The warm rhythms of traditional calypso music at the Sachem Public Library Friday night had many wishing that summertime would come just a bit sooner. As part of Black History Month the library hosted ...

"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 ...

The Humboldt Botanical Garden Summer Music Series begins Sunday with a performance by the Pan Dulce Steel Orchestra. This 16-piece band has been playing for local audiences for 20 years with ...

Fondly known as “Papi,” Cape was a cultural institution. When Steel Talks, a website dedicated to steelpan music and history, once noted, “If you remove [Cape] from the time-line, his significant and ...

GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - Calypso lyrics decrying corruption and excess have so irked Guyana's government that new songs from the popular Caribbean music genre have been banned from state airwaves.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - More than 55 years after she began performing in the calypso tents of Trinidad, pioneering singer Calypso Rose has released a new album aimed at taking her music to a more ...

It is hard to imagine the calypso music craze that helped power Belafonte to stardom without Burgie. He performed under the name Lord Burgess and wrote eight of the 11 songs on Belafonte’s blockbuster ...