... - National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago- NCC

Calypso music originated from West African Griot tradition, with African slaves singing and drumming on sugar plantations in Trinidad. Calypso rhythms were created with the African drum, and songs ridiculed the colonial elite and slave owners. Carnival competitions, led by chantwells, greatly helped the genre's evolution to a ballad style, with humorous or biting social and political commentary. Standout calypsonians emerged in the 1930s and 1940s, including Atilla the Hun, Roaring Lion, and Lor

Calypso Conversation- Episode 1: The Origin of Calypso

The drum connects us! Idakeda Director Attillah Springer speaks with Florida students at the start of a day of Carnival related workshops to kick off #miamicarmival Let us remember that many of the musical forms that emerged in the Caribbean, South, Central and North America emerged from the defiance and rebellion of our ancestors, they fought to keep their drum and out of that came the many forms of music that we occasionally pit against each other. Let’s remember that hip hop, reggae, salsa, m