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DEBBIE JACOB WELCOME TO Carnival 2023, our joyful road to recovery after the 2020 covid19 pandemic that managed to cancel and then scale down our beloved celebration. Carnival 2023 makes a bold statement. We are back, and “No, no, we ent goin’ home,” as Christopher “Tambu” Herbert, co-lead singer of Charlie’s Roots, sang in one

IT WAS no ordinary funeral. Rather, a celebration of the life of a man of God and a man of country, Bishop Kessel Byer preached at the farewell service for calypso great Leroy "Black Stalin" Calliste on Thursday at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts in San Fernando. Lusty applause from the congregation was

Leroy Calliste had the most fitting calypso name, Black Stalin, but he was nothing like the ruthless Russian dictator who terrorised his subjects. Black Stalin used his power to celebrate Caribbean history, culture and music. He strived to build unity in the region. He never demanded respect. He was decades ahead of the Black Lives

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. By Rahym Augustin-Joseph On Wednesday December 28th 2022, we learnt of the passing of a quintessential Caribbean Man, Black Stalin, who spent his lifetime epitomising love for this Caribbean civilisation, through calypso. Like many other legendary calypsonians, both past and present, he lived up

DEBBIE JACOB I WAS just off the boat, so to speak, but the late, great journalist Keith Smith decided to throw me in the deep end when I began working at the Trinidad Express. Keith felt my background in anthropology would keep me afloat as a journalist in an unfamiliar culture so when Carnival 1985

THE EDITOR: This is my time for burning! Peter, keep the fire blazing! This is Jah time for burning! Peter, keep the fire coming! These are some of the words from Burn Dem sung by the late Leroy Calliste, the Black Stalin, who hailed from San Fernando. He won five Calypso Monarch titles and sang

THE EDITOR: This is my time for burning! Peter, keep the fire blazing! This is Jah time for burning! Peter, keep the fire coming! These are some of the words from Burn Dem sung by the late Leroy Calliste, the Black Stalin, who hailed from San Fernando. He won five Calypso Monarch titles and sang

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

The Oilfields Workers Trade Union (OWTU) is making an appeal to those with the power to preserve the work of the late Black Stalin for future generations. Declaring Stalin as an extended member of the OWTU family, having shared a relationship for some 30 years, the union said he identified with the working class. The

Timeliness and timelessness are hallmarks of Stalin’s work.He is one of those calypsonians who has stayed true to the tradition of the artiste mirroring events and struggles of society. He echoes the protests and the emotions expressed by many voices.