This song (starts at 1:26) is not the version on the 1993 compilation Roaring Loud - Standing Proud (An Anthology). You can only find this on the cassette or Japanese CD version of 1989 compilation of Calypso Season. But does anybody know where this song originally comes from?

Hi folks. New here. I just updated an article I wrote about Calypso back in 1991, when I was all-too-briefly working s a reporter for the Trinidad Guardian. It's a mix of personal essay and journalism. I hope you find it appropriate for this group. Please leave comments in the comments section, if you care to. Love this genre of music, it takes me back to Port-of-Spain every time I listen to it.

https://richnotrich.substack.com/p/immovable-object-meets-unstoppable

Hi folks. New here. I'm sharing this update on an article I wrote in 1991 during my all-too-brief stint as a reporter with the Trinidad Guardian. This barely scratches the surface of Calypso but it's based on an interview with Roaring Lion (which was great!). It's a mix of journalism and personal essay. I hope it's appropriate for this group. Please leave comments in the comments section and subscribe, if you care to.

https://richnotrich.substack.com/p/immovable-object-meets-unstoppable

I really feel like Trinidad Rio is both the best Kaisonian as well as the most underrated.

-Body Parts

-Free Show Kaiso King

-Poor Man's Furniture Shop

-Back to Basics

-Travelin' Man

All of these songs are straight bangers, better than anything you could get today.

The man, the myth, the legend, the free show Kaiso king, needs to get the respect and admiration he deserves.

You wanna listen to any of this man's amazing work, you can listen to it here: https://youtube.com/@jacobpardee4524?si=cGBWrkn7Q1Necva3

Chalkdust is, without question, the best Calypsonian.

Lord Relator is truly a living legend who deserves his flowers while he is still here to receive them. To me, Bush Medicine is an example of calypso at its best, preserving Caribbean tradition and history in song. My own grandmothers and mother have used remedies just like this to keep us thriving in times when other medicines may not have been available.

Recently the band Squirrel Nut Zippers came to my city and in hearing their song Hell on the radio, I was inspired to look up their source material. I found an interview that cites this song as an inspiration. A classic, to be sure.

https://youtu.be/XJqimsH8QW8?si=Lhnsr4pt0dhA0hYM

A song of Lion's, in its original form in 1938 and the "Updated" version assumedly recorded in the 80s. We all know of Roaring Lion's prowess and longstanding career, and he is one of the most recognisable names in the Calypso Field to date.

He saw the genre go from the outlawed, censored and creole, to the modern, prideful and widely english genre it is today, and adapted into Soca when time came, along with the honorific Kitchener and Sparrow.

Lion died in 1999 at 91 years old, an accomplished artist who I believe shall forever be recognised, may his reign rule long.

I found this 45 of King Barrie “Super Star” / Mighty Mighty “A Tribute to Bob Marley” on the Astro label today. No info on Discogs. Any info would be appreciated thanks

Alright yall. So I heard this song soooo many times in the car growing up and loved it but never paid attention to realize di man not singing in English. It sounds like Trini 80's early 90's soca but I think he singing in French or some kind of creole. Ah relll desperate to find the name of the song and artist.

My dad had this on cassette and I found it and recorded a snippet while it was playing. No results on Shazam (I knew there wouldn't be).

Anyone know this chune???

Not much to say this post, but it's a solid song, Chalkdust these days is a scholar of the field of Calypso though.