At Manhattan’s august music house, G. Schirmer Inc., do-it-yourself Calypso Kits (including bongo drums, a gourd and a pair of maracas) were selling briskly last week for $24.50 and up. Columbia ...
Rum and Coca-Cola (Wilmoth Houdini and his Royal Calypso Orchestra) --Love, love, love (Lord Beginner) --Nora (Lord Kitchener with Cyril Blake's Calypso Serenaders) --Little Mary had no lamb (The Lion ...
In a season when viral clips are shared faster than new music, calypso is being tested in a new way. Not whether it can still elicit a reaction from the listener, but whether it can do what it was ...