a reaction from the listener, ...

This week on Global Notes, we take a look at the career and brand new album from the 76-year-old Tobago-born "party animal" McArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis; known professionally as Calypso Rose. This week ...