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 ...

The Jamaican-American singer-songwriter and activist became the first Black person to win an Emmy Award in 1960 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

In the part of the world Rolly Gray comes from, if you want a career in music, you’d better be good–and tough. “Trinidad is the land of calypso,” Gray says of his home country. “If you’re not good ...

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 ...

Tickets $20 general admission, $15 CAC members, $10 students Women of Calypso Discussion and Workshop 8 p.m. Thursday Free admission Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno.org The ...

Last year she could have been seen singing with 200 female drummers at the Sāo Paulo Festival. Her new album, which provided the majority of her set at the Barbican as part of the EFG London Jazz ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harry Belafonte, the Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, actor and activist whose music helped break Caribbean music through to ...