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Anthony Joseph at Rudolstadt-Festival 2017. Joseph was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, where he was raised by his grandparents.He began writing as a young child and cites his main influences as calypso, surrealism, jazz, the spiritual Baptist church that his grandparents attended, and the rhythms of Caribbean speech.
The music of Trinidad and Tobago is best known for its calypso music, soca music, chutney music, and steelpan. Calypso's internationally noted performances in the 1950s from native artists such as Lord Melody, Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow. The art form was most popularised at that time by Harry Belafonte.
All I kept from the original was: "Old time rock and roll, that kind of music just soothes the soul, I reminisce about the days of old with that old time rock and roll". I rewrote the verses and I never took credit. That was the dumbest thing I ever did. And Tom Jones (Thomas E. Jones) and George Jackson know it, too.
Timothy Watkins, better known by his stage name Baron, is a Trinidadian singer and songwriter. He is known for many soca/calypso songs from the 80s, such as "Sweet Soca Man", "Doh Rock It So" and "Melosian Rhapsody" as well as the 2009 hit "Spanish Woman".
Drupatee Ramgoonai (pronounced [drʊpəti raːməɡʊɳaːjə]; born 2 March 1958) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian chutney and chutney soca musician. She was responsible for coining the term "chutney soca" in 1987 with her first album, entitled Chutney Soca, which included both English and Hindustani versions of the songs.
Melody's song "Wau, Wau" (more commonly known as "Shame and Scandal") was popular in 1962. [3] The song was a version of a song originally recorded by Sir Lancelot in 1943 with new verses written by Melody. This subsequently became the most widely known version of the song and Melody's version was covered by The Wailers with Peter Tosh on lead ...
The Honourable David Michael Rudder OCC (born 6 May 1953) is a Trinidadian calypsonian, known to be one of the most successful calypsonians of all time.He performed as lead singer for the brass band Charlie's Roots. [1]