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Calypso Calypso

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From Canboulay to Carnival to Calypso..to Kaiso...to Soca. Some of this is History...some of it is opinion.
There's So much to share...so many directions to go. I'm intensely proud of the artform so I Intend to share here. This blog was a personal experiment, and Hidden..recently decided to open it up again

• Added on: Sep 3rd, 2008
• Country: Trinidad and Tobago
• Language: English

• Author: Clivia Robley
• Listed in: Music Culture
• Tags: trinidad and tobago calypso kaiso artform origins of calypso calypsonians

Recent Posts

• Luv UP - Shandileer - 1984

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 11:02 in 1984, lavway, carl and carol jacobs, brass band era, luv up, the evolution of soca, shandileer

  "Luv Up" Shandileer- featuring Carl and Carol JacobsEvery day we just eating and we talkingWe wondering if we both know what we doingDarling ah dunno really how you feelingBut ah think is time we should start up this romancing[Chorus]Leh we go down d...

• Calypso Dreams Screening In South Florida

  Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 09:35 in calypso dreams, lord superior, abeng arts

  Wednesday, April 1, 2PMMusic, Resistance, and the Caribbean’s Calypso Legacy-Panel DiscussionFlorida International UniversityGraham Center 140, 11200 S.W. 8th St., Miami 33199 Florida International University’s Latin American and Caribbean Center...

• ROOOOOARRR - Meet Super Blue

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 22:18 in calypso, meet superblue, fayann lyons

  Any body who knows me...knows that I'm a CALYPSO head...not a Soca head perse..eh? I love the traditional calypso structure. Its what i grew up to...so it always evokes something in me.Well ..I am In love....Ive found a soca song that makes me Giddy ...

• The Politics of Labelling Popular Musics in English Caribbean

  Posted on Sunday January 25th, 2009 at 13:13 in soca, calypso, maestro, eddy grant, lord kitchener, ras shorty i, ringbang, the love man, sokah

  ByJocelyne GuilbaultUniversity of OttawaMusic labels in the English Caribbean have been proliferating since the mid-seventies. All of them, but most notably, soca, chutney soca, rapso, ringbang, and ragga soca, have been the object of serious controv...

• The Dying Art - A Legend Dies

  Posted on Thursday January 15th, 2009 at 10:27 in kelvin pope, the mighty duke

  The Dying Art—penned for ’09 Monarch contestANIKA GUMBS-SANDIFORD | 10:03 PMPublished: January 14th, 2009Ailing calypso icon Kelvin Pope’s (The Mighty Duke) last wish was to enter the 2009 Calypso Monarch. The four-time Calypso Monarch and for...

• Mighty Sparrow Tobago Gal 1980

  Posted on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 20:20 in mighty sparrow, tobago gal 1980

  Press Play To ListenThis ole man from ohee oho,Spend he holiday in Scarborough,Time up he ain't want to go,why bredda I really dont knowImmigration told the old manYou're now a prohibited immigrantListen sire your time expireWe would like to know wha...

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Felicy

The BIG Parade wll be underway soon.
Happy Carneval
Any of you know the Song on the program TREVER WILKINS THEME Song . He plays it every program in NY City.

Posted: September 8th, 2009 | Report This Comment

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