The nom de plume The Mighty Sparrow has proven apt for Slinger Francisco. The singer’s birthplace — Grand Roy, Grenada, a country village better known for crops than calypso — is as unassuming as his ...

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In these troubled times, among the few remaining and enduring threads that hold us together are the boundless harmonies of the calypso art form.

"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 ...

This documentary from filmmaker Geoffrey Dunn explores the history of calypso music in Trinidad and Tobago. Featuring performances by such seminal acts as Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose, Lord Superior, ...

Calypso music. Brief descriptive notes by E.C. [Emory Cook] on container insert. Lord Melody; Sparrow, (Calypso singer); King Solomon.; Chang-ki-sheik.; King Fighter ...