The Sept. 18 ceremony also featured a full-circle moment for soca star Yung Bredda.

He was an institution in the entertainment industry, well admired for his skill and finesse as a singer, songwriter, and mentor,” daughter writes ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Calypso music lost one of its most emblematic voices Sunday with the death of Slinger Francisco, who was known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the “Calypso ...

The Grammy-winning singer and songwriter became one of calypso’s most influential figures through his music, satire and storytelling. Slinger Francisco, ...

“Music was my refuge,” the renowned author and poet Maya Angelou once said. “I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” While her powerful speaking voice was ...

An icon in Caribbean music, a legend within the calypso art form and a powerful force in shaping calypso's up-tempo descendant soca, Winston "Shadow" Bailey died at Mount Hope Hospital, St. Joseph… By ...

Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New York ...

The Tobagonian calypso star on touring with Bob Marley, her battles against sexism and exploitation, and enjoying an unlikely career boost at the age of 76 “I am a party animal, always have been,” ...

Go today adds a new local channel, Calypso Music Television, on its 'Free+' line-up. The new channel will also be added at no extra cost to the 'Silver+' and 'Gold+' packages. The Broadcasting ...