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Spotlight
Calypso lovers review 2013 season
Ian JacksonMarch 4, 2013Kudos to the Dominica Calypso Association for organising a review of the 2013 season and for inviting the public to share their sentiments and make suggestion aimed at improving the ...
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Black History Month, Calypso and Talk Shows
Ian JacksonFeb. 25, 2013February is almost gone and for many persons this month was just carnival and "de rum and de party". No one cared about reflections on black history, African liberation, Bob ...
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Calypso is alive and well
Ian JacksonFeb. 18, 2013What a Calypso season! The competitions seem to be getting better every year- the compositions, the performers, the stage props and the growing interest of a younger audience as well ...
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Dilemma of the Calypso Writer and Composer
Ian JacksonFeb. 4, 2013With the Calypso finals on this weekend and with it the small number of song writers and even in shorter supply, composers, I wish to draw reader's attention to the ...
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Our Calypso Judges Must be Tired
Ian JacksonJan. 28, 2013As a former president of the Dominica Calypso Association (DCA) and one who has performed, composed and has judged calypso at the highest level here and in Trinidad, I have ...
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Calypso assessment and lamentations after The Quarters
Ian JacksonJan. 21, 2013Yes, it could be aptly described as lamentations because very few calypsos in the quarter finals of 2013 were political in nature but rather they concentrated on societal ills such ...