Two weeks prior to her 79th birthday, Calypso Rose -- who has broken down barriers for women in calypso, soca and other Caribbean genres throughout her 64-year trailblazing career - will once again… ...

Toronto Caribbean Carnival’s biggest weekend may still be a few weeks away, but the city is already getting into the Caribana ...

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 of ...

In Greek mythology, the nymph Calypso, said to be the daughter of the Titan Atlas and Pleione, imprisoned Odysseus for seven years on the island of Ogygia. In cricket, calypso means a blend of music ...

Calypso music embeds Caribbean cultural commentary in a blend of musical sounds—beats that reverberate with the music's transatlantic links. "Calypso and the Caribbean Literary Imagination" invites ...

A legend in Trinidad, Calypso Rose closed out globalFEST with the sensuous, vintage dance music of her Caribbean home. Having recorded her early hits in the mid-'60s, Rose is a venerable diva of an ...