October 2018 is Calypso History Month, a tradition started by the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TUCO) in 2002 as a way to celebrate the role ca­lyp­so has played in the ...

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 honour of Trinidad and Tobago's Calypso History Month, the Global Voices Caribbean team put together a (non-comprehensive) list of songs whose lyrics empower women. The post drew a lot of attention ...

The trumpets blared, the drums picked up the pulse-bumping, syncopated calypso beat, and the towering man in the red silk pants pranced out on the stage, his great eyes wide, his mouth an elongated O ...

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 ...

Looking back over her pioneering career, internationally acclaimed calypsonian Calypso Rose recalls a time in the 1960s, when her critics were singing loudly that the music is a man’s domain. But Rose ...

Most people overlook the gorgeous Caribbean twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago but those who holiday there praise the best sights, spell-binding scenery, marvelous beaches, charming and friendly ...

Three of Trinidad's buzziest soca acts chat with Billboard about the genre's future ahead of 2025 Carnival. By Kyle Denis If there’s a current “big three” when it comes to different styles of ...

Calypso Rose helped introduce the world to calypso over 50 years ago, and this year, the 76 year-old Tobagan returned to the genre with Far From Home. "Leave Me Alone" is a lively song about enjoying ...