Just when local restaurant news needed a win, Calypso Cafe reopened its Charlotte location, battling back from the brink of extinction. The Caribbean diner was once a local empire with spots in ...

His catalog of official recordings spans seven decades. By Kyle Denis The Caribbean gained another ancestor over the weekend. On Sunday (Sept. 27), the family of Slinger Francisco, known to the world ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — 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 ...

The king of calypso, The Mighty Sparrow’s songs rocked countless fetes for seven decades. But on the 1969 album, Sparrow Meets The Dragon, he showed his versatility by singing several soul ballads.

DancehallMag. The man who became the voice of Trinidad and Tobago's calypso scene wasn't actually born there. Slinger Francisco, better known as the Mighty Sparrow,. DancehallMag is an independent ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Legendary calypsonian Slinger Francisco, better known as the Mighty Sparrow, has died at the age of 91. His family said the Grenadian-born, Trinidad-raised performer ...

Granville Straker, the Brooklyn music producer, businessman and founder of Straker's Records, died Aug. 27. He was 86. Known as the "Godfather of Soca," Straker helped bring calypso and soca music ...

Machel Montano has been extremely busy these past few months. At 51, the Trinidadian artist has been recording music, promoting a stellar documentary, and getting ready to showcase his life on a grand ...

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