Veteran Calypsonian Winston “Explainer” Henry recently passed away at 74. The news was confirmed on Facebook by the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO). They stated, “It is with great ...

One of Trinidad and Tobago’s most beloved calypsonians, the quintessential Caribbean man, Leroy Calliste, aka Black Stalin has died. Stalin, 81, who never recovered from a stroke he suffered nine ...

Dick Lochan, a Scarborough man who became a promoter and preserver of Caribbean music culture, has died at the age of 68. A retired civil servant and journalist, Lochan started performing calypso in ...

There's a saying that when elders die, it's as if a library has been burned to the ground. That loss is compounded when the elder in question is a griot, a master storyteller who is a repository of a ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Calypsonian Dr McCartha Linda Sandy Lewis, better known as Calypso Rose, was hailed for her contribution to Caribbean culture when Caribbean Airlines (CAL) dedicated ...

(Trinidad Express) Veteran calypsonian Fred Mitchell (Mighty Composer), 83, who had been hospitalised for the past two weeks with a heart condition and other health issues, died on Wednesday morning.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – A New York based local calypsonian will re-appear in court on October 31 after he was released on EC$25,000 (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) bail on charges of uttering ...

In the Caribbean, calypsonians and their musical offerings are typically associated with Carnival, but Barbados-born, Trinidad and Tobago-raised Francine Edwards managed to successfully cross over ...

A son of the soil, a father, brother, uncle, and friend these were just some of the words used to describe Calypso icon Winston ‘The Mighty Shadow’ Bailey. Bailey, who suffered a debilitating stroke ...

(Trinidad Express) THE SON of calypsonian Mark John, aka Contender, was felled by bullets yesterday during a shoot-out with members of a gang from an area known as “Resurrection” in Carenage. Marcus ...

Tributes have been paid to a former head of the Bermuda Entertainment Union, who has died at the age of 88. Lloyd Simmons was president of the union – formerly known as the Bermuda Federation of ...