There is a strong connection between music and dance, as both are social art forms. This means they are meant to be played, sung or danced with other people. Music makes you want to move, and dancers ...

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.

After his death aged 95, we look back at a remarkable catalogue of work that stretches from vivacious mid-50s sets to his evocative performance after 9/11 ...

Sonny Rollins, the “saxophone colossus” who was widely considered America’s greatest living jazz musician and whose musical ...

Harry Belafonte used his time on this earth to produce amazing tunes and fight for what was right. He was a calypso music icon, one with seven Top 10 albums in the US (and 15 Top 40 albums). He ...

At Manhattan’s august music house, G. Schirmer Inc., do-it-yourself Calypso Kits (including bongo drums, a gourd and a pair of maracas) were selling briskly last week for $24.50 and up. Columbia ...

Calypso Cafe is reopening its Charlotte Avenue location for dine-in service after interior updates. The restaurant, known for its Caribbean-inspired healthy food, has been a local favorite since 1989.

In a couple of weeks, Armand Hammer and the Alchemist will follow their excellent 2021 album Haram with Mercy, their second collaborative LP. Mercy includes collaborations with some of Armand Hammer's ...

Dance halls, honky-tonks, speakeasies, jazz clubs, ballrooms, rock 'n' roll clubs, discotheques, raves, nightclubs and EDM festivals have different names, but they all have continued to attract music ...

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 ...