Calypso Battle Heats Up as Tents Name Kings

Calypso

Wednesday night Stardom crowned Checker as their King of the Tent. On Thursday, Showdown Mas Camp named three Champs of the Camp:  Soul Puss, Peter Prosper and Yakima. Checker and Soul Puss are both in Dominica’s 2010 Calypso Monarch Finals which will be held on...

Dominica’s Calypso Semi-Finalists

Calypso, Events

Saturday night Newtown Savanne hosted the Semi-Finals of Dominica’s 2010 Calypso Monarch Competition.  A field of twenty artists battled their way through this tough round. Only nine were selected to continue on to the Grand Finals to take on the current...

Karessah Takes the Crown!

Calypso, Caribbean Music, Events

The 2009 Calypso Monarch Finals were held last night at Carnival City (Pottersville Savannah). Dominica’s Top Ten calypsonians battled fiercely through two rounds of competition.  The performances were superb and the judges had a difficult choice to make. But in...