Haitian native André Toussaint abandoned Papa Doc for the sunny shores of Nassau, The Bahamas and forged a successful career in the 1950s and '60s as a lounge singer of native calypso music, much of ...

Diana Hamilton is a Bahamian-born, Parisian by choice, and an instinctive songwriter whose voice carries the echoes of migration, resilience, and ancestral rhythm. Her music blends the soul of Billie ...

At Manhattan’s august music house, G. Schirmer Inc., do-it-yourself Calypso Kits (including bongo drums, a gourd and a pair of maracas) were selling briskly last week for $24.50 and up. Columbia ...