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

Slinger Francisco, the Trinidadian singer who spent more than six decades bringing calypso to audiences worldwide as the Mighty Sparrow, has died.

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

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — 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 King of ...

Two weeks prior to her 79th birthday, Calypso Rose -- who has broken down barriers for women in calypso, soca and other Caribbean genres throughout her 64-year trailblazing career - will once again… ...

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 ...

The influence of the African diaspora has been felt stronger in the Caribbean than anywhere else in the Americas. Among the greatest of these influences is how the music of the Caribbean islands have ...

The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and inv ...