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 ...

An icon in Caribbean music, a legend within the calypso art form and a powerful force in shaping calypso's up-tempo descendant soca, Winston "Shadow" Bailey died at Mount Hope Hospital, St. Joseph… By ...

This recent Soul Jazz comp explores calypso's roots as party music that doubled as a delivery system for current events, street wisdom, social humor, and reflections on daily life. Save this story ...

Cliff, who died Nov. 24 of pneumonia at his home in Kingston at age 81, soon had a cult following that spread far beyond West ...

The local premiere of Queen of The Road: The Calyp­so Rose Musical (QOTR), a captivating production celebrating the life and legacy of a true icon, the legen­dary Calypso Rose, will launch with a gala ...

Women ruled the the opening hours of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday including a self-assured set from 20-year-old singer-songwriter King Princess, this year’s Grammy star Kacey ...

The catchy little ditty called Rum & Coca-Cola has been banned by all four major networks, but it is sweeping the U.S. Its sheet-music sales have climbed to a whopping 37,000 a day. Recordings of it ...

Noel Brian Ranasinghe, who is well-known as the King of Calypso was recently honoured with a state honorary award ‘Kalabushana’ by the Cultural Ministry for his immense contribution to Sri Lankan ...

It's not too late to make a musical resolution for 2020, right? No, I'm not planning to spend any diaper money on rare 7-inches, or develop an unhealthy effects pedal habit. But I do need to get ...

An icon in Caribbean music, a legend within the calypso art form and a powerful force in shaping calypso's up-tempo descendant soca, Winston "Shadow" Bailey died at Mount Hope Hospital, St. Joseph… By ...