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Calypso Rose: Lioness in the Jungle a film that depicts the life and times of Calypso Rose (McCartha Linda Sandy-Lewis) is set to be screened in Tokyo from April 23rd this year and other cities thereafter.

The film which showcased at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in 2011 is directed by Pascale Obolo and produced by two French production companies, Maturity Productions and Dynamo Productions,…

I do not need to live on campus, my character does not need building, it is definitely already formed thank you, I said to my friend. This was the night I made my grand entrance on the Sir Frank Worrell Halls of Residence at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados.

I was no spring chicken, I was over the hill, and any other played out cliché you could think of.…

Teddyson John’s acoustic concert was brought to audiences worldwide on YouTube on Sunday 22 November 2020 to showcase the 11-track project, Caribbean Moscato. Before he started, Teddyson made sure he welcomed his audience and band members, who were already serenading us with soothing rhythms and harmonies to match the natural surroundings of Saint Lucia. As this concert was held at Hotel Chocolat, with the Piton mountains in the background,…

Farmer‘ is the title given to the song by super talented musician who is known all over as Nailah Blackman x Sammy Jo on stage.

Nailah Blackman x Sammy Jo goes solo on this catchy sound which is out for public consumption. In mp3 format with the best quality, Nailah Blackman x Sammy Jo on this song ‘Farmer‘ was recorded with a…

Studying Carnival arts will never be the same again. Research will be so much easier after a new academic journal dedicated to the subject has launched later this year.

The International Journal of Carnival Arts (IJCA) represents a new approach to writing about and recording our core Carnival artforms – steelpan, calypso and mas.

The IJCA is not…

Comedian Majah Hype BEAT Wife - 'Burst' Her Eye! (Graphic VIDEO) Leaked Her Sex Tape As Revenge For Abuse Allegations

It was Bounty Killer’s turn in the hot seat on Wednesday’s episode of Magnum’s ‘Spice It Up” talk show hosted by the very vivacious Queen of Dancehall, Spice. Leave it to the Genie singer to get the Warlord to open up, and quite candidly so, about how he felt when his former flame and Dancehall artiste D’Angel ran off with his then archenemy, Beenie Man.

It was sometime in 2005 when the two split,…

Claudia Jones, feminist, anti-racism campaigner, and the founder of the popular Notting Hill Carnival in London, is being honored as today’s Google Doodle in the UK.

On this day in 2008, Jones was honored with a Great British Stamp in the “Women of Distinction” series to…

Popular Trinidadian comedian, actor, radio talk show host, and entertainer Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall died at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt. Hope last Friday.

He was 72 years old and had just celebrated his birthday on September 30.

He was receiving medical attention after being hospitalized last week.…

BLISSFUL FUN: Revellers of the mas band Bliss cross the Socadrome stage for Carnival 2020 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Is Toots Hibbert Critically ill and need Blood?

Caribbean mourns another giant: King Swallow Dead at 78

Legendary Calypsonian Sir Rupert ‘King Swallow’ Philo is dead at age 78.

King Swallow, one of Antigua and Barbuda’s greatest gifts, passed away on September 11th, 2020, after a prolonged battle with kidney disease.

King Swallow was born on February 14, 1942, in the historic village of…

The J'Ouvert festival — which typically sends thousands of people streaming through Brooklyn to kick off Caribbean Carnival celebrations — will look different this year thanks to the coronavirus crisis.…

New York's Carnival celebrations will fill a "virtual road" this year instead of the streets of Brooklyn.