19. September 2022
CALYPSO ROSE WINS GRAMMY
For her album "Far From Home" the Tobago-born Calypso Rose is receiving the French Grammy....
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19. September 2022
CALYPSO HISTORY MONTH
T & T declares the month of October officially as Calypso History Month....
19. September 2022
TOO YOUNG TO SOCA?
Machel Montano had his first performance at Dimanche Gras with only 7 years of age....
19. September 2022
THE TROPICAL FUNK EXPERIENCE
Musicians started to fuse soca and calypso with jazz, funk and soul....
19. September 2022
THE PANORAMA
Beginning of the Panorama Steel Band Competition annually held until today....
19. September 2022
THE ROAD MARCH ONLY FOR NATIONALS
The title is given to the most performed song on Carnival since the 1880s....
19. September 2022
THE FIRST „CALYPSO KING“
The Growling Tiger became the first official Calypso King. The competition name changed to "Calypso Monarch" in the 70s....
18. September 2022
THE SUCCESS OF HARRY BELAFONTE
The US-Singer earns world fame with music from Trinidad & Tobago....
18. September 2022
THE RISE OF STEEL BANDS
Steel bands kept rising in the communities and often taking their names from movies like Casablanca, Tokyo, and Desperadoes....