Calypso Carnival is a studio album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Records in 1971. This was Belafonte's fifth and final Calypso album. "Don't Stop...
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music masquerade processions. The French brought Carnival to Trinidad, and calypso competitions at Carnival grew in popularity, especially after the abolition...
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Mighty Sparrow (section Calypso King)
He has won Trinidad's Carnival Road March competition eight times, Calypso King/Monarch eight times, and has twice won the Calypso King of Kings title....
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starting from this year going back to the 1800s when most calypsos were sung in Patios. Grenada Carnival, also known as Spicemas, was founded to celebrate the...
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to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, and has played an important role in the development of the music of Trinidad and Tobago. Calypso music was developed in...
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showcased elements of a Caribbean carnival in a cabaret style. It featured the Mighty Terror singing the calypso "Carnival at St Pancras", The Southlanders...
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The list of calypsos with sociopolitical influences is sectioned by main topics. Calypso music is a worldwide phenomenon. This is a dynamic list of songs...
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traditional and were initially opposed to her singing in Carnival tents; her father saying that "calypso belongs to the devil" She lived with her parents and...
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early in the morning. Other major events of Antiguan Carnival include the Party Monarch and Calypso Monarch competitions of Calypsonians, the Panorama steel...
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activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first...
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