But it also had strong roots in calypso and other Carribbean folk forms. From Wordnik.com. [Ska-Punk: A Tribute to a Lost Musical Genre | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference
But it's got this wonderful, breezy, calypso vibe. From Wordnik.com. [Highlights From 'Song Of The Day'] Reference
PESCA: OK, so it wasn't about the calypso guy, but. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Feel Better: Ted Leo, Sans The Pharmacists] Reference
There's even a famous calypso record dedicated in his honor. From Wordnik.com. [Bing Crosby, Beyond His Greatest Hits] Reference
Another early version was by the calypso singer Sir Lancelot. From Wordnik.com. [Matilda, Matilda] Reference
In his office at the Pentagon, he played calypso on his stereo. From Wordnik.com. [Powell On The March] Reference
Pop song, calypso and jazz can also be heard in his repertoire. From Wordnik.com. [The poet, the worker and the professional] Reference
A half-stoned calypso band began to play up near the main terminal. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
The calypso singer's sweet voice drifted across the Cricket Lounge. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
The lilting voice of the lounge calypso singer drifted across the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
That's one of the amazing things about, like, the history of calypso music. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Feel Better: Ted Leo, Sans The Pharmacists] Reference
As Sparrow, the calypso great, sang about an early-1960s Caribbean strongman. From Wordnik.com. [Pelosi Speaks On Impasse With White House] Reference
JAMBULAY, the group performs reggae, calypso and Afro-Caribbean. 7: 30-10 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [Fairfax County community calendar, July 15-22, 2010] Reference
MOON: By the great, Lord Kitchener, who's considered the grandmaster of calypso. From Wordnik.com. [A Wintry Mix Without The Mistletoe] Reference
ROBERTS: He may not have thrived under calypso, but did pretty well for himself. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2009] Reference
Yet for all the wit and wisdom of the texts, calypso is primarily music for dancing. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing to Our Neighbors' Rhythms] Reference
The singer, actor, composer and producer launched a calypso music craze in the 1950s. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2006] Reference
But no, the biggest surprise is "Trinidad Road March," a slice of calypso fiddle from c. From Wordnik.com. [Jazz Violin? Three Releases Full of Surprises] Reference
It was quiet, restful, with strains of calypso music gently weaving through the night air. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Goes The Weasel]
Attendees are encouraged to dress "fly!" for this evening of reggae, soca and calypso music. From Wordnik.com. [Inauguration Party Planning for Friday, Jan. 16: Jay-Z, Caribbean Party, and Harvard/Princeton Celebration] Reference
'Message in a Bottle', the current hit, seems more influenced by calypso rhythms than reggae. From Wordnik.com. [Reggatta de Blanc] Reference
Later he founded the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, performing everything from Shakespeare to calypso. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Loves English] Reference
I'm eagerly anticipating a calypso that will go on and on until I pass out from sheer exhilaration. From Wordnik.com. [Legends of the Fall] Reference
The presidential election has inspired an outpouring of original songs, from calypso to country music. From Wordnik.com. [Hail to the Candidates] Reference
But I do work with a few people regularly, such as David Rudder who is a calypso singer from Trinidad. From Wordnik.com. [An Interview with Canadian musician Jeremy Ledbetter] Reference
Mr. Cassell was crowned Montserrat's calypso king four times before focusing on his international career. From Wordnik.com. [Alphonsus 'Arrow' Cassell dies at 60; soca musician won fame with 'Hot Hot Hot'] Reference
Galban and the four singers played all kinds of Cuban music, bossa nova, and even calypso in a doo-wop style. From Wordnik.com. [Manuel Galban's Meandering 'Mambo'] Reference
After the fiasco of the World Cup comes the chance for some serious rebuilding in the land of calypso cricket. From Wordnik.com. [Hit and giggle game can put the smile back on Caribbean faces] Reference
I'd love to do a version of Romeo and Juliet set in Trinidad, so you could use hip hop, calypso and Soca music. From Wordnik.com. [This much I know: Jenny Agutter] Reference
Louis Farrakhan was a calypso performer; his protege Khalid Abdul Muhammad struts his stuff like a gangsta-rapper. From Wordnik.com. [The Threat Of Tribalism] Reference
Coming up in THE SITUATION ROOM, the king of calypso courting controversy as an outspoken critic of the president. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2006] Reference
A five-piece android calypso band was sitting, silent at the moment, on a low dais that was fringed by potted palms. From Wordnik.com. [Tek Kill]
I could do it for seventy times seven days, brother, and celebrate my last day on earth listening to calypso music. From Wordnik.com. [Tribal Elder] Reference
Again, masquerade, costumes, floats, the sounds of reggae and calypso, all of this the things you can look forward to. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2003] Reference
As a calypso I heard at the cultural rally last night asked: "How many more must die before South Africa is set free?". From Wordnik.com. [ADDRESS TO THE JOINT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, PORT-OF-SPAIN, JULY 1987] Reference
And you can you expect that there is going to be a lot of music here, everything from calypso to reggae to steel drums. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2002] Reference
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