THE EDITOR: Leroy Calliste, aka Black Stalin, has departed peacefully at his home in San Fernando. Stalin, who won the Calypso Monarch five times, was 80 in September. His songs include: Bun Dem, Ah Feel To Party, Wait Dorothy Wait, Black Man Feeling To Party, Caribbean Man, Better Days, Sufferers, Come With It. Thanks for
Culture Matters DARA E HEALY Mih great-great-grandmother then said to me Bomber, darling, "The best things in life are free." So I hire a truck and went down by Courts Looking for the best things of every sort I pick up a computer, well, how you mean? Radio, video, stereo, TV, washing machine And when
As I was preparing to write this column, I received news of the death of one of my favourite calypsonians from Trinidad, Leroy Calliste, the “Black Stalin” who was given an honorary doctorate from The University of the West Indies in 2008.