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 ...

The catchy little ditty called Rum & Coca-Cola has been banned by all four major networks, but it is sweeping the U.S. Its sheet-music sales have climbed to a whopping 37,000 a day. Recordings of it ...

(NAPSI)—If you’re like most Americans, you may be surprised to learn just where some of the best-known and beloved calypso songs originated. Though such songs as “Day-O,” “Jamaica Farewell,” “Island ...

GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - Calypso lyrics decrying corruption and excess have so irked Guyana's government that new songs from the popular Caribbean music genre have been banned from state airwaves.

It is hard to imagine the calypso music craze that helped power Belafonte to stardom without Burgie. He performed under the name Lord Burgess and wrote eight of the 11 songs on Belafonte’s blockbuster ...

Portland, Oregon's estimable imprint Mississippi Records is known for releasing raw, idiosyncratic music ignored by most of the world. One of their early albums compiled the work of a guy drumming on ...