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 ...
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 ...
For decades, music promoter Isaac McLeod was associated with great Caribbean music. And more than a year after his death, the tradition continues. Calypso performers David Rudder, Shadow, Baron, Sugar ...
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 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 ...
“Music was my refuge,” the renowned author and poet Maya Angelou once said. “I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” While her powerful speaking voice was ...
It is a musical that has been put off too long, for one reason or the other. But on June 17, veteran theatre practitioner Rhoma Spencer will finally get to show what she’s been working on since ...
Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Tobagonian singer Calypso Rose has enjoyed ...