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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
Recent Posts
Luv UP - Shandileer - 1984
"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
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
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
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
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
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...


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.
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