Lord Pretender, considered the last of the great calypso musicians of the 1930s, has died at age 84. Pretender died Tuesday at his home in Port-of-Spain, friends said Thursday. He had been ...

In these troubled times, among the few remaining and enduring threads that hold us together are the boundless harmonies of the calypso art form.

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This documentary from filmmaker Geoffrey Dunn explores the history of calypso music in Trinidad and Tobago. Featuring performances by such seminal acts as Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose, Lord Superior, ...