Topic Tag: calypso

Embark, Music, Reviews

Playlist (May/June 2017) | Music Reviews

R.E.D. — British Dependency VPAL Music Anguillan music trio British Dependency — Joyah (bass), Ishmael (guitar), and Jaiden (drums) —...

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Engage, Music, History, People, Jamaica

Harry Belafonte: calypso with a conscience

In 1956, the year in which Elvis Presley topped the US singles chart with “Heartbreak Hotel”, America’s bestselling album was neither...

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Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago

Port of Spain, Trinidad | Layover

Port of Spain knows how to keep business travellers busy, bouncing between boardrooms and hotel lobbies. And yes, the snarls of traffic in...

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Embark, Music, Reviews

Caribbean Playlist (May/June 2016)

Caribbean Roots — Anthony Joseph (Strut/Heavenly Sweetness) “Performance poet” and “spoken word artist” are two descriptives to...

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Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Singing Sandra: One Voice from the Ghetto

Singing Sandra, the reigning Calypso Monarch of Trinidad and Tobago, is a glorious set of contradictions. She’s top calypsonian in...

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Immerse, Culture, Music, Arts

Songs of the drum: Caribbean music

Heading to Dominica’s inaugural World Creole Music Festival in 1997, I was anticipating a reunion with zouk superstars Kassav, live...

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Immerse, Culture, Music, History, United Kingdom

The Queen’s kaiso

When British calypsonian Alexander D Great heard calypso for the first time, it wasn’t in Trinidad, where he was born in Belmont, the...

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Music, People, Barbados

John King: standing for something

You can trace John King’s progress by his hair. In 1982, when he appeared as the young “Johnny Ma Boy” in Barbados’s Crop Over...

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