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Marcano, 49, was the son of Stanley-Marcano, the retired chief education officer in the Ministry of Education, and the late calypso icon Andrew “Lord Superior” Marcano. Superior died in 2018.
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The soul of calypso
Lord Kitchener, left, Lord Superior and Melody -
IT S impossible to think of Carnival without calypso. From the plantations where slaves once performed to entertain or insult slave masters’ guests to the post-Emancipation Carnival celebrations, calypso always offered a platform for entertainment and education. If you listen closely to the music of today, you can hear the voices of the past: Lord Executor, Railway Douglas, Lord Beginner, Atilla the Hun and Spoiler. Those pioneering calypsonians laid the foundation for calypso to develop into the structure we know today.
We can’t pile into calypso tents or parade through the streets in pretty mas this year because of covid19, but this calm and peaceful Carnival season is the perfect time to reflect on what calypso means to this country. Join me for a celebration of calypso and a reflection of its history in a calypso series leading up to Carnival 2021.