The music demands more careful listening, writes Benjamin Ramm. Outside the Caribbean, calypso music is regarded as carefree, light-hearted, even frivolous. Yet calypso is among the most ...

In a deep dive into the evolving landscape of soca and calypso, The UWI’s Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication ...

We can then decide if mento is a sub-genre of calypso or an unmistakably separate musical genre. To understand the evolution of Caribbean music, one must appreciate the individuality of the ...

It's a kind of music from Trinidad and Tobago that blends Indian folk, brought to the island nation by indentured Indians in the 19th century, with rhythms from calypso and soca. And it's players ...

Twelve-year-old Rika Johnson won the calypso competition in the 2016 Antigua Carnival Solemn-faced, schoolgirl Rika Johnson reveals the lyrics to her latest song, an ode to the double-edged sword ...

It came out during the height of a calypso craze sparked by Harry Belafonte's hit "Banana Boat Song (Day O)." Having grown up singing in church, Angelou went pro as a nightclub singer.

The music demands more careful listening, writes Benjamin Ramm. Outside the Caribbean, calypso music is regarded as carefree, light-hearted, even frivolous. Yet calypso is among the most ...