Trinidad, British island off the northeast coast of South America, is a hot mixture of bloods, French, Spanish, Negro, Carib, Hindu, Chinese. Once a year, on the two days before Lent, Trinidad goes ...

"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 ...

At Manhattan’s august music house, G. Schirmer Inc., do-it-yourself Calypso Kits (including bongo drums, a gourd and a pair of maracas) were selling briskly last week for $24.50 and up. Columbia ...

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.

Program notes by Emory Cook on verso of container. Recorded in Trinidad. 201. 610 Saga / Clarence Curvan and Calypso Orchestra. Torrealba 202. Portrait of My Love / Clarence Curvan and Calypso ...

Calypso music composed by Lord Invader and others. Many selections previously unreleased. Program notes by John Cowley, lyrics, bibliography, and discography (29 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Out ...