- 1 April, 2025
THE REAL GYPSY ISSUE
THE relevant Gypsy issue is not whether he should participate in the calypso monarch contest.
That should be obvious to everyone, including those feeding at the NCC trough and sermonising on social media.
DENYSE PLUMMER, PATRIOT
Ms. Plummer stayed loyal to her craft and her country – “Nah Leaving,” she pronounced – and later won the competition, secured widespread acclaim, and became a beloved entertainment superstar.
KITCH’S WINDRUSH GENERATION – 75 YEARS LATER
ON June 22, 1948, a young and bristling Aldwyn Roberts disembarked the HMT Empire Windrush in Port Tilbury, England following a 22-day journey from Jamaica.
WHAT ROHLEHR DIDN’T TELL US
NOW that the breathless tributes to Professor Gordon Rohlehr have subsided, I feel safe to emerge with a sober view. This is not to subtract from my appreciation of Rohlehr as possibly the definitive academic voice on calypso before ethnic politics became entrenched in Trinidad and Tobago.
WE STILL CAN’T GO ON THIS WAY, EXPLAINER
“LORRAINE” is the immortal anthem of lonely heart Trinis abroad during Carnival. But Explainer was also in the last batch of strident calypsonians roused by social consciousness to crusade for the common man and hold the authorities to account.
