Trinidad and Tobago‘s youth are some of the most culturally talented individuals. With Carnival cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a platform is being created for them to still continue to ...

Even when he began singing in the calypso tents of Trinidad and Tobago before the second world war, Lord Pretender, who has died aged 84, stood out as a master of extempo, then regarded as the highest ...

In the no-holds-barred all-out war between Gypsy (Winston Peters) and Brian London at the National Extempo final, each calypsonian landed solid blows throughout. Then London suddenly delivered a ...

Listening to stories is the essence of entertainment: Your own troubles drift away and another person’s trials or triumphs take center stage. And, if the mood is right, the storyteller will forge a ...

Trinidad and Tobago is known the world over as the birthplace of calypso music and a key aspect of the genre is “extempo”. Short for “extemporaneous”, this lyrically improvisational form of calypso — ...