If you're looking for a destination that's off the beaten path, this small Louisiana town can provide an experience full of ...

Jess Carey Bright and bouncy music drifts out of Fulkerson Hall on Monday evenings as Cal Poly Humboldt’s Calypso Ensemble gather for their weekly rehearsal. Rhythmic and soaring, it’s a ...

That patriotic declaration on today’s 63rd Independence Day reflects the gravitas calypsonian Stacey Sobers places on carrying on the oral traditions of Trinidad and Tobago. Sobers has selected Rhythm ...

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 ...

Diana Hamilton sings with kindness, humor, mischievousness; but moreover, this Bahamian from Paris interprets standards and, novelties in her own rhythms, jazzy, calypso, reggae; to make us vibrate ...

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 ...

Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

Taking place this week, the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is one of the greatest musical celebrations known to the world. In a few weeks, one can return to an edition of the annual event from decades ...