ELGIN — The sounds of Trinidad and Tobago can be heard in the Elgin High School’s music room as the Calypso band prepares for its winter concert. As special guests at the Observer’s 28th Annual ...

MILAN — The path from media personality to designer isn’t a new one in the fashion world, yet for Geoff Cooper transitioning from men’s editor to launching the Sagaboi brand was very personal as he ...

This recent Soul Jazz comp explores calypso's roots as party music that doubled as a delivery system for current events, street wisdom, social humor, and reflections on daily life. Save this story ...

A legend in Trinidad, Calypso Rose closed out globalFEST with the sensuous, vintage dance music of her Caribbean home. Having recorded her early hits in the mid-'60s, Rose is a venerable diva of an ...

The Caribbean is more than a tourist destination, and East Tennesseans of Caribbean descent want to share that. To that end, they’ll be celebrating Caribbean Heritage Month with “Steelpan in the Park” ...

In conjunction with the current exhibition En Mas’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean, Musuem of the African Diaspora (MoAD) and the SF Latino Film Festival present Jump Up: The En Mas’ ...

The Caribbean stands at the crossroads of world history, yet most people only see it as a vacation destination with beaches ...

Professor Emeritus at The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Trinidad campus, Gordon Rohlehr, who spent much of his life writing and educating people about calypso music, died on January 29 at the ...

Most of the mainstream media was unfamiliar with the talents and contributions of Black Stalin, Jo Mersa Marley, and Singing Francine, but in the Caribbean region and the diaspora fans mourned the ...

The Caribbean Elite Group has unveiled the night's highest honors for the 2024 Caribbean Music Awards. These honors are given based on a rigorous selection process that considers the artists' impact ...

A recent National Geographic Society survey found that 87 percent of young Americans could not locate Iraq on a map, and 29 percent couldn’t find the Pacific Ocean. Should you think that has nothing ...