The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is famous for calypso and soca ... At a sound check for a band that plays old-time instruments, musicians play cuatro, a small, four-stringed acoustic ...

which has its roots in African folk songs, but with a heavy influence from the French, Spanish and British who settled on Trinidad and Tobago. Calypso music was long sung in Patois (a French ...

We're not talking about the jam, though Chutney does jam. It's a kind of music from Trinidad and Tobago that blends Indian folk, brought to the island nation by indentured Indians in the 19th ...

Now, thanks to a burgeoning battle between Trinidad and Tobago entertainers Machel Montano and Neil “Iwer” George, soca music officially has its first spat of 2019. Trinidad and Tobago's annual ...

A chronology of key events: 1498 - Christopher Columbus visits the islands, naming Trinidad after the three peaks at its south-east corner and Tobago after a local type ... are announced to close the ...