THE winner of the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) FCB Junior Calypso Monarch is 14-year-old Marcus McDonald of Presentation College, San Fernando. His song, Don't Spoil Them, topped the other 15 competitors on Monday to win the prize at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain. McDonald said he'd spent the last two years
On December 16, 2022, Francine "Singing Francine" Edwards died at her home in New York. On February 6, at a memorial service held at the St Mathias Anglican Church, Barbados, poet and storyteller Miguel Browne was among those who paid tribute to her. The following is an edited version of his eulogy. The words of
Calypsonians in the finals of the National Calypso Monarch competition will be competing for an $800,000 prize –$500,000 cash and a car valued at $300,000. The second-place winner will walk away with $500,000 and there is a $350,000 cash award for third place. The first prize was scaled down from a record $2 million in
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Thirty children from schools across TT competed on Saturday at the National Junior Calypso Monarch Competition and many of them sang about social issues that are plaguing TT – crime, negligence, the education system and anti-violence while some performed covers of songs by the calypso legends. The contestants sang before five judges and fewer than